{"id":2943,"date":"2010-10-04T08:51:53","date_gmt":"2010-10-04T12:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=2943"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:52:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:52:20","slug":"brazilian-green-candidate-changes-the-course-of-yesterdays-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/brazilian-green-candidate-changes-the-course-of-yesterdays-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian Green Candidate Changes the Course of Yesterday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Election"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Marina Silva<\/figcaption><\/figure>She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an international green superstar, a woman born into poverty in a rubber-tapping community in the Amazon region who became an iconic environmental activist alongside Chico Mendes, the eco hero murdered in 1988.<\/p>\n

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Marina Silva came third with 19.6 per cent of the votes in yesterday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s election, far more than the 14 per cent that surveys had indicated during the campaign. That is about 20 million votes. Her exceptional results mean that there will be a second round run-off between the other two candidates, President Lula\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s anointed successor, center-left Dilma Rouseff (46%), and center-right Jos\u00c3\u00a9 Serra (33%). Rouseff was expected to win yesterday with a majority vote, but Marina’s surprising surge created an unexpected plot twist.<\/p>\n

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In an interview to AFP, Andre Pereira Cesar, a political analyst at CAC, said Marina Silva is now the person who can determine in the presidential election in the second round, depending on whom she will lend her support to.<\/p>\n

Marina Silva used to be a member of Lula\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s party, PT, and was appointed his environmental minister. But she left the office in 2008 out of frustration with the constant clashes between her conservation vision and Lula\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s emphasis on economic development.<\/p>\n

Although she is now out of the race, yesterday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s results were a major victory for Ms. Silva, whose campaign was more akin to a movement that relied mostly on social media for publicity. Green issues are now likely to be given more attention by the two remaining candidates battling out for Brazil\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s presidency, which will be decided on October 31st.<\/p>\n

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