Aécio Neves

…finisher—the Brazilian Social Democratic Party’s Aécio Neves, the former governor of Minas Gerais state, whose late surge garnered him about 34 percent of the vote. The runoff in late October proved to be one of the closest presidential elections in recent Brazilian history: Rousseff won a second term by capturing…

…center-right former Minas Gerais governor Aécio Neves, who surged in the final weeks of the campaign to capture some 34 percent of the vote. Despite Silva’s endorsement of Neves, Rousseff triumphed in the runoff to win a second term, capturing more than 51 percent of the vote in contrast to…