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Widely viewed as an emerging world power, Brazil chooses a new leader October 3. If pre-election polls are accurate, outgoing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvas hand-picked nominee is favored to succeed him and become Brazils first female leader.More and more, Brazil is flexing its bulging economic muscle. At a time of constrained global economic expansion, Brazils projected seven-percent growth rate this year is among the worlds highest. An exporting dynamo, Brazil boasts the worlds third-biggest airplane manufacturer and agricultural production that could one day rival that of the United S