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Brazil presidential candidate Campos killed in plane crash
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| 8/13/14
| Gustavo Bonato
Posted on 08/13/2014 11:19:51 AM PDT by illiac
SANTOS, Brazil, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos was killed in a plane crash on Wednesday, throwing the October election into disarray and causing big swings in local financial markets.
Campos' private jet crashed in bad weather as it prepared to land in the coastal city of Santos, just south of Sao Paulo, killing all seven people on board, the Sao Paulo state fire department said. Television images showed smoke billowing from the crash site in a residential area.
Campos, 49, was in third place in recent polls with the support of about 10 percent of voters. While he was not expected to win the Oct. 5 vote, he was perceived by some as the most market-friendly of the three main candidates and his death will set off an intense, if respectful, scramble for his supporters in a tightening election.
President Dilma Rousseff, who is leading the race, announced she would suspend all campaigning for three days in mourning. Senator Aecio Neves, the centrist candidate running in second place, said he was "immensely saddened."
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aecioneves; brazil; dilmarousseff; eduardocampos; government; marinasilva; news; planecrash
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posted on
08/13/2014 11:19:51 AM PDT
by
illiac
To: illiac
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posted on
08/13/2014 11:23:31 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens. KILL THE BILL!)
To: illiac
To: illiac
"...he was perceived by some as the most market-friendly of the three main candidates..." Leftism/Marxism continues it attacks on individual freedom.
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posted on
08/13/2014 11:25:36 AM PDT
by
newfreep
("Evil succeeds when good men do nothing" - Edmund Burke)
To: Resolute Conservative
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posted on
08/13/2014 11:31:59 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens. KILL THE BILL!)
To: illiac
When odumbo was told about 7 Brazilian officials dying in the plane crash his only response was...”Just how many is a Brazilian, more than a trillion.”
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posted on
08/13/2014 11:32:10 AM PDT
by
areukiddingme1
(areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
To: areukiddingme1
When odumbo was told about 7 Brazilian officials dying in the plane crash his only response was...Just how many is a Brazilian, more than a trillion.
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posted on
08/13/2014 11:36:21 AM PDT
by
BigEdLB
(Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
Not to be crass but the Capitalist candidate dying should help the Centrist challenger against the incumbent Socialist.
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posted on
08/13/2014 11:43:51 AM PDT
by
Reaganez
To: Reaganez
Probably the same mechanic that worked on Ron Browns plane.
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posted on
08/13/2014 11:46:56 AM PDT
by
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posted on
08/13/2014 12:07:13 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: illiac
“... he was perceived by some as the most market-friendly of the three main candidates ....”
So the most “market-friendly” of the three main candidates was the nominee of the Brazilian Socialist Party? As Yakov Smirnov would say (in a different context), “What a country!”
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posted on
08/13/2014 2:33:34 PM PDT
by
AuH2ORepublican
(If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll defend your rights?)
To: illiac
“We got a word for that kinda odd in English, it’s called ‘suspicious.’”
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posted on
08/13/2014 2:36:45 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
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