Brazil presidential candidates fight for Minas Gerias
- 10 years ago
Brazilians are heading to the polls on Sunday in a runoff vote to choose their president.
The second largest state, Minas Gerais, will be crucial to the fortunes of the rival candidates.
It’s the home state of opposition nominee Aecio Neves, but has been won by his rival, President Dilma Rousseff, in the first round.
A chain of federal government programmes that have awashed the state, have led to over 80 percent of its voters endorsing Roussef in the first vote.
Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo reports Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The second largest state, Minas Gerais, will be crucial to the fortunes of the rival candidates.
It’s the home state of opposition nominee Aecio Neves, but has been won by his rival, President Dilma Rousseff, in the first round.
A chain of federal government programmes that have awashed the state, have led to over 80 percent of its voters endorsing Roussef in the first vote.
Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo reports Sao Paulo, Brazil.