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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%.
