Rousseff, rivals change tack in Brazil's reshaped election


  • World
  • Friday, 22 Aug 2014

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff speaks during the ceremony of the Sanction Law establishing the Regulatory Framework of Civil Society Organizations at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, July 31, 2014. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - When Brazil's notoriously private President Dilma Rousseff showed up in her kitchen cooking pasta in a campaign TV ad this week, it was one of the clearest signs yet that the country's October election is up for grabs.

Rousseff and other candidates are shifting strategies and showing rarely seen sides of their personalities in what suddenly looks like a tight three-way race following this week's late entry of popular environmentalist Marina Silva.

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