The Essentials

Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB) candidate José Serra, M.A. ’76, Ph.D. ’77, fell short in his bid for the presidency of Brazil in a run-off election Oct. 31. His opponent, Workers’ Party candidate Dilma Rousseff, received almost 56 percent of the popular vote to become the first female head of state of Latin America’s most [...]

Veteran Brazilian politician José Serra, M.A. ’76, Ph.D. ’77, has earned enough of the popular vote in his race for the presidency to force a run-off election Oct. 31. His opponent, Dilma Rousseff, led Serra in the polls for several weeks before the general election Oct. 3, but neither candidate received the required 50 percent of [...]