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%.

Is Former Environment Minister Silva Preparing For Presidential Run?

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Brasil’s former environment minister, Senator Marina Silva is talking to the Green Party, perhaps preparing the way for a presidential run in the October 2010 election. Silva wants the environment and the Amazon on the election agenda.