00:00And we go to Brazil as the nation enters the final week leading up to the general
00:04elections of Sunday, October 4th, where more than 150 million citizens are called
00:11to the polls. More details now of what is at stake with our colleague Belen de
00:16los Santos. She's in Brazil and has all the latest updates from there. Go ahead,
00:20Belen, we hear you.
00:22Hello, Ale. Exactly as you were saying, we are in Rio de Janeiro, in downtown Rio right now,
00:28one of the major cities of Brazil, one of the deciding cities also, in terms of this
00:33general election. As you were saying, we're in the last days, starting the final week
00:38before the election and we're going to be using this extensive cover to tell us
00:43English to really understand what is at stake here and what is happening. So we've
00:48been going around the city and just seeing how the people are, how the last days are
00:54going. Here in downtown and in other parts of the cities, we've been meeting different
00:59activists from the major parties at stake. We have been saying also throughout the day,
01:05and we recall now that this is set to be a very close race, at least that is what the
01:10polls
01:10are saying. We are looking at a first moment of election this Sunday, October 4th. If the major
01:18presidential candidates, presidential candidates that are leading towards this moment, both
01:25Lula da Silva and also Flavio Bolsonaro from the opposition, the front-right Liberal Party,
01:31if they do not meet the 50% local requirement, they will go to a run-up and that is
01:38what,
01:39that's the scenario that we are expecting from what we know from the polls. So because it's a very close
01:44race, the final days are counting and every vote is being counted in this way with the activists going
01:54out into the streets in order to get those indecisive votes. And we have been meeting different militants
02:00who are handing out their pamphlets, they are talking to the citizens across the street. Many of them are
02:07very enthusiastic on both parties that these are going to go their way. We are also talking about the
02:14importance of understanding the election in each region, because it's not only the presidency and
02:20my presidency, but also all the governors from the 26 states and the federal districts that are only
02:26to be elected as well as two-thirds of the Senate and all the deputies to the lower chamber, particularly
02:34in Rio de Janeiro, the two candidates for the government of the state is among Eduardo Paez from the Social
02:43Democratic Party that has the support of President Lula da Silva and also Douglas Ruiz from the Liberal Party,
02:50so that would be the main contingency here in this state. And that is what we are seeing, different
02:58groups, militant groups that are going around talking to the citizens starting this final week that is
03:03leading to October 4th and that is when this election process will begin for a decisive month here in
03:11Brazil and also in the region. Thank you, thank you very much for your insights and everything that is going
03:19to be happening there in Brazil throughout the week. We are going to be in contact with you for sure
03:25in
03:25the upcoming emissions to know more details of everything and how everything is evolving there. Thank you.
