00:00So, Brazil is preparing for a decisive presidential run of election that will shape the nation's future.
00:06For the latest developments from the South American country, we invite our special envoy, Belén de los Santos.
00:12She's in Rio de Janeiro at this very hour. Go ahead, Bel, we hear you.
00:18Hello, Ale, exactly as you were saying.
00:20Well, you were going over some of the key events in the past hours.
00:24Yesterday as well, you know that these are the last days.
00:27We are just a couple of days away.
00:30Sunday is the day that will define the political future of Brazil with important impact in the region.
00:37That is what we are following closely.
00:39So, a little bit of some major updates from today.
00:43There has been one more release of the past poll.
00:47Brazil is one of the most prestigious polls that, here in Brazil, analysts and major newspapers are following in order
00:56to understand the electoral trends ahead of the run-up.
01:01And it came out with Flavio Bolsonaro at 45% and Lula do Silva at 44%.
01:09That is reducing the gap between the two from two points last week to just one point this week.
01:17This follows a common trend that we have been seeing in different polls that is reducing the gap between Flavio
01:25Bolsonaro and Lula do Silva.
01:28So, just a major overall, the polls are still placing Flavio Bolsonaro in the lead.
01:35But the trend is that that gap is reducing.
01:38The big question is, what is going to happen?
01:42At what point are those numbers going to stop when we hit the major day, the important day of the
01:47run-up of October 25th?
01:49What is going on?
01:50In the meantime, Lula do Silva is trying to hit all major topics of discussion in order to promote this
01:59active mobilization,
02:00both in the streets, as you were mentioning, with massive mobilizations in different points of the country,
02:07and also with a very active presence in social media.
02:12Well, Flavio Bolsonaro is having more of a stand-by approach.
02:17He knows he has the lead.
02:19Math was in his favor just coming off of the first round with the gap in favor that he had,
02:25and also with the possibility of getting further support from the third, fourth, fifth candidates,
02:33particularly the third and the fifth candidates in that first round.
02:37So, what he is trying to do is he's just trying to maintain that difference and hope that it's enough
02:44to win on Sunday.
02:45So, that is basically what we are looking at right now, Alex.
02:50Well, what else can we expect for the day and for the upcoming days before elections in matters of activities
02:56and remarkable events that may be happening there in Brazil?
03:02So, exactly. So, important day today.
03:04Flavio Bolsonaro is going to have a couple of activities in the Northeast, particularly in Fortaleza.
03:10Let's recall that the Northeast of the country is one of Lula de Silva's strongholds.
03:15So, and in this past first round, what we saw happened in the Northeast of the country is that it
03:21still voted majoritarily in favor of Lula de Silva,
03:25but with a lesser margin than in previous elections.
03:29So, it's very important for both candidates to strengthen and even increase their voting in that area that they understand
03:37that is key and is out in dispute.
03:40Lula de Silva, for his part, is in Minas Gerais, another of the most important sectors in the Southeast of
03:47the country.
03:47And also, Ale, very important today that President Lula de Silva is about to present formally something that he has
03:55just talked about before,
03:57the constitutional amendment that proposes free public transport on weekends.
04:03This would, of course, benefit particularly several sectors of society.
04:08That is what he is tackling, trying to bring these benefits to those who, for example, need the weekend.
04:17We are going to go around even the city and have some recreational activities.
04:20I think that this goes along the lines of guaranteeing the two rest days that was achieved last week when
04:27the six times one scale of labor was cancelled
04:32and the two days of rest, paydays of rest for all formal workers was guaranteed in another constitutional amendment.
04:41So, that is what is happening today.
04:43We are going to play a lot of activity every day.
04:45So, we are keeping minute-by-minute analysis.
04:48Ale.
04:48Thank you, Elsa.
04:49We will be in contact with you in upcoming admissions to know how the day is evolving there.
04:56Bye-bye.
