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Brazil's run-off is heating up with large crowds and an insult-filled debate

Leftist President Luiz Inácio da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of the convicted former far right president, squared off in their first and only face-to-face debate before Sunday's election.

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Carrie Kahn
Carrie Kahn is NPR's International Correspondent based in Mexico City, Mexico.

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