President Dilma Rousseff narrowly wins re-election in Brazil

Brazilian leftist President Dilma Rousseff barely won re-election over centrist candidate Aecio Neves in Sunday’s election in a country suffering economically.

Rousseff won 51.6 percent of the vote to Neves’ 48.4 percent with more than 99 percent of the votes counted.

In her victory speech, Rousseff spoke of reconciliation and dialogue with the opposition as she tries to restart the economy and battle unemployment, which sparked street demonstrations a year ago.

She said she understood the calls for a more efficient, less corrupt government. “That’s why I want to be a much better president than I have been until now,” she said.