Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff wins second term in close election
Rousseff won 51.6% of votes in a runoff against centrist opposition leader Aecio Neves, who won 48.4%
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff narrowly won re-election yesterday after convincing voters that her party's strong record of reducing poverty over the last 12 years was more important than a recent economic slump.
The 66-year-old Rousseff, who was a Marxist guerrilla in her youth, overcame growing dissatisfaction with the economy, poor public services and corruption to narrowly clinch a second term for herself and the fourth in a row for her Workers' Party.
After one of the closest, most divisive campaigns in Brazil in decades, Rousseff won 51.6% of votes in a runoff against centrist opposition leader Aecio Neves, who won 48.4% with more than 99% of the votes tallied.
