A large doll in the likeness of Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for office again, is paraded through the Complexo do Alemao favela at his campaign rally

The Brazilian Presidential Election

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 28, 2022

Jack Nicas, Brazil bureau chief for The New York Times, joins the show to discuss the outcome of Sunday's Brazilian presidential election. Plus: Miguel Lago, political scientist, executive director of the Institute for Health Policy Studies, a Brazil-based think tank on health systems, and lecturer of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, puts Brazil's contemporary political situation in context.

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