Hints and tips:
...The man who supporters hoped would become Brazil’s first black president, former chief justice Joaquim Barbosa, surprised the nation on Tuesday by abruptly announcing he would not contest elections in October...
...One such is Joaquim Barbosa, the well-regarded former head of the Supreme Court....
...The ruling opens up the race to other candidates such as Joaquim Barbosa, the former supreme court judge known for being tough on corruption....
...Barbosa....
...But there are countless other potential candidates, from a black supreme court judge, Joaquim Barbosa, to the powerful centre-right governor of the state of São Paulo, Geraldo Alckmin....
...The rightwinger could also see his support fragmented by other candidates, such as Joaquim Barbosa, a black former Supreme Court president who was tough on corruption when he was chief justice and whose...
...Even so, Mr Lula da Silva’s participation might strengthen the hand of unconventional competitors, such as Mr Bolsonaro or Joaquim Barbosa, a former supreme court judge known for his tough anti-corruption...
...This would leave space for other expected candidates including the centrist São Paulo state governor Geraldo Alckmin and former supreme court judge Joaquim Barbosa....
...Joaquim Barbosa, a former chief justice of the supreme court, called Ms Rousseff’s removal a “pathetic spectacle”....
...The negative reaction follows concerns that Mr Barbosa will be less committed than his predecessor Joaquim Levy to returning Brazil to a primary surplus, the budget balance before interest payments, considered...
...Yet that is exactly what has happened on Friday, with the government announcing that it has replaced its well-respected finance minister Joaquim Levy with close aide Nelson Barbosa....
...Brazil’s hawkish finance minister Joaquim Levy resigned late on Friday, sparking fears that a ballooning budget deficit in Latin America’s largest economy will deteriorate further and prompting selling of...
...Mr Barbosa is considered closer to President Dilma Rousseff....
...The resignation of fiscal hawk Joaquim Levy as finance minister last month and his replacement with Mr Barbosa has only heightened concerns about a shift to more heterodox policies....
...Mr Barbosa took over as finance minister before Christmas from Joaquim Levy, a fiscal hawk who tried to rein in government spending and increase taxes but was unable to avert the loss of the country`s prized...
...His replacement, Mr Barbosa, has weak credentials....
...To try to rein in the budget deficit, which is running at more than 9 per cent, Ms Rousseff last year hired a University of Chicago-trained fiscal hawk Joaquim Levy as finance minister....
...Mr Barbosa was appointed by left-leaning president Dilma Rousseff late on Friday to replace Joaquim Levy, a University of Chicago-trained fiscal hawk who resigned after disagreement within the government...
...Mr Tombini had also been tipped for the finance job when Joaquim Levy resigned last month....
...minister Nelson Barbosa said in a joint statement....
...When she tried to revert to the tripod last year with the appointment of a fiscal hawk, Joaquim Levy, as finance minister, the PT rebelled against his austerity programme....
...The resignation of fiscal hawk Joaquim Levy as finance minister last month, and his replacement with Nelson Barbosa, has fanned concern that Brazil is moving back to more heterodox policies....
...“Tax revenue is lower than what was expected,” said Nelson Barbosa, planning minister, blaming the country’s deepening recession....
...“A lot of these measures require the co-operation of congress to be put into practice and all of them demand commitment from society,” said Joaquim Levy, finance minister, announcing the budget cuts....
...The resignation of fiscal hawk Joaquim Levy as finance minister last month and his replacement with Nelson Barbosa has only heightened concerns about a shift to more heterodox policies, says João Pedro Ribeiro...
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