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Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts) Mon Oct 27, 2014, 04:10 PM Oct 2014

Dilma Rousseff pledges unity after narrow Brazil election victory

Dilma Rousseff pledges unity after narrow Brazil election victory

Rouseff says she wants to be a ‘better president’ after fighting off strong challenge by Aécio Neves

Jonathan Watts in Rio de Janeiro
The Guardian, Sunday 26 October 2014

President Dilma Rousseff has struck a conciliatory tone after her victory in the closest Brazilian election in generations.
Rousseff was re-elected by a narrow margin on Sunday, ensuring that Latin America’s biggest nation will remain under the control of a Workers party (PT) committed to tackling inequality.

She won 51.6% of the valid votes cast to secure a much reduced mandate, having fought off a strong challenge by the pro-business Aécio Neves.

In a victory speech, a beaming Rousseff said she hoped the nation could rally together. “Instead of increasing differences and creating gaps, I strongly hope that we create the conditions to unite,” she told supporters in Brasilia. “I want to be a much better president than I have been until now.”

She gave particular thanks to former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who many tip to run again in 2018. Rousseff is ineligible to stand for a third consecutive term.

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Mon Oct 27, 2014, 06:17 PM

Oct 2014

Continuing Latin America's 'Left Turn,' Brazil's Rousseff Wins Re-Election
Published on Monday, October 27, 2014
by Common Dreams

Workers Party win shows voters' rejection of conservative economic policies, analysts say

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff was re-elected in a narrow victory on Sunday.

Beating opponent Aecio Neves of the Social Democrat party by a slim 51.6 percent to 48.3 percent, Rousseff's win continues a dozen years of rule by the Workers Party.

Speaking to supporters in Brasilia following the election results, Rousseff said, "I want to be a much better president than I have been up to now."

"We're going to continue building a better Brazil, a more inclusive, more modern, more productive Brazil. A country of solidarity and opportunities," she said.

Reuters reports that her "victory, however narrow, is a blow for conservatives in the region."

Noting that "we are more than a decade and a half into Latin America’s 'left turn,' Greg Grandin writes at The Nation, "It’s not hard to understand why: economics."

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http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/10/27/continuing-latin-americas-left-turn-brazils-rousseff-wins-re-election

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