Popular Posts
- POLAND: Warsaw Lauds LOT Pilot Wrona For Safe Crash Landing.
- SERBIA / LIBYA : Are Serbian Mercenary Pilots Bombing Protestors In Tripoli?
- HONDURAS : 4 Nov. UPDATE: 176 Police Arrested For Corruption; Lobo Sacks His Top Cops...Sends Troops Into Sula, Tegucigalpa.
- COLOMBIA: Corrupt Police Aided Bogota's Fake Torture Brothel.
- PERU: Chaos Reigns In Lima's Streets With Unregulated Taxis And Ancient Buses.
- CHILE / CANADA : Court Suspends Barrick Gold Pascua Lama Mine Production.
- SERBIA / KOSOVO / EU : President Nikolic Talks Tough About Pristina.
- ITALY / EUROZONE : New Greek Crisis Delays Berlusconi's Love Songs CD Release.
- MEXICO : Zetas Founder/ Leader "Lucky" Hernandez Lechuga Captured In Veracruz.
- USA : 07 May UPDATE: Famous Fat Cat Meow...Dies On Diet.
24 May 2010
BRASIL: Green Party's Silva Now Promises Tax Cuts, Pension Reform.
REUTERS/ Perhaps hoping to catch more electoral traction like Green Party candidate Antanas Mockus in Colombia, Green Party candidate Marina Silva is proposing cutting taxes and social security benefits, thus giving a market-friendly makeover to her platform of clean government and environment. Silva is currently in third place in opinion polls with only 12%, badly trailing President Lula's heir Dilma Rousseff and former S. Paulo governor Jose Serra, who are tied at 37%.