and those a lot of police brutality here in sao paulo.re were people who were arrested, people who were beaten by the police -- which i think will be the main problem here in brazil. the military police have become an ideological -- an ideological militia and gave a lot of support through his election. it is going to be hard times. it t more thahan ever. amy: we're going to go to break and come back to this discussion. a journalistara is and photographer. he's the founder and editor of studio fluxo, an independent media outlet based in sao paulo. james green with us from rhode island, professor of brazilian history and culture at brown university and past president of the brazilian studies association. among his books "we cannot , remain silent: opposition to the brazilian military dictatorship in the united states." we will be back with them in 30 seconds. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. we are talking about the election of the far right army cap

shejoins us now from sao paulo. welcome to you. what has the turn out that mike?t are people saying to you today about the election? 50 saying to you today about the election? so far, we still don't have numbers about the turnout. the polls are just closing but we do have a lot of reports from people talking about the lines and the immense lines to vote. not only here in brazil but also in other countries were brazilians are due to vote as well, including in london. many people have been saying this is a huge turnout. it looks to them as if they had not seen that many brazilians faulting in elections in a long time. but those are quite divisive elections. we did have some difficulties and some fights in some

fÉlix: en brasil, seguidores del candidato presidencial de extrema derecha marcharon en são paulo, parasu apoyo. se encontraron con contra manifestantes que intentaban desbaratar la marcha.

foreign investors and companies still as team is managing director of germany's chamber of commerce in sao paulowho do you think would be better for a businessperson ottawa or a dodd. i think first of all the election is not over yet so both of the present all of the candidates say of tracing the same challenges it will be very difficult choice to come down public terms and run on the other hand invest this point so they don't waiting for the signal to reach the president elect it will send out to the didn't community and then i think they will be very quickly ready to invest again and larger scale what about something like corruption that keeps many companies away who's better equipped to fight something like that well the promise of mr paulson on it is to. fight corruption as has it been of other governments but at this point everybody knows of this process going on and all of jailing politicians jailing. also. i think the corruption issue is a process that will be improving over time but brazil has a high potential so i think investors are ready to invest when the conditions are favorable or

month that's i'm very convinced i was tim is managing director of germany's chamber of commerce in sao paulowe'll see how that election turns out if we can't thank you. you're welcome. well cooling growth has a base does worried the tech giant strong runs on revenue could be coming to an end and despite amazon posting its best ever quarterly profits at income of two point nine billion dollars represents a ten fold increase over the same period last year the figures were bolstered by i was on web services siri amazones outlook for the crucial fourth quarter which includes christmas we tell sales fell short of expectations each share price had slumped. and stalking google's parent company alphabet has also fallen by as much as five percent of the disappointing third quarter earnings the company's twenty seven point two billion dollars in revenue failed to meet market expectations google's advertising business grew slower than expected while costs rose into that giant is paying more to distribution partners of its search engine like smartphone maker apple. and its thank you to the fact that sto

not him sand visit women and men on the streets of sao paulo. they're asking the undecided voters to vote for anyone except. the former army captain who is leading the presidential race in brazil. it. like. i said thirteen candidates are running for brazil's presidency but poll say it's become a two man race between. and fattah man who replaced former president. as the workers' party candidate. he says that if he's elected people like her will be at risk her whole family took to the streets to support how that's campaign. that things were different when lula was in power we had schools my son is a professor now because he went to school. opportunities to the people and her dad will continue this policy. serving a twelve year sentence for corruption was banned from running the workers' party strategy to help the mound or that when this election has been to say that voting for him is like in the waiting for results home or president eleven feet off the problem is that that strategy didn't work in many parts of the country where people are furious

camilla costa in sao paulo, thank you.peal with evangelical voters, asjulia carneiro found out. a concert for a devoted audience. who's part of the lords army, the singer asks. this is one of the biggest evangelical churches in rio. these people can help decide brazil's political future. these people can help decide brazil's politicalfuture. winning over evangelical voters has become crucial in these presidential elections, and this means appealing both to conservative values and to a group that's been hard hit by brazil's economic crisis. up to 70% of evangelicals are expected to vote for the meeting presidential candidate, jair bolsonaro, a former army captain who praises brazil's dictatorship years. he suffered homophobic and misogynistic views. and defends the traditional heterosexual family. translation: i because he's a decent man. he the family and his ever been involved in corruption scandals. translation: bespeaks of preserving the family comedy values, the good customs. this pastor has over to me and followers on

