BRAZIL: July 2010
ELECTIONS In October 2010 Brazilians will elect their new President, along with Governors, State and Federal Representatives and Senators. Brazil has one of the largest voting populations in the world, and vote is mandatory for those between 18 and 70 years old. For the first time in history the presidential race has two women bearing real chances of being the first woman President. Workers' Party Dilma Roussef, a guerrilla fighter against the military regime in the late 60s and government's candidate now, tries to inherit Lula's huge support, especially among the low income population, to win elections in the first round, if possible. Her main opponent is economist and professor José Serra, Governor of São Paulo (the richest and most populated state in Brazil), appreciated by the upper-middle class and cherished by the media, a liberal social-democrat defeated by Lula in 2002. A third candidate is another woman, Amazon-born Marina Silva, whose biography most res