VOICED : Segun encuesta Silva alcanza a Rousseff

Marina Silva, a socialist candidate in Brazil's elections, has matched Dilma Rousseff in polls and is projected to win in a runoff. Silva, who took over the Socialist Party candidacy after Eduardo Campos's death, aims to be Brazil's first poor and black president. Raised in the Amazon, she became a senator and environment minister. Her economic program focuses on credit market reform, reducing bureaucracy, and improving infrastructure, gaining market approval. Despite her conservative religious background, she supports same-sex marriage. Silva previously ran for president in 2010, securing nearly 20% of the vote.

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