January 25, 2021 Portugal's center-right president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, was re-elected on Sunday in an election marked by record abstention blamed on the pandemic. LISBON — Portugal's center-right president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, was re-elected on Sunday in an election marked by record abstention blamed on the pandemic. Rebelo de Sousa secured 60.70 percent of the ballot, easily clearing the 51 percent threshold needed to avoid a run-off. Ana Gomes, from the governing Socialist Party, came in second with 12.97 percent, just one percentage point higher than the ca...