Canning House | Latin American Weekly Report

No Brazilian presidential candidate who came second after the first round of voting has ever won the presidency. For Aécio Neves, the candidate for the Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (PSDB), to triumph on 26 October, he needs to win over around 70% of the voters of Marina Silva, from the Partido Socialista Brasileiro (PSB), whereas President Dilma Rousseff, of the ruling Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), needs less than half. While Neves’s challenge is not impossible, given the depth of anti-PT feeling in parts of the country, it is a tall order.

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Sonia Guajajara and the Indigenous spring in Brazil

Last week Sonia Guajajara, Brazil’s first-ever Minister for Indigenous Peoples, landed in London accompanied by two younger Indigenous activists. Her travels coincided with a ground-breaking Supreme Court victory for Indigenous peoples and allies in Brazil. In Canning House's latest blog, Laura Trajber Waisbich considers what Guajajara's, and Brazil's, new approach to Indigenous policies mean for the country.

All change in Ecuador

President Guillermo Lasso has called a snap election. He is the first Ecuadorian president to do so after the mechanism’s addition to the country’s Constitution in 2008. In Canning House's latest blog, Walter Spurrier offers an overview of the candidates vying to be country's next leader.

09-10-2014: Latin American Weekly Report

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All change in Ecuador

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