daniel gallas is in sao paulo. we are getting confirmation of that win for the president.how significant this win is for the far right candidate. well, it is a sharp turn to the right for brazil and fourjair bolsonaro it's a huge win because not a lot of people expected him to win. ayear not a lot of people expected him to win. a year ago he wasn't very well positioned in the polls. he had very little money in his campaign. he had very little time for advertiser. and he won against the big giants of brazilian politics, the workers' party, the social democrats and he has done something a lot of people thought was impossible. a lot of it due to his strong words, the strong thoughts that he has on a lot of different topics. he got a lot of the support of voters who were actually voting against the workers' party and voting against left—wing government of brazil, which ruled brazilfor government of brazil, which ruled brazil for the past 13 years, government of brazil, which ruled brazilfor the past 13 years, so it isa brazilfor the past 13 years, so it is a huge win forjair b

daniel gallas is in sao paulo.ictory mean for brazil's democracy? well, it is a sharp return to the right after yea rs of a sharp return to the right after years of brazil being ruled by a left—wing coalition and a lot of people don't really know what to expect from ja bolsonaro because he isa expect from ja bolsonaro because he is a fringe politician, he hasn't been at the centre of power for most of brazil's history —— jair. it is very unknown what will happen from now on. what we know is that resilience a hard country to govern because there are lots of political parties —— brazil is a hard country to govern. they will try to morph forward with his agenda. he is promising to respect the constitution and not do anything against the democracy. ——a will try to move forward. sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh ferris. he delivered but my goodness, the stress he put us under. good evening. lewis hamilton has indeed won his fifth formula one world title. he had already had to wait an e

shasta darlington explains from sao paulo. >> reporter: this was the scene just a few months ago.ring crowds greet the man leading the polls by a wide margin. former president luis lula da silva. that was just hours before he handed himself in to police to serve a 12-year prison sentence for corruption. >> translator: the more days they leave me in there the more lulas are going to be born. >> reporter: but the man known as lula sidelined, a far right former army captain jumped to the head of the race. but last month, he was stabbed in the stomach at a campaign rally and spent weeks recovering in hospital posting selfies and defiant videos. this country is ours. brazil above all, god above everyone. he shouts in a recorded message for his supporters. for years, the congressman made headlines for his support of the military dictatorship and attacks on women, gays and blacks. here telling a fellow lawmaker he wouldn't rape her because she doesn't deserve it. but with the country's major political parties engulfed in a corruption scandal and the economy sputtering, he has convinced v

palo city where most of the bodies were found hundreds of brazilians have been demonstrating in sao paulo against presidential candidates are boston r.-o. he's leading the polls ahead of the runoff vote on october twenty eighth and is expected to win many leftwing supporters oppose his views on women minorities and gay rights doctors without borders is calling for the immediate evacuation of refugees and asylum seekers from prison camps on the roof it says children as young as nine have been suicidal because of the conditions last week the island's government ordered the medical charity to leave within twenty four hours australia has been sending asylum seekers to that offshore detention camps and two thousand and thirteen as a bad line to keep it on al jazeera much more to come witness as facts. the consequence of war i got ventures into russia he served in the marine corps for ninety two ninety ninety five that just doesn't go away. but living out of the truck for the last couple years. his home was zero follows a group of u.s. army veterans traumatized by war. as they struggle to get t

in casting his vote, he paid tribute to this man who was a torturer in sao paulo. he was recognized in all of the processes of truth and justice that unfolded in brazil. he said the following to pay tribute to someone who brought terror to president dilma rousseff. a person who is capable of doing and if you to a proceeding to justify his vote in this manner sells hatred.o he spreads hatred because he only understands one language, the language of violence. amy: that is dumber rousseff, former brazilian president who was impepeached. maria luisa mendonca, she describes bolsonaro. if you can talk more about bolsonaro's history and exactly what he represents? the sector ofts the military that is openly fascist. like a said before, he talks about raping women openly. he said he would rather have a dead son than a gay son. he praises the military dictatorship. police he will give the -- the police should be free to kill. amy: let me go to him in his own words, 2013 interview while he was cgressman j jair bolsononaro on bbcbc. >> i went into b battle wiwith e gays becau

