SAO PAULO: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Sunday (Monday in Manila) won a second term as the leader of the world’s fourth-largest democracy in the nation’s closest presidential election in more than two decades.

Her triumph came despite a sluggish economy, corruption allegations, discontent over the quality of public services and anger over the government’s handling of two major international sporting events—last summer’s World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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