President Dilma Rousseff was re-elected on Sunday Oct 26,2014 after a tight runoff vote against a centrist challenger Aecio Neves.Dilma Rousseff of the Worker's Party took 51.6 percent against Aecio Neves with 99 % of votes counted
Dilma Roussef with her political mentor and predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Supporters of Rousseff waved flags with her name and the symbol of the Worker's Party during a ceremony celebrating her re-election
Dilma Rousseff's
election marks a continuation of her Worker's Party in control of
Brazil's executive branch, which it has held since 2003.
In
Brasilia,Dilma Rousseff took the stage in front of red banners emblazoned
with photos from her days as a militant fighting the military
dictatorship
'My dears, my friends, we have arrived at
the end of a campaign that intensely mobilized all the forces of this
country,' she said 'I thank every Brazilian, without exception.'
In her speech Sunday, she expressed her
gratitude to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who she served as chief of staff
during his second presidential term and who tipped her to run in 2010.
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