Brazil's largest party backs Lula in second term
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil's largest political party voted on Thursday to join the coalition government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in his second term, giving the former labor leader vital support for his legislative agenda.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must contest a run-off after a string of corruption scandals turned many voters against the former factory worker in Sunday's presidential election.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazilians lined up to vote on Sunday with indications that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, though still the champion of the poor and workers, may have squandered his chances of a first-round victory because of scandals over sleazy politics.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Nagging corruption scandals thwarted Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's hopes of clinching a first-round election victory and he now faces a high-stakes run-off against an inspired rival.
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More than 100 million Brazilians will vote this weekend in the first electoral test for the administration of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a key opportunity for the former union boss to boost his power in Latin America's largest country.
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In the first electoral test for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his plans to remake Latin America's largest country, Brazilians Sunday chose municipal mayors and councils nationwide.
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By Axel Bugge BRASILIA, Brazil  - Russian President VladimirPutin pledged on Monday support for Brazil's bid to join anexpanded United Nations Security Council in a boost for theLatin American nation's ambitions to increase its geopoliticalinfluence.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, elected to a second four-year term in October, was voted the country's best-ever president, a survey released on Sunday showed.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Brazilians lined up to vote on Sunday amid signs that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, though still the champion of the poor and workers, may have squandered his chances of a first-round victory because of scandals over sleazy politics.
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(CPOD) Sept. 20, 2004 - Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is regaining public support in Brazil, according to a poll by Ibope. 38 per cent of respondents rate the presidentâs performance as &quot;good&quot; or &quot;very good,&quot; a nine per cent increase since June.
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By Tiago Pariz and Carmen Munari BRASILIA, Brazil  - A leading centrist party isthreatening to leave Brazil's governing coalition next week ina move that could jeopardize the president's reforms inCongress and pressure him to give it more Cabinet posts.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced his bid for a second term, pledging Saturday to continue a drive to end poverty in Latin America&#039;s largest country if re-elected.
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By Carlos A. DeJuana SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula daSilva's Workers' Party (PT) won the mayoralty of six statecapitals in Sunday's municipal vote but was forced into arun-off to defend its hold on the race's biggest prize, thecity of Sao Paulo.
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Latin America&#39;s agricultural giant scored two trade victories Wednesday against rich countries&#39; farm subsidies after the World Trade Organization agreed with Brazil
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has won 46.79 percent of the votes in Brazil's presidential election with 41.37 percent of the votes tallied, the top electoral court said on Sunday.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazilian President Luiz   Inacio Lula da Silva would win the October 1 presidential   election outright despite a smear campaign scandal that forced   several of his top aides to resign this week, two polls showed   on Saturday.
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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio da Silva is weakened as two parties withdraw from his governing coalition.