Workers Party vice presidential candidate Fernando Haddad walks with supporters in Curitiba, Brazil August 30, 2018. Picture taken August 30, 2018. REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Fernando Haddad, the Workers Party vice-presidential candidate who could be catapulted to Brazil's presidency if Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is barred from running, has quietly met with major investors to tame fears of a leftist return to power.
Haddad, an economist, told Reuters he has met with several investment firms and banks in recent weeks, an echo of Lula's move toward the center in 2002 when he won his first term after pledging to follow orthodox economic policies.
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