00:00And in Brazil's Amazonas State, residents in hard-access communities are also exercising their right to vote in the ongoing
00:06runoff.
00:07In the Lago do Catalao community in Danduba, deep into the Brazilian Amazonia,
00:12residents travel by canoe and motorboat from their riverside homes to Castor Palos for president.
00:17On the day, local Lula supporters highlight the achievements of its administration
00:21that managed to lift tens of millions out of poverty through social welfare programs.
00:26In the second round campaign, two very distinct visions for the Brazilian Amazon are in contention.
00:31Flávio Bolsonaro has denied a climate emergency and vowed to repeat the same environmental policy as his father,
00:37under whom deforestation in the Amazon increased by more than 70%.
00:40For his part, President Lula established the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples,
00:44launched numerous operations against illegal gold mining, replenished a fund dedicated to protecting the Amazon,
00:50and revived environmental agencies paralyzed under Bolsonaro.
