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Weekly Report - 28 August 2014 (WR-14-34)
BRAZIL: Rousseff threatened by Silva’s rise
Marina Silva, the candidate of the Partido Socialista Brasileiro (PSB) would beat President Dilma Rousseff of the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), in a second-round run-off, according to a poll published by Ibope on the day of the first presidential debate. The same poll showed that Silva would easily beat Aécio Neves, of the Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (PSDB) in the first round, and force Rousseff into a run-off.
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