Dilma Rousseff through grants than through public works." Additionally, she favored the privatization of airports in order to prepare Brazil's infra-structure for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. She also pledged to deepen the social welfare network inaugurated by the Lula administration, saying that, under her rule, "Brazil will continue to grow, with social inclusion and mobility." In 2014, during the presidential elections, the President Dilma Rousseff supported the criminalization of homophobia, citing the "high rate" of acts of violence against homosexuals in the country. When the mandatory two-party system ended in the early 1980s, Rousseff participated, along with Carlos Araújo, in Leonel
Green party party), taking enough votes from Dilma Rousseff of the incumbent PT party to stop her getting the 50% needed to avoid a second round of which she went on to beat Jose Serra of the opposition PSDB party. Despite only winning numerically the vote in one state, the Green Party came second in front of Dilma Rousseff in Amapa, Amazonas, Pernambuco and in Rio de Janeiro in front of Jose Serra. The Green Party tied with Serra in Ceara, both having 16.36% of the vote, although Dilma Rousseff won the state. Maranhão also had a 1.5% difference in vote between