Brazil votes in tight presidential runoff
- 10 years ago
Brazilians head to the polls Sunday in a bitterly-contested election.
Final polls give incumbent Dilma Rousseff the edge as she seeks her second term leading Latin America's largest economy.
Her Workers' Party has held power for 12 years -- leveraging an economic boom to expand social programs that helped lift more than 40 million people from poverty.
But she's facing a tough race against former State Governor Aecio Neves, who wants to adopt more market-friendly fiscal measures to rein in public spending.
The race is Brazil's most competitive presidential campaign in decades.
It is also the most acrimonious, dominated by negative advertising and a steady drum beat of corruption allegations.
Brazilians vote in a bitterly-contested election that pits a leftist president against a centrist senator who is promising pro-business policies. Vanessa Johnston reports.
Brazil votes in tight presidential runoff
Final polls give incumbent Dilma Rousseff the edge as she seeks her second term leading Latin America's largest economy.
Her Workers' Party has held power for 12 years -- leveraging an economic boom to expand social programs that helped lift more than 40 million people from poverty.
But she's facing a tough race against former State Governor Aecio Neves, who wants to adopt more market-friendly fiscal measures to rein in public spending.
The race is Brazil's most competitive presidential campaign in decades.
It is also the most acrimonious, dominated by negative advertising and a steady drum beat of corruption allegations.
Brazilians vote in a bitterly-contested election that pits a leftist president against a centrist senator who is promising pro-business policies. Vanessa Johnston reports.
Brazil votes in tight presidential runoff