The September 2022 issue of the
Latin American Regional Report: Brazil & Southern Cone goes to press as
Brazil is gearing up for a general election on 2 October. Pitting far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro against leftist former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2011) in the race for president, these elections are being described as the country’s most significant since re-democratisation. One of the big issues at stake is environmental policy and the conservation of the Amazon. The report’s first piece looks at this topic and why the elections matter so much to the future of the world’s largest rainforest.
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