Dilma Rousseff is reelected president of Brazil in bitterly fought runoff
Yay! Who says "the Left can't win"??
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/dilma-rousseff-is-narrowly-reelected-president-of-brazil-in-bitterly-fought-runoff/2014/10/26/4dddf804-5d67-11e4-8b9e-2ccdac31a031_story.html
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was reelected by a whisker in a second-round head-to-head vote, after one of the closest, most aggressive campaigns in the country’s recent history.
Rousseff, whose left-wing Workers’ Party has governed Brazil since 2003, had 51.6 percent with 99 percent of votes counted. Aécio Neves, the center-right candidate for the Brazilian Social Democratic Party, came second, with 48.4 percent.
Cheers rang out and firecrackers exploded in central Rio as the results came in. The election was the top subject of discussion Sunday, with Workers’ Party activists carrying red flags and both sides setting up camps under awnings on city streets.
Rousseff’s party campaigned hard on its social policies, playing down Brazil’s stumbling economy and emphasizing social programs, which have helped to reduce poverty by 55 percent since 2003.