Economics
Neves to Face Rousseff in Brazil in Surprise Comeback
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Aecio Neves pulled off a surprise second-place finish to force a runoff with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, pitting a candidate favored by investors against an incumbent who says the end of her party’s 12-year rule threatens policies that pulled 35 million out of poverty.
The incumbent of the Workers’ Party, or PT, had 42 percent of the votes yesterday, followed by Neves of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, known as PSDB, with 34 percent and Marina Silva with 21 percent, Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court reported based on 99.99 percent of ballots counted.