One more question for Brazil’s presidential candidates

One More Question

Marina Silva, Dilma RousseffFILE – This combination of two file pictures taken on Aug. 26, 2014, shows presidential candidate Marina Silva of the Brazilian Socialist Party, left, and Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff, who is seeking re-election, during a televised presidential debate in Sao Paulo, Brazil. More than a decade of Workers Party’ rule has seen Brazil prioritize ties with its leftist regional neighbors. But if Rousseff fails to fight off the surging candidacy of reform-minded Silva before the October elections, South America’s largest economy could reset its focus.(AP Photo/Nelson Antoine, File)

The general election takes place in Brazil on Sunday. The latest polls suggest President Dilma Rousseff is moving ahead of her closest rival, Marina Silva, in the presidential race. CCTV’s Zhang Quanling asked Rousseff about her motivations behind seeking another term when she interviewed her in July.

“The Brazilian dream is a dream of prosperity. It is a dream, above all, that parents have, believing that the future of their children should be better than their own. We are 200 million Brazilians. In the last 11 years, 42 million Brazilians elevated out of the middle class. Another 36 million rose out of extreme poverty. Today, Brazilians have new demands, new expectations, new concerns and new goals..because when you move beyond the livable wage, you want more to enjoy.” – President Dilma Rousseff

Here’s what her competitor Marina Silva had to say about her candidacy when CCTV America’s Elaine Reyes interviewed her in June.

“I think the fight, not just mine, but ours, is using our planet’s resources wisely to meet our needs without compromising the needs of those that will come after us. Which means, we have to change how we produce and consume. My fight is changing the development model from unsustainable to sustainable in all its dimensions, economic, social, environmental, cultural, political, and ethical.” – Marina Silva.

Watch the full interview below.

Interview with Brazilian activist Marina Silva

Elaine Reyes sits down with Marina Silva whose name for many Brazilians, is synonymous with activists’ politics.