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Brazilian Elections | Oct. 1, 2006

Brazil blackout cause uncertain, president says
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazil's president suggested Friday that bad weather may not have caused a massive blackout that left nearly a third of the population without electricity, saying he'll wait for an investigation to conclude how the outage happened.
 

Brazilian Elections

Transcript: Election Preview

Brazil Election Is President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva headed for reelection? Paulo Sotero, veteran journalist and director of Wilson Center's Brazil Institute, answered questions about the Oct. 1 presidential election.
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