Former Senator Marina Silva attends a plenary voting session of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, to try to obtain registration for the creation of a party named Rede Sustentabilidade (Sustainability Network), to contest the 2014 presidential elections in Brazil, in Brasilia in this October 3, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/Files
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Environmentalist Marina Silva officially launched a bid for president on Wednesday, upending Brazil's October elections and threatening the ruling Workers' Party's 12-year hold on power.
Silva, until now a vice-presidential candidate for the Brazilian Socialist Party, accepted its nomination to top the ticket after candidate Eduardo Campos, a former governor and rising political star, was killed in a plane crash last week.
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