Brazil mourns presidential candidate killed in plane crash


  • World
  • Monday, 18 Aug 2014

Supporters line up to pay their respects to the late Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos during his wake in Recife, August 17, 2014. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker

RECIFE Brazil (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Brazilians gathered on Sunday in the northeastern city of Recife to bid farewell to presidential candidate Eduardo Campos, killed in a plane crash four days ago, as debate swirled about the impact of his death on the October election.

Locals waited hours in line to pay their respects in front of Campos' coffin and watch an open-air mass attended by a number of Brazilian officials, including President Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. She was briefly booed on her arrival.

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