巴西舉行總統選舉

Voters in Brazil are heading to the polls to vote in one of the country's most tightly contested presidential elections in decades.

Polls show leftist incumbent President Dilma Rousseff has a slight lead over her opponent, center-right senator Aecio Neves in the runoff election.

Sunday's vote is widely seen as a referendum on the Workers' Party's 12 years in power, which is credited with expanding social welfare programs and lifting millions out of poverty to the middle class.

However, Ms. Rousseff's last four years in office have been marked by poor economic growth and recession. She has also faced massive anti-corruption protests and criticism over spending on the World Cup.

Neves, who has wide support among Brazil's wealthy elite has promised to continue the Worker's Party's social program while reigning in government spending.巴西選民紛紛前往投票站，參加該國幾十年來角逐最激烈的總統選舉投票。

民調顯示，決選中左翼現任總統迪爾馬·羅塞夫稍微領先其對手，中間偏右的參議員阿埃西奧·內維斯。

星期天的投票被廣泛認爲是對工人黨執政十二年的一次全民公投，該黨因擴大社會福利計劃使數百萬人脫貧進入中產階級而備受讚揚。

不過羅塞夫四年執政期間，經濟增長差，衰退嚴重。她還面臨大規模反貪抗議，以及有關世界盃開支問題的批評。

獲得巴西財富精英階層廣泛支持的內維斯保證當選後將限制政府開支，同時繼續實行工人黨的社會計劃。