No candidate got more than 50 percent in Sunday's Brazilian presidential election. So in an Oct. 26 runoff vote, Brazilian voters will decide between leftist President Dilma Rousseff, who drew 41.5 percent in the first round, and Aecio Neves, a conservative economist and governor, who got a stronger-than-expected 33.6 percent. Former Environment Minister Marina Silva, who led Rousseff in the polls by double digits six weeks ago, garnered only 21 percent.
Silva was the vice presidential candidate on the Brazilian Socialist Party ticket with Eduardo Campos, until Campos died in an Aug. 13 plane crash. Rousseff, of the Workers' Party, cut down Silva's lead with a barrage of negative ads. Neves is the flag-bearer of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), which held the presidency from 1995 to 2002, and the grandson of a well-regarded politician from the 1980s. Either Rousseff or Neves could win the run-off.
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
-
The marvelous powers of mucusThe Explainer It's snot just a pesky cold symptom
-
What to know about the 'no tax on tips' policyThe Explainer The new bill would make tip income exempt from federal income taxes
-
Dehorning rhinos sharply cuts poaching, study findsSpeed Read The painless procedure may be an effective way to reduce the widespread poaching of rhinoceroses
-
Supreme Court lowers bar in discrimination casesspeed read The court ruled in favor of a white woman who claimed she lost two deserved promotions to gay employees
-
Trump-Musk relationship implodes in taunts, threatsspeed read Musk said Trump's multitrillion bill would cause a recession and accused the president of involvement with Jeffrey Epstein
-
Trump hits Africa, Middle East with new travel banSpeed Read The travel ban bars visitors from 12 countries and restricts entry from seven
-
Elon Musk slams Trump's 'pork-filled' signature billspeed read 'Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong,' Musk posted on X
-
Depleted FEMA struggling as hurricane season beginsspeed read FEMA has lost a third of its workforce amid DOGE cuts enforced by President Donald Trump
-
White House tackles fake citations in MAHA reportspeed read A federal government public health report spearheaded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was rife with false citations
-
Judge blocks push to bar Harvard foreign studentsspeed read Judge Allison Burroughs sided with Harvard against the Trump administration's attempt to block the admittance of international students
-
Trump's trade war whipsawed by court rulingsSpeed Read A series of court rulings over Trump's tariffs renders the future of US trade policy uncertain
