Brazil presidential candidate Campos killed in plane crash

[Bosonic]

Last edited Wed Aug 13, 2014, 04:18 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Reuters

Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos was killed in a plane crash on Wednesday, throwing the October election and local financial markets into disarray.

A private jet carrying Campos and his entourage crashed in a residential area in bad weather as it prepared to land in the coastal city of Santos. The accident killed all seven people on board, the Sao Paulo state fire department said.

Campos, 49, was running on a business-friendly platform and 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 widely seen as one of Brazil's brightest young political stars and his death instantly changes the dynamics of the race. Some analysts said it could make it harder for leftist President Dilma Rousseff to win a second term.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/13/us-brazil-crash-idUSKBN0GD1GY20140813

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Brazil presidential candidate Campos 'in plane crash'

A plane reportedly carrying the Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos has crashed in a residential area of the port city of Santos, in Brazil's Sao Paulo state.

The plane was frequently used by Mr Campos who is running for president for the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB).

Party members said he was on board at the time of the crash.

Firefighters said there were 10 "victims" but did not clarify if the 10 were injured or dead.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-28778604

[KamaAina]

1. Was he flying Air Wellstone?

[swilton]

2. good point

[valerief]

3. Of course, it was the socialist candidate who dies. It always is. nt

[Fantastic Anarchist]

4. Yep ... funny, that.

[billhicks76]

7. Wrong

But this assuredly CIA assassination took out a Corporate Right Winger that would have split the right wing vote, thus, allowing the more popular conservative candidate to have a chance at beating the leftist. More dirty tricks.

[EX500rider]

12. "But this assuredly CIA assassination"

Assuredly? Any facts or just your spidy sense?

How about crashed in bad weather?

The Brazilian Air Force said the plane crashed as it was preparing to land, adding that bad weather may have been to blame for the the accident.

Aldo Galeano, the police officer leading the investigation in to the crash, said that air traffic control had asked the pilot not to land because of high winds and rain.

He said the plane had flown a loop over the nearby city of Santos waiting for conditions to improve when it ran into trouble.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-28784913

[billhicks76]

14. You're Probably Correct

But he would've split the right wing vote and handed victory to the left wing. I still wouldn't be surprised if they were waiting to do this in bad weather though.

[JackRiddler]

8. Please read it again.

He was a pro-business candidate who was going to take votes from the leading right wing party. For a long time the "Socialist" label has in many cases been debased for politics that are the opposite of socialist. His death makes it harder for Dilma and the PT to win.

[valerief]

10. Thanks for the correction! nt

[blkmusclmachine]

5. Death by plane "accident." Or was it???

[flamingdem]

6. Who benefits from this?

Who is the frontrunner and will it make a difference?

Nothing about this on cable..

[Judi Lynn]

9. Brazil candidate's death makes runoff more likely, pressures Rousseff

Brazil candidate's death makes runoff more likely, pressures Rousseff

Source: Reuters - Wed, 13 Aug 2014 23:11 GMT
Author: Reuters
By Anthony Boadle

BRASILIA, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The death of presidential candidate Eduardo Campos makes it even more likely Brazil's October election goes to a second round and could put President Dilma Rousseff under more pressure as she seeks a second term.

Campos died in a plane crash on Wednesday and his running mate Marina Silva is expected to pick up the baton and run for president herself. She is a popular figure who won 19.3 percent of the vote when she ran in 2010.

Silva has greater name recognition and more supporters than Campos had given that the campaign is still in its early stages. Her candidacy could give his Brazilian Socialist Party a boost and deprive Rousseff of votes she needs to avoid a second-round runoff against her main contender, Senator Aecio Neves.

"The chances of a second round have increased a lot, because Marina Silva will draw more votes away from Rousseff than she will from Aecio Neves," said David Fleischer, a professor of politics at the University of Brasilia.

More:
http://www.trust.org/item/20140813230349-vk4pw/

[JackRiddler]

11. I see, a different twist.

Although if there's a runoff the likeliest outcome is that Silva's extra votes over what Campos would have received will revert to Rousseff.

There's worse and there's better, but either way Brazil's in a neoliberal shit-storm that can only be addressed by popular movements. The chances of this are easier under Dilma, but I'm also the idiot who thought this would be true in the U.S. under Obama.

[DonCoquixote]

13. so, take out the person that spilts the right wing

Hmm, as much as I despise Rand Paul, I would be very wary for him. This sounds exactly like the sort of thing the Bush cabal would sign off on, especially to get little Jeb in the Oval Office.