vote to be the former mayor of sao paulo.emised to size and cost of government and reform foreign policy. >> our government will break the paradigm. allowdown bureaucracy and people and entrepreneurs to have more freedom to build the future. we will unite brazil. desley: chancellor philip hammond says britain may need another emergency budget and the event of a no deal brexit. the event comes ahead of his annual statement. his announcement on everything from boosting spending a mental health services have been job at this year by noises around. brexit he will adjust the u.k. house of commons at 3:30 p.m. london time. >> getting a feel that allows us to continue -- deal that allows us to continue trading with a low friction at the borders and behind the borders will minimize any negative affect on the u.k. it will minimize any negative affect. whether there is overall and negative or positive effect, i cannot say. a ryanair jet carrying 189 people has crashed in the java sea of indonesia. indonesia's national search and rescue

grande they do not take a record of the majority of all the science while prosperous regions like sao paulo had much lower murder rights most victims tend to be poor young black men living in cities increasingly they're dying at the hands of police officers a total of five thousand one hundred fifty nine people were killed by police last year that was an increase of twenty percent on the previous years. from a wildly uncertain presidential election to one with a firm favorite cameroonians have seen only one president for the past thirty six years and the opposition seems too divided in their bid to unseat paul b.-a reports from the capital you one day they have been pushing to get their supporters out to vote on sunday. one of the final rallies before polls open for some this presidential election opposition candidate joshua oshie is trying to gain more support to help replace president paul beyond who has been in power since the one nine hundred eighty two zero she is promising to tackle the major challenge of corruption charges to force security six years of suffering it's thirty six year

germany rafael subgoal garcia is an independent journalist he's normally based in brazil and in sao paulo more you see or somebody you see is the brazil correspondent for the associated press welcome to the stream everyone let's begin with what brought so many people out onto the streets these past couple of days how what is it about well scenario that has elicited such large scale protests against them and then smaller scale but still sizable protests in support of him well i think it is show how polarized presuming is right now that he's a cool saying it's actually the whole the brazilians are united against the idea that the whole political class is corrupt but why bring a lot of people against most of our industries is like because since he was he came he became a congress man in the beginning of it in ninety it's he's being very controversial he makes a very offensive remark my remarks against women against black people against gays. and he is being in that time over there here ready defended them back and they return to the military dictatorship in brazil which will resume full sixt

fÉlix: en brasil, seguidores del candidato presidencial de extrema derecha marcharon en são paulo, paracho de manera alarmante. la apologÍa al narcotrÁfico no solamente se escucha, o se fomenta a travÉs de la parafernalia. sin se fomenta en las celebrquinceaÑeras. >> la inocencia de las tradicionales fiestas de 15 xico ya comenzÓ a contaminarse con la subcultura del crimen organizado. ♪ >> en las redes sociales se hizo viral un video de una temÁtica de narcotráfico. bailarines disfrazados de sicarios o federales, son los llamados narco bailes. muchas jÓvenes no estÁn de acuerdo con este estilo de festejos, por mÁs de que estÉn de moda en su generaciÓn. >> 15 aÑos, no es otra cosa. >> este padre de una quinceaÑera considera poco prudente la elecciÓn de los narco bailes. >> para este experto, la situaciÓn es preocupante. sobre todo por la ingobernabilidad, y la infiltraciÓn del crimen organizado en las alcaldÍas del paÍs. >> la vida cotidiana se ve infiltrada por el crimen. >> esto fomenta la narco cultura entre jÓvenes. dicen que cada persona debe tener claro el proyecto de vida que quie

for an endo had trails by double digits in the latest opinion polls hundreds of bike is rallied in sao paulo for far right show you. he's pledged to crack down on crime and open the amazon rain forest for economic development. police in mexico have abandoned a blockade they formed in the south of the country to stop thousands of migrants getting toward the u.s. border they ended the standoff after the country's national human rights commission said the rules stretch without or rather without shade or goetia was no place to hold negotiations. thousands of environmentalist have marched to save the last two hundred years of western germany's ancient forest they are calling for an end to coal mining in the area large numbers of people at the scene where protesters were attempting to bring the mine to a standstill. the alpine skiing season started in sold in austria on saturday last year is giant. world cup winner victoria was the favorite to win the event but finished just outside of the podium four places a world in fourth place that paved the way fortis awardee to win the season's in all their

