Brazil is preparing to vote in one of the most crucial elections in the country’s fractured democratic history, with the result set to have a significant impact on international politics and the world’s ecological future.
The last hours of the toxic contest between hard-right president Jair Bolsonaro and left-wing former leader Lula Inacio Lula da Silva, widely known simply as Lula, saw bitter accusations and recriminations as well as repeated warnings of possible widespread violence in the aftermath of Sunday’s polls.
