FINANCIAL TIMES: Brazil’s incumbent president Dilma Rousseff has triumphed in the country’s closest election in a generation, winning by about 3 percentage points in a vote that has split the nation between rich and poor.
She now faces the daunting task of reuniting a country divided by the most bitter campaign in recent memory, reviving a sluggish economy and pacifying hostile markets. As of nearly 8:30pm on Sunday evening, the president from the centre-left Workers’ party, the PT, had 51.64 per cent of the valid votes compared with 48.36 per cent for her rival Aécio Neves of the pro-business PSDB, with 99.98 per cent counted.
“Muito obrigada! [Many thanks! ]” Ms Rousseff tweeted alongside a hashtag “Dilma four more years” and a photo of her against a red background with hand aloft in a victory signal… (more)
