Brazil's Silva plans to run for vice president with Campos - Globo


Former Senator Marina Silva speaks during a news conference on her decision to join other parties to run for presidential elections in 2014 in Brazil, in Brasilia October 4, 2013. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Former Brazilian Environment Minister Marina Silva has agreed to run for vice president in October elections on the presidential ticket of Eduardo Campos, the governor of Brazil's Pernambuco state, Globo newspaper reported on Saturday.

Silva, who will make her intention publicly known by mid-February, could announce her candidacy at a January 17 meeting of leaders of Campos' Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB), the newspaper said.

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