00:00Today, and precisely on the topic of Brazil's Election Day, let's welcome Amanda Harumi,
00:05international analyst, who joins us for more debates on everything that has to do with this
00:11electoral date in Brazil, the upcoming Sunday. Welcome, Amanda, to From the South.
00:18Thank you very much. It's a pleasure to talk about Brazil for Telesur.
00:24Amanda, thank you for being with us.
00:26For the first question, we have this important election that Brazil is going to go to the polls
00:31on next Sunday, as we were saying, for general elections, but emphasis is being put on the
00:35president. The two main candidates are completely different from one another. It's like two
00:39different sides of a coin. We have Lula Silva on one side and Fábio Bolsonaro on the other.
00:45As Brazil being a powerhouse in South America, and of course, very important player for regional
00:50integration, how do you see these electoral results, whether Lula wins or Flavio wins,
00:55will impact directly these integrationist proposals and projects going into the coming years.
01:06This election means a lot for Brazilian people, but I guess means a lot for Latin America,
01:12because the future of the region could be impacted by the politics of the USA. Lula represents a
01:21dialogue for multilateral space, integration space like Mercosur and other blacks, and Bolsonaro's
01:30son, Flavio Bolsonaro, have more dialogue, direct dialogue of the politics of Trump. And maybe Brazil,
01:38Brazil, for the family of Bolsonaro, can be part of the Shield of America. This is not good for the
01:46Brazilians now.
01:49Amanda, beyond the government that is elected next Sunday, or perhaps in the second round later in the month,
01:54what will be the role of grassroots movements, of social movements in Brazil, and also in the region,
01:59to carry on these integrationist projects?
02:05Here in Brazil, the social movements are really important. Important for the dialogue of the people, but important for the
02:15foreign affairs too. We have this kind of diplomacy, diplomacy of the people, and this diplomacy is really, really important
02:23in this moment, because we are in crisis in Latin America. Many countries are
02:29united by the USA, and we need this kind of power of the street, the roots of the social movement,
02:38to put Brazil in this campaign for the sobering of Brazil and the democracy of Brazil.
02:48We are in the final week, so candidates are closing their campaign rallies, are closing their campaigns, and they are
02:55still, according to polls, there are many undecided borders, so this moment is very important in those campaigns to tick
03:01the scale, so to say, to convince those undecided borders.
03:04What is on Brazilians' mind, and what will make them decide for each model? What are the main issues going
03:12into this electoral day?
03:16It's hard to answer this question, because we have a polarized society. We have two sides of the same countries.
03:28So, for the future of Brazil, I guess, will be important the discourse of sovereignty, because now Brazil represents a
03:38blend of sovereignty, the government Lula.
03:41And if Bolsonaro wins, this can change for every Brazilian. So, this moment, it's really, really important to talk with
03:50the people, talk about the riches below Brazil, and what we need to do for that is vote for President
03:59Lula.
04:01Thank you very much, Amanda, for your time here with us from the South.
04:07Thank you. It's a pleasure.
04:09It was a pleasure. Well, we're speaking with Amanda Harumi, international allies, on everything that has to do with the
04:16context that Brazilians are going into the polls next Sunday.
04:20Thank you very much, Amanda.
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