Brazil's big decision

The rainforest's fate is in the balance.

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Photo Illustration: 731; Bolsonaro: Ton Molina/Fotoarena/Zuma Press; Lula: Matheus Pe/TheNEWS2/Zuma Press Brazilian elections rarely draw their fair share of notice abroad. The country of 215 million is the size of a continent, not to mention Latin America's biggest economy, yet it's long been stable and rarely figures in superpower politics. This year is different. As voters choose between re-electing President Jair Bolsonaro or returning former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to office, the stakes are high for nearly every living creature on Earth. Brazil's rainforests are critical to the global climate's future, and the candidates have offered diverging views on whether more trees can be cut down by ranchers and farmers. Read The Big Take.

From today's story "Although the Amazon is Brazil's sovereign territory, the wealth it produces has to be used by all inhabitants of planet Earth." — Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Brazil's former president, who is running to retake the office

ICYMI: How build-the-wall hardliners won in the Dominican Republic. Inflation is causing political turmoil in Latin America. How the beef industry is fueling the Amazon's destruction. Read The Big Take.

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