Date: Tue, 16 Jun 98 01:45:25 CDT
From: Suzanne Wilson <santafe@ux6.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Weekly Americas News Update #436, 6/7/98
Article: 36954
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Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 19:46:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Weekly News Update <wnu@igc.apc.org>
To: David L. Wilson
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Subject: Weekly News Update #436, 6/7/98
Three voter preference polls released in Brazil on June 6 show a
continuing slide by current president Fernando Henrique Cardoso, and a
corresponding increase by challenger Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva of the
Workers Party (PT). A poll by Ibope showed Cardoso ahead of Lula by
five points, 33% to 28%; Vox Populi showed the candidates only one
point apart (31% to 30%); while the Gerp Institute showed them even
with 28% apiece. The Ibope poll showed Cardoso winning a hypothetical
second round 45% to 38%. Cardoso was far ahead at the beginning of the
year, but a slew of problems has dragged his popularity downward [see
Update #435]. In response, Cardoso's camp has resorted to dire
predictions in the event of a Lula victory--the theme that dominated
Cardoso's campaign in 1994, when he defeated Lula in the first round,
55% to 26% [see Update #245]. On June 5 Cardoso said that he
represented stability, organization, progress,
and added, I
am an optimist. Brazil will never go for chaos,
echoing rightwing
deputy Antonio Carlos Magalhaes, who had said a Lula victory would
represent chaos
for the country.
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