Word: collor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...expected, the first-round leader was the crusading center-rightist * Fernando Collor de Mello, a former state governor. At week's end, two candidates who split the leftist vote were deadlocked for the second slot: Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and Leonel Brizola...
...wealthy Collor, 40, gained national attention by attacking his state's bureaucratic "maharajas." The radical socialist Lula, 44, left school after the eighth grade, became a lathe operator and entered union politics. The old- style populist Brizola, 67, was once governor of Rio de Janeiro state...
...most wasteful forest exploitation. Says Celio Valle, director of ecosystems at the government's newly created environmental agency: "Before, we used to consider Brazilian environmental groups as the enemy, but now we consider them allies." Amazonian development may become a significant issue in this fall's presidential campaign. Fernando Collor de Mello, a member of the conservative National Reconstruction Party and a leading candidate to succeed Sarney, has said he believes in preserving the forests, though critics doubt his sincerity...