New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- As Brazil goes to the polls on Sunday (October 3), will the country join the "rightward shift" seen in Latin America in recent years?

The election in Brazil has been deemed "deeply polarising" as voters choose between two starkly different visions for the country proposed by leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro.

Incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his challenger, Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, are the frontrunners in Brazil's presidential election on Sunday.

Polls showed Lula and Flavio in a neck-and-neck fight. Reuters reported that an October 25 runoff is likely.

In Brazil, Lula's victory is expected to keep the country a...