![Sonia Guajajara (third from left), an Indigenous rights campaigner and candidate who supports the presidential campaign of the Workers' Party's Luiz Inacio "Lula" Da Silva. Here, she appears with other feminist campaigners at a left-wing rally in São Paolo the day after two Socialist and Liberty Party (PSOL) candidates, Boulos and Ediane Maria, were threatened with a gun / credit: Richard Matoūsek](https://towardfreedom.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/20220927_221934-326x245.jpg)
Brazilians Head to Polls with Fear of Bolsonaro Coup and Possibility of Lula Win Bolstering Left-Wing Latin American Politics
With Brazil being the fifth-largest country by area, along with the seventh-largest population and economy, the outcome of the October 2 first-round presidential election could not only significantly alter the lives of Brazilians, but impact regional politics that have recently swung left, as well as the health of the planet. Richard Matoušek reports from São Paolo.