our south america business correspondent danial gallas joins me now from sao paulo.talking to your colleague earlier about the politics. let's talk business now. to what extent is the economy a factor? well, the markets have been reacting very well to jair bolsonaro's growth in polls, and just last week there was a huge rally in brazilian markets. mainly the markets embraced this far right candidate, who used to be sort of an unknown figure, a backbencher, and people didn't really know what jair bolsonaro would do. he really became this market figure because the other side is the workers' party, which has a policy of state intervention in the economy and things that markets don't like. so we are expecting to see a little bit of a rally last week because markets were like what they saw. jair bolsonaro did not win the election outright but is in a strong position to win the election three weeks from now although it will be a tough race for him as he has very high rejection rates within the brazilian electorate. and his economic policies or promises, give us a snapshot

desde são paulo, pablo monsalvo con una jornada histÓrica.ndeos de opiniÓn. que despuÉs de cuatro mandatos, el Último incompleto, el izquierdista partido de los trabajadores, ahora el gigante sudamericano se volcÓ al populismo. " lo que ocurriÓ en los puntos de votaciÓn hoy fue la celebraciÓn de la libertad por parte de un paÍs." la puerta de la casa del controvertido candidato, en el estado de rÍo de janeiro, miles de seguidores se auto el proces electoral mÁs tenso, polarizado y violento en dÉcadas. pero en su primer discurso, bolsonaro se mostrÓ conciliador. "este es un paÍs de todos, nacidos aquÍ o no. como defensor de la libertad, y encabezar un gobierno que defiende y protege los hechos de los ciudadanos que cumplan la libertad es un principio fundamental, libertad de movimiento y en las calles. libertad de comprometerse polÍtica y religiosamente.libertad para opinar, elegir. la diferencia de votos fue de alrededor de 10 puntos porcentuales. amplia, pero no contundente, como se temÍa despuÉs de la primera vuelta hace 13 semanas. el actu

leaning fernando had trails by double digits in the latest opinion polls hundreds of bikers rallied in sao paulo for far right candidate and i rule he's pledged to crack down on crime and open the amazon rain forest for economic development. police in mexico have a bend in a blockades they formed in the south of the country to stop thousands of migrants heading toward the u.s. border they ended the standoff after the country's national human rights commission save the rule stretch of highway without shade all was no place to hold negotiations. thousands of environmentalists are marching to save the last two hundred hits a is of whiston germany's ancient forest they are calling for an end to coal mining in the area large numbers of police are at the scene where protesters are attempting to bring the mine to a standstill. a halo cops have believed to be carrying the owner of list a city football club has crashed outside the club stadium the accident occurred and hour after list as game against west had ended the identity of those on board remains unclear and it's also unknown whether there are any

daniel gallas speaking to me from sao paulo. of a summit between these two men, indian prime minister narendra modi and japanese prime minister shinzo abe. they are meeting in tokyo and countering china's growing influence is high on their agenda as a formal launch of negotiations of a military logistics pact is expected to be the highlight of the meeting. other details on the rise horizon are the sale of japanese bullet trains and an agreement at welcoming more skilled indian workers into japan. a university professor says this is another step in improving the relationship between the two countries. the economic ties are getting a lot better. japan has a lwa ys getting a lot better. japan has always been an ardent investor in india but at the same time, as you just reported, we mutually have a problem and that's aggression from china and in that sense there is a lot we can incorporate, especially in the situation where we are seeing this regression towards conservatism very much led by mr trump, which is very much led by mr tru

we're going to have acted julia and sao paulo. back to business and how the markets are reacting to this news today. julia: markets are reacting really well. between the two that looked to be going to the runoff, markets have a clear preference for bolsonaro. his economic advisor once to have a smaller state. the workers party candidate going with him once a bigger state, wants to increase government. for markets, it is pretty clear-cut. they want bolsonaro. agencies, the currency, everything is rallying. onaro likes mr. bols his economic advisor? julia: he did. yesterday, he held a facebook live. sitting next to him was the advisor. he didn't say anything, but he was sitting there in a show that they are still working together. there is a lot of questions about how much this partnership will last, how long because history andvoting congress is the opposite of his economic advisor. david: fascinating symbolism there. thank you so much. now, it is time for a check on the markets. emma: we are looking at another slump today in u.s.

