1. Brazil warming to 'green' policies.
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Tollefson, Jeff
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PRESIDENTIAL elections , *POLITICAL corruption , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *GRASSROOTS movements , *SUSTAINABLE development - Abstract
The article discusses environmental activist Marina Silva and her clashes with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in the presidential election polls. Topics include death of presidential candidate Eduardo Campos, environmental policies, stagnancy in economy and political corruption in Brazil, Silva's grass-root socio-environmentalism, election of Silva into Brazilian Senate as a member of the Workers' Party, opposition for genetically modified soya beans, and plans for sustainable development.
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- 2014
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