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Brazil

President well ahead in poll

Socialist Party candidate Marina Silva is losing ground in the race for the Brazilian presidency and may not even make the run-off, an opinion poll showed on Thursday, three days ahead of the vote. The latest poll by the Datafolha firm showed Silva was continuing to slip back, just when it matters most. Datafolha put Dilma Rousseff in front with 40 percent of first-round voter intentions, and Silva down a point on just 24, compared with 21 for Social Democrat Aecio Neves, who was up one. The first round of presidential voting is on Sunday, after which a run-off is likely.