Former Student Radicals Poised To Lead Brazil -- Miami Herald/McClatchy
In the 1960s, economics student Dilma Rousseff joined her first militant group opposing the military dictatorship in Brazil. In 1970, she was captured, tortured and tossed in prison for nearly three years.
Jose Serra also was active in student politics, leading the left-leaning National Student Union and attracting the interest of the military. Just before the 1964 military coup, he fled the country.
Now, these former militants - who entered mainstream politics decades ago - are the front-runners in Brazil's presidential election on Sunday. Expected to finish a distant third in a nine-candidate field is Green Party candidate Marina Silva.
While the leading candidates' political histories might give U.S. voters pause, it's mostly a nonissue for Brazilians.
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