Brazil re-elects Dilma Rousseff as President

The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff has been re-elected, after securing more than 51 per cent of votes in the closest elections in many years.

An official count showed her rival, Aecio Neves, taking just over 48 per cent of the vote.

In her victory speech, Ms Rousseff said she wants to be a much better president than she had been.

She faced protests last year against corruption, record spending on the football World Cup and poor services.

Ms Rousseff, who has been in power since 2010, is popular among poor Brazilians because of her government's welfare programmes.

Source: BBC