who comply with their duties and respect the laws i think there were some very different scenes in sao paulo amongst supporters of his leftist opponent fernando had out. and out on the street there was anger towards the winner. many protesters shouting not him. clark yeah i'm in mourning not for me but for purcell it doesn't deserve this it doesn't deserve this ignorance. all scenarios are highly polarizing figure in brazil critics charge him with repeatedly making me such a mystic homophobic and racist comments and defending torture he's also praised the military dictatorship which led the country from one thousand nine hundred sixty four to nine hundred eighty five many political analysts say his sudden popularity is a symptom of the multiple crises besetting brazil. sinatra's pledged to crack down on rampant corruption and to rescue an economy in turmoil. but the captain's major promises being to get tough on crime he says violence in brazil has reached epidemic levels in early september post and i was stabbed during a campaign rally possibly only proving this point and many people saw as

shasta darling ton has more now from sao paulo. >> reporter: the message from bazillian voters was loudclear. they're fed up with the endemic political corruption and the rising crime and violence. bolsonaro a former army captain far-right candidate may not have won an absolute majority in sunday's elections, but he's riding a wave of conservatism as he has a runoff later this month. he has supporters celebrating in front of his house. the candidate gave a fairly sobering on social media saying the next three weeks are not going to be easy. >> translator: we indeed are able to change the destiny of brazil. we cannot continue flirting with socialism or communism. >> reporter: his standing just went up in the polls when he was stabbed during a campaign rally and forced to recover first in the hospital, and then at home. in the end he's going to face-off against fernando haddad, the candidate for the left wing workers' party who really online joined the race a month ago when the former president da silva was jailed on corruption charges and forced to pull out of the race. and after voting

our shasta darlington reports from sao paulo. >>> these days, jair bolsonaro draws a crowd. yellow flags, patriotic jerseys and bolsonaro masks. they flood the streets a week before election day. even though the candidate himself isn't here. bolsonaro talks to fans via video linkup. brazil will no longer be mocked around the world, he says. there won't be room for corruption any longer. last month, bolsonaro was stabbed in the gut at a campaign rally and spent weeks recovering in bed. posting defiant selfies. the incident only improved his standing in polls. bolsonaro came close to an outright majority with 46% of the vote in a first round election with 13 candidates earlier this month. now he faces off against his nearest rival fernando haddad from the left wing workers party. he's tried to appeal to brazil's poorest by promising to expand the social programs introduced during his party's 13 years in power. i'm going to raise minimum wage above inflation he says in this campaign ad. haddad was a last minute entry in the race. in september, he stepped in for jailed former pr

taking the result to raise it because we have heard of clashes in sao paulo. there's been some clashes in the city of hope hollow between if a member had that supporters and the police it wasn't a major incident but that happened on the main streets there and so probably look there's obviously lots of disappointment but i would say that mostly fear about what could happen to this country's democracy let's not forget. that he would clean up the country the red threats he also directly threatened to many of the workers party supporters he also threatened social movements that have traditionally supported the worker asperity like the landless movement so many of those who are activists who are involved in social movements are fearing for their lives because activists have been killed here in the past in fact on saturday a supporter of a man that was killed in brazil and many are fearing that something like that could happen to them again of course forget that. our himself was attacked on the campaign trail as well to raise it we will leave it there. for now after

wilson are won 55% of the vote to beat the leftist former mayor of sao paulo, whose worker parley had become -- party had become synonymous with -- he promised to reform foreign policy. break theernment will paradigm. we will trust in people. we will cut down bureaucracy, simplify things, and allow people and entrepreneurs to have more freedom to build the future. we will unite result. debra: chancellor philip hammond said that britain may need another budget and prolong austerity. the warning comes ahead of his annual statement setting out spending and taxation plans for the coming 12 months. s have beenement drowned out this year by noises around the brexit stalemate. the chancellor will address the u.k. house of commons at 3:30 p.m. london time. that allows usal to continue trading with our european neighbors was low friction at the border and low friction behind the borders will minimize any negative effect on the u.k. >> it will be a negative. we will be worse off. >> it will minimize any negative effect. i cannot say. debra: support for germany's governing parties have plunged w

