Overlooked opponent faces uphill battle in Brazil

SAO PAULO (AP) — Aecio Neves turned Brazil’s politics on its head with his surprise showing in the first round of presidential voting but his toughest task lies ahead — defeating incumbent Dilma Rousseff and her juggernaut Workers’ Party which has governed for 12 years.

The business-friendly candidate who only surged in the final week of the campaign came within 8 percentage points of Rousseff in Sunday’s election and has momentum and a strong center-right party on his side.