Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff Wins Re-Election Sunday

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff has been re-elected to a second term to lead the world's fifth-largest nation. Official results released Sunday by Brazil's top electoral court show that the left-leaning Rousseff beat opposition contender Aecio Neves. Must Read: 10 Stocks George Soros Is Buying With 98% of the vote counted, Rousseff had won 51.5% of the ballots. There are not enough outstanding votes left to be counted to allow her rival to catch up with her. Rousseff's victory extends her Workers' Party rule, which has held the presidency since 2003. During that time, they've enacted expansive social programs that have helped pull millions of Brazilians out of poverty and into the middle class Must Read: European Central Bank Says 13 Eurozone Banks Still Short of Capital

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