Brazil election may change diplomatic direction

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON

Published September 17, 2014 4:02am ET

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Brazil election may change diplomatic direction — Marina Silva, presidential candidate of the Brazilian Socialist Party, PSB, left, and Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, presidential candidate for re-election of the Workers Party (PT), look on, prior to a presidential debate organized by Brazil's Bishops Confederation in Aparecida, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. Brazil will hold general elections on Oct. 5. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) | Andre Penner

SAO PAULO (AP) — More than a decade of Workers Party rule has seen Brazil prioritize ties with its leftist regional neighbors, from helping muscle socialist Venezuela into the Mercosur trade bloc to financing a billion-dollar transformation of an industrial port in Cuba.

But if President Dilma Rousseff fails to fight off the surging candidacy of reform-minded Marina Silva before presidential voting in October, South America’s largest economy could reset its focus.

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