Brazil’s Neves Gets Party Endorsement, to Challenge Rousseff

Senator Aecio Neves received his party’s nomination to run for Brazil’s top job in October elections, saying he would seek efficiency in public services as economic growth falters.

“We have the challenge and the responsibility of changing and improving this country,” Neves said in a speech at the national convention of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, or PSDB, in Sao Paulo today. “We are hostages today to the worst economic equation in emerging markets, with minimal growth and worsening inflation.”