Brazil president declares 3-day mourning

President Dilma Rousseff has declared a 3-day period of official mourning for the decease of presidential candidate Eduardo Campos, from the Brazilian Socialist Party (“PBS”), in a plane crash that occurred Wednesday (Aug 13). In an official note, Rousseff said that the entire country grieves, and that Campos was a paragon of democracy and political leadership. “We’ve lost a great Brazilian today”, she declared.

Rousseff said that she and Campos had shared a long history in their careers, and that occasional political divergences would always be “smaller than the mutual respect that was part of our lives as colleagues.” On offering her condolences to the victim’s family, Rousseff said that Campos was an exemplary father and husband. “At this moment of deep grief, my feelings are with Renata, Campos’s partner, and his much loved children. I’m profoundly saddened,” she stated.

Rousseff’s chief of staff Gilberto Carvalho, also expressed his grief over Campos’s death and praised the late politician. “I had the privilege of being close to him and witnessing his skills at work and, above all, at making friends—these were very distinct characteristics of his personality.”

Translated by Fabrício Ferreira

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