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Weekly Report - 21 March 2006
BRAZIL: Alckmin for the PSDB, and he's started to rise
Public opinion in Brazil is becoming exceedingly difficult to second-guess. Last week one opinion survey showed President Lula da Silva having recovered enough to win re-election comfortably. That, however, was before the Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (PSDB) chose Geraldo. Alckmin - the least likely to win according to previous polls - as its presidential candidate. A second survey, conducted after the nomination, showed Lula stalling and Alckmin gaining ground.
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