Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and challengers Marina Silva and Aecio Neves have sparred over currency policy and social programs in the run-up to the presidential election Sunday. But one pressing topic has largely been left out of the debates: foreign policy. “Foreign policy is not an issue for wide public debate,” said Peter Hakim of the…

Brazilians will head to the polls on Sunday, casting their vote for president, state governors, half of the Senate and the entire Chamber of Deputies. The presidential race, in particular, was thrown into upheaval in August, after a plane crash killed Eduardo Campos, one of the presidential candidates, thrusting Marina Silva into the mix. Silva, an…