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How can Brazils next president unite the country?

Published: Sept. 29, 2022, 7:30 a.m.

Brazil is voting to elect a new president. On the ballot is the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro\nand Luiz In\xe1cio Lula da Silva, known almost universally as Lula, a fiery leftist who was Brazil\u2019s 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\u2019s next president unite the country?

Presented by David Baker\nProduced by Annabel Deas and Louise Clarke-Rowbotham\nResearched by Chris Blake\nMixed by Nicky Edwards\nThe 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)