00:00The important aspect of taking into account is in the international voters.
00:03Those living abroad are also going to the polls to exercise the democratic right.
00:08Let's see the following work.
00:13Of the nearly 59 million Brazilians eligible to vote in this Sunday's elections,
00:20918,000 live abroad.
00:24Professor Isora Furtado is getting ready to board a flight to Cape Verde in West Africa.
00:30Where she has lived since 1990 and will exercise her right to vote.
00:34She highlights the close relationship between Brazil and the motherland.
00:40Brazil has a strong alliance with African countries.
00:45And there needs to be a great deal of exchange in the fields of culture, technology, international relations,
00:51the economy and finance.
00:55In every respect, Brazil has much to give and to receive in relation to Africa.
01:03Both can learn from each other, in a process of learning from the global south.
01:08There are 350 Brazilians living in Cape Verde.
01:12Of these, 14-6 are eligible to vote in 2026.
01:17Across the entire African continent, according to the Superior Electoral Court,
01:22there are more than 3,600 Brazilian voters.
01:26Paulo Vigano is one of them.
01:28He first arrived in Cape Verde 17 years ago and is now a homeowner.
01:35I met my ex-wife in Rio de Janeiro.
01:39We got married in 2009.
01:43I came to Cape Verde and was supposed to stay for 15 days.
01:47I left my business in Rio de Janeiro, made sure everything was running smoothly,
01:51and came here just to explore, to get to know my wife's homeland at that time.
01:55And when I arrived here, I was enchanted by the tranquility and the quality of life.
01:59And I still am today.
02:01Among the Portuguese-speaking countries, Brazil is the largest.
02:06It has various agreements with the Lucophone nations of Africa,
02:10such as Cape Verde, including educational agreements.
02:15I went to Brazil in 2009.
02:17I went to Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, to the Federal University of Santa Catarina.
02:25The part of Brazil I got to know was very nice.
02:28I still keep in touch with my professors.
02:36There is no doubt that Cape Verde's historical relationship with Brazil is also indisputable,
02:41and that there is a large community of Cape Verdean students,
02:48and others as well, who, over the years, have had the opportunity to pursue their academic education in Brazil,
02:55where they have been very well received and, let's say, have been able to integrate quite successfully.
03:02Gilson is a barber on the outskirts of the capital, Praia.
03:05He always keeps tab on Brazil through what the songs say, especially the socially conscious lyrics of Rio de Janeiro's
03:13trap music.
03:13And from here, he sends his message to the candidates in Brazil.
03:18We must fight crime seriously, without taking the lives of innocent people as well.
03:29The African continent and Brazil have a historical relationship.
03:34It was the people kidnapped in Africa and enslaved in Brazil who were primarily responsible for building this Latin American
03:42country within an inhumane system.
03:44Today, black people account for 55.5 percent of the population.
03:50Despite this significance, neither Michel Temer nor Jair Bolsonaro visited the African continent when they were presidents of Brazil.
04:00Brazil owes an immense debt to African countries.
04:07You know that the number of enslaved people who arrived in Brazil and helped build Brazil, build this nation, is
04:16immense.
04:21The role, presence and significance of black culture in Brazil must not be forgotten.
04:27For these and many other reasons, what the South American giant is experiencing this October
04:33is important not only for those who live in Brazil, but also for Brazilians abroad and for peoples around the
04:40world.
04:42Don't stop exercising your civic rights.
04:46It's a way to feel pride and to always honor our status as Brazilian citizens in the world.
04:52We may be all over the world, but we never forget Brazil.
04:55We never stop being Brazilians.
04:58Andrei Vieira and Sebastian Soto, Telesur, Kate Verde.
