Folha De S. Paulo: Dilma Rousseff

Dilma Rousseff: For the first time, polling shows she would be forced into a second-round runoff vote in next year's presidential election, according to CTV. The government's popularity was down throughout the country, including in the northeast where the ruling Workers Party is strong. Her rating dropped there from 64 to 40 per cent there and SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Public approval of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's government has suffered a steep drop in the weeks since massive protests broke out across this country, according to Brazil's first nationwide poll released since the unrest began. Published Saturday by Folha de S. Paulo, the country's biggest newspaper, the Datafolha survey found 30 per cent of respondents rated Rousseff's government as "great/good," a sharp fall from the 57 per cent who gave it that rating three weeks ago before the demonstrations began. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.