Brazilian politician Marina Silva (C), former minister of the environment under the government of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, grabs the hand of Renata de Andrade Lima, widow of late presidential candidate Eduardo Campos, during the wake at the Pernambuco Government Palace in Recife, August 17, 2014. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Marina Silva's entry into Brazil's presidential race will almost certainly force the October election into a second-round runoff and the environmentalist could even unseat President Dilma Rousseff, according to a poll released on Monday.
It showed Silva with the support of 21 percent of voters, almost three times more than centre-bit candidate Eduardo Campos, who she is poised to replace on the Brazilian Socialist Party's ticket after his death last week in a plane crash.
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