Brazil's Next President Will Have to Focus on the Economy

Brazilians going to the polls to select a new president Oct. 5 will choose between incumbent Dilma Rousseff of the Workers' Party, challenger Marina Silva of the Socialist Party of Brazil and Aecio Neves of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party. Although the candidates differ ideologically, longstanding structural realities that have restrained the country's economic development will significantly influence the next president's policy decisions, especially how to reverse Brazil's economic slowdown.