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Overlooked opponent faces uphill battle in Brazil

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
Published October 7, 2014 4:00am ET
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Overlooked opponent faces uphill battle in Brazil
Aecio Neves, presidential candidate of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, PSDB, waves during a press conference in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. Official results showed Sunday that President Dilma Rousseff will face challenger Aecio Neves in a second-round vote in Brazil's most unpredictable presidential election since the nation's return to democracy nearly three decades ago.(AP Photo/Eugenio Savio) | Eugenio Savio

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.

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