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Brazil's October 2014 Presidential Election (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised Oct. 22, 2014
Report Number IN10157
Report Type Insight
Authors Meyer, Peter J.
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

Brazil, the fifth most populous country and seventh largest economy in the world, held presidential, legislative, and state office elections on October 5, 2014. President Dilma Rousseff of the center-left Workers Party (PT) won a plurality of the presidential vote with 41.6%. Since she failed to win an absolute majority, however, she must contest a second round runoff on October 26, 2014. She will face Aécio Neves of the centrist Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), who finished second with 33.6% of the vote. The race appears to be headed to a close finish, and could lead to changes in the economic and foreign policies of a nation that the Obama Administration considers to be an emerging center of influence.