Yesterday we had local elections here in Brazil, the first since Lula da Silva was elected president.
The results were a bit mixed with some great successes for Lula's Workers Party but also some tought runnoffs still to be disputed on 9/31, specially in the city of São Paulo.
From the LA Times:
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's left-leaning Workers' Party posted significant wins in nationwide municipal elections Sunday and expanded its reach into this country's mammoth interior.
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Up for grabs were the mayoralties of all of Brazil's 5,500 municipalities, from tiny towns in the rainforest to some of the world's most populous cities, including Rio de Janeiro. With most of the vote counted Sunday night, the Workers' Party, or PT, looked poised to make sizable gains in the number of its mayors, possibly even doubling the pre-vote tally of 190.
However, races in several big cities were headed for runoffs Oct. 31, including in Sao Paulo, South America's most populous city. There, after a bitter campaign that set spending records for a local election in Brazil, incumbent Marta Suplicy of the Workers' Party will square off with former Health Minister Jose Serra, who lost the presidential race to Lula in 2002.
Its hard to find good sources in english, bellow the fold I'll give you some analysis based on Portuguese papers and websites.
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