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Voters in Brazil on Sunday will choose between two larger-than-life, populist candidates in a presidential race that is widely seen as the nation’s — and Latin America’s — most important election in decades.
Who are the candidates, and why is the future of Brazilian democracy also on the ballot?
On today’s episode
Jack Nicas, the Brazil bureau chief for The New York Times.
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The contest — a matchup between Brazil’s two biggest political heavyweights — could swing either way and promises to prolong what has already been a bruising battle that has polarized the nation and tested the strength of its democracy.
For the past decade, Brazil has lurched from one crisis to the next. Brazilians will decide between two men who are deeply tied to its tumultuous past.
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Jack Nicas contributed reporting.
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