{"id":1574,"date":"2010-10-04T11:52:22","date_gmt":"2010-10-04T11:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=1574"},"modified":"2010-10-04T11:56:42","modified_gmt":"2010-10-04T11:56:42","slug":"brazilian-elections-on-to-round-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/brazilian-elections-on-to-round-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian Elections – On to Round 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know you guys have probably had enough of us talking about the elections in Brazil, so I’ll be brief and won’t make you read too much.<\/p>\n

The image below taken from Folha.com<\/a> shows the presidential race results, the apura\u00e7\u00e3o dos votos<\/em>. \u00a0With no candidate having a majority vote, the top two, Dilma Roussef and Jos\u00e9 Serra will take each other on for a second round of elections on October 31st (click on the image for better viewing).<\/p>\n

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Although this was somewhat already expected, the real buzz generated has been on the number of votes Marina Silva was able to rack up considering back in March all sorts of studies showed only 7% of the population was planning on voting for her while Dilma and Jos\u00e9 Serra’s percentages stayed pretty much true to the actual results.<\/p>\n

I was unable to “steal” videos on most news websites with thank you speeches from the candidates, but here goes a link to a great little thank you speech by Marina Silva<\/a> last night: Estamos em primeiro lugar de uma nova pol\u00edtica<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you get a chance to watch the video (it’s 2 minutes long), why does Marina Silva consider herself a winner after not making it on to the second round of elections?<\/p>\n

She has announced she will remain neutral for the second round, so this should be another interesting month of debate!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

I know you guys have probably had enough of us talking about the elections in Brazil, so I’ll be brief and won’t make you read too much. The image below taken from Folha.com shows the presidential race results, the apura\u00e7\u00e3o dos votos. \u00a0With no candidate having a majority vote, the top two, Dilma Roussef and…<\/p>\n

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