Brazil elections: What is at stake nationally and globally?

All eyes are on Brazil as the first round of its upcoming presidential election on 2 October has already stirred heated debate.

Incumbent far-right president Jair Bolsonaro and left-wing former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, “Lula”, could again become president, however, neither comes with a sterling political record. Meanwhile, the future of Brazil hangs in the balance.

Graziella Moraes Silva, Professor of Anthropology and Sociology here at the Geneva Graduate Institute and Co-director of the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy joins us from Rio de Janeiro to explore what the future of Brazil might look like.

Intro credits: BBC News