Brazilian Presidential candidate Eduardo Campos killed in plane crash

[Carlos Eduardo 15]

 

 

SÃO PAULOâ€â€Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos was killed Wednesday in a plane crash, shocking the nation and upending October's elections.

The Brazilian Socialist Party candidate died when the private Cessna Citation in which he was traveling crashed into a residential area of the coastal city of Santos, about 35 miles south of São Paulo.

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Officials said the pilot had aborted a landing due to poor weather and was attempting to change course. All seven people aboard perished, including the pilot and co-pilot, a reporter, a photographer and two of Mr. Campos' campaign aides.

A two-time governor of Pernambuco state in northeast Brazil, Mr. Campos, 49 years old, hailed from a left-wing political dynasty. In a tragic coincidence, he died on the anniversary of the death of his grandfather, Miguel Arraes, a former governor and major figure in the opposition to Brazil's dictatorship in the 1960s and 1970s.

President Dilma Rousseff declared three days of mourning. "Today we lost a great Brazilian," she said. "Eduardo was a great leader."

A leftist who was also friendly to business and tough on crime. Mr. Campos had hoped to appeal to both progressives and fiscal conservatives, but his campaign had trouble gaining traction. A recent poll had shown him with about 8% of the likely voteâ€â€a distant third behind Ms. Rousseff and her main rival, Aécio Neves of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party.

 

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For you have the dimension of the tragedy and the loss of a possible better future for Brazil, the White House made a statement about it 

 

 

Statement by NSC Spokesperson Caitlin Hayden on the Death of Eduardo Campos

We were deeply saddened to learn of the plane crash that appears to have taken the life of Brazilian Presidential candidate Eduardo Campos as well as his travel companions. We extend our profound condolences to the family and other loved ones of the deceased and to the people of Brazil. The thoughts and prayers of the American people are with Brazil on this tragic occasion.

 

As a Brazilian I must say I am shocked because yesterday he gave an interview and everyone seemed to feel the change he would bring to Brazil, he said "Don't give up on Brazil", right yesterday on this interview... there's a little, but possible possibility of Brazil face Communism because there are accusations of something like that going on...

 

 

[Memo 176]

suspicious tbh...

may he rest in peace though

[RAMROD 118,060]

RIP, kind of cute, too.

[lucia4 0]

oh well. 

[Carlos Eduardo 15]

Why someone changed the title? Where's the freedom of speech? 

[mvgp 112]

I do think Marina have better chances than he did, but I still think Dilma is going to win again