Cardoso Takes Step Toward Reelection
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Brazil’s House of Deputies voted to approve a constitutional amendment allowing President Fernando Henrique Cardoso to seek a second term in office. The amendment, which still requires a second-round House vote and Senate approval, was approved 361-17, with six abstentions. The amendment would pave the way for Cardoso, who is halfway through a four-year term, to run in the 1998 presidential election. Brazil has banned reelection since the founding of the republic in 1889.
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