nejra: let's go to sao paulo.berg's bureau chief has more on the contenders. >> brazil is days away from an election split between two candidates that have opposing views on how to fix the economy. the front runner is a former army captain known for his controversial statements on minorities. his main opponent took over as the candidate for the workers party after the former president was barred from running due to a corruption conviction. one camp wants to jumpstart the economy by boosting government spending. investors to the conservative as a better bet to push through with the fiscal reforms brazil needs to fix it accounts. the main source of that trust is his choice of economic advisor, who thousand to push through with wide-ranging privatization and other liberal measures. civilians vote on sunday. ,f nobody gets more than 50% the top to go into a runoff round on october 28. bloomberg's sao paulo bureau chief. staying with emerging markets, it is decision day for india with the country's central bank expecte

al-jazeera hundreds of brazilians have been demonstrating in sao paulo against the presidential candidate who is leading the polls ahead of the one on on october twenty eighth and is expected to win and the left wing supporters are against his views on women minorities and gay rights. the white house has accused the venezuelan government involvement in the death of an office later in the capital caracas fernando was taken into custody last week over an alleged plot to kill president nicolas maduro officials say he later killed himself by jumping off the ten for the police headquarters but his party says he was murdered. placed in germany have arrested a man in connection with the murder of a bulgarian journalist victoria mera noble was raped and killed in the northern border area in town of roos she's been investigating alleged fraud with you funds involving businessmen and politicians. to come as the world's leading cause of blindness all of us curable almost two hundred million people around the world live with the disease and most of those who suffer from this are now for a close hawk

protests speaking of protests where you see oh i know that you were out at some of the protests and sao paulo this weekend what were people telling you what are you hearing. well it was people that were protesting on saturday they were really upset as both an autobody were also trying to push their candidates forward that means most of the left leaning candidates in this race and some centrists as well oh first this was a movement led by women but political parties also wanted to enjoy some some of the electoral dividends of this process you see in the last few days of the keeping trailing candidates using nearly moan and the hash tag in their t.v. programs or in their internet material as well so i would say that the leaders of that with were women because of the bosal not a legitimate the so aggressive against women in the last years or so but the political parties have also seized the opportunity to try to drive both of them are all of the other the run of that is tragic for the rich and the eighth of course there is there's slim chance that that happens because this works for bush not in

the one that is pulling highest is the former governor of sao paulo.e are tired of the workers party and they see this candidate as the best alternative to prevent them from coming back to power. joe: for people who do not know the mechanics of brazil's elections, what specifically happens this weekend? julia: this is the first round. voting is mandatory in brazil so the turnout is usually much higher. we all vote on sunday all-day. it is electronic voting so we are likely to get the results by the end of the day around 7 p.m. or 8 p.m. new york time. if no one gets more than 50% of the ballot votes which is the vote discounting if you spoil or .on't vote if you get more than that, we go into a second round of the top two. it looks like the top two will be the leftist workers party and bolsonaro. romaine: once we get to the second round of the vote and we find out who the new president is, what kind of change is he potentially going to bring other than getting rid of the workers party? are there concrete proposals he has for changing the economy? outer

vote to beat the former mayor of sao paulo.peech he promised to reduce the size and cost of government and to reform foreign policy. >> [speaking portuguese] >> our government will break the paradigm, we will trust in people, cut down bureaucracy, simplify things, and allow people and entrepreneurs to have more freedom to build the future. we will unite brazil. chancellor philip hammond says that britain may need another emergency budget and prolonged austerity in the event of the no deal brexit. the warning comes ahead of his annual statement setting taxation plans for the coming months. you talked about boosting spending on mental health services to wedding venues drowned out by the noise around brexit stalemate. the chancellor will address the house of commons at 3:30 p.m. london time. deal that allows us to continue trading with our european neighbors with low friction at the borders and behind the borders would minimize any negative effect on the u.k. it will minimize any negative effect. whether there is overall a negativ

on sunday, the far right candidate -- in sao paulo. the brazil pulls say he is the front runner in the first round. he isn't and with canada had died in the second. it has been a spectacular run for the congressman. he is adored by fans who see him as an outsider. he iss equally revileded for his far right rhetoric. last month, he was found in an attempted assassination. he has only just left hospital. the campaign has not been an easy one for the workers party. he was handed the candidacy less than a month ago. brazil has a corruption judge. he has just announced statements made by one of the former ministers to become public. that hepelosi testified was fully aware of the petrobras corruption scheme. before the scandal broke and before it upturned. brazilian politics. >> the eiffel tower lit up last night to pay tribute to french singer charles of the