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This Sunday was an important day of mobilization in Brazil because there were a lot of demonstrations under the umbrella term of the Act for Democracy taking place. This is an act that has been summoned by a long list of artists. Also, there were demonstrations across cities supporting Lula's re-election.

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00:00As we go with our special envoy, Belen de los Santos in Brazil, let's see the following report.
00:09Hello studios, I'm greeting you from Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro.
00:12It is the Act for Democracy, an act that has been summoned by a long list of artists.
00:17Caetano Veloso, the famous Brazilian singer and songwriter, is among that great list,
00:23but many others as well.
00:25One of the mobilizations that is taking place today in Brazil, what you see behind me,
00:30is people that keep on coming, really a long, long line and parade that has become
00:35through the streets of Copacabana and heading towards the main stage.
00:40It's an important day of mobilization today in Brazil because there are many other demonstrations
00:45taking place this Sunday also in Belo Horizonte, for example, Salvador.
00:50This in favor of Lula da Silva's candidacy, many of them summoned under this umbrella term
00:56of Acts for Democracy.
00:59Also, Bolsonaro and his supporters, they also had a mobilization today in Sao Paulo particularly.
01:07And today is an important night because it's the first presidential debate before the runoff
01:13that is going to take place on October 25th.
01:16So we'll be following that closely again for now, I'll go back to you, but we will have
01:20more information here from Brazil.

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