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The Inquiry: How can Brazil’s next president unite the country?

How can Brazil’s next president unite the country?

29/09/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - The Inquiry, How can Brazil’s next president unite the country?

Who are the main presidential candidates in Brazil and can they unite a divided country?

This weekend Brazil goes to the polls to elect a new president.  The campaign issues have polarised the country.  What’s dividing Brazil and why?

Brazil is voting to elect a new president.  On the ballot is the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro
and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known almost universally as Lula, a fiery leftist who was  Brazil’s president from 2002 to 2010.

Bolsonaro is a former army officer with solid conservative views.  Lula is very left leaning and in favour of protecting the environment. 

Their contrasting policies on issues such as the economy, law and order, family values, and the environment, have polarised the country. 

Whoever wins will lead a country with deep divisions. 

So this week on The Inquiry we are asking: How can Brazil’s next president unite the country?

Presented by David Baker
Produced by Annabel Deas and Louise Clarke-Rowbotham
Researched by Chris Blake
Mixed by Nicky Edwards
The editor is Tara McDermott and the production co-ordinator is Jacqui Johnson


(Image: Towels with images of presidential candidates Lula da Silva and Jair Bolsonaro are displayed in a street stand to be sold in downtown Sao Paulo: Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images)

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