00:00With just one week before Brazil's presidential runoff, thousands of people have gathered
00:05in Copacabana for the act of For Democracy, a major rally featuring prominent artists
00:10including Caetano Veloso, our correspondent Belen de los Santos, will give us the details
00:15from Rio de Janeiro.
00:20Hello, studios, how are you?
00:21Let me tell you, it's been quite a challenge to find a place here to come and be in touch
00:26with you because the streets of Copacabana are so filled with people and as the hours
00:32go by, more and more people keep coming, it's the act of democracy, this act that was summoned
00:38and shared by so many artists, many of them performing today, Brazilian songwriter and artist
00:43Caetano Veloso as one of the main figures, but there are so many and these streets have been
00:49filling with the people who have come here from all ages, from very, very young kids who
00:54are dancing in the streets along, not just the main act, but blocks and blocks of people
01:00with music, dancing, it's really a celebration of democracy in this case for many who understand
01:07that that is what is at risk in this election.
01:10It's seven days, one week to go and really the campaign has been at its highest point with
01:17mobilizations, mobilizations really, and as the chants continue, mobilizations across the country really
01:23and today, and I hope that, I really hope that you can hear the chants from the people
01:28because the energy, as I was saying, was so high and we were talking young people in the streets
01:34but also the elderly are here, they have expressed that they are willing to defend their democracy,
01:40they have lived through a long ride and tide of different historical moments for the country
01:47and they are willing to take part in what is, they understand, a very, very important election
01:53for the country and for the region.
01:55So this is here from Copacabana, I will come back to you important night tonight because there's
01:59the presidential debate before the runoff that is going to take place next Sunday.
02:05So I go back to you now.
