World

Brazil's October Election Isn't Just About Lula. It's About Who Controls the Amazon, the Minerals, and the Oil.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is running for a fourth term against Flávio Bolsonaro, son of the imprisoned former president and his political proxy. Beneath the usual left-right framing sits a sharper question: as the world scrambles for critical minerals, farmland, and rainforest carbon, will Brazil set the terms on which others access its resources — or let Washington and Beijing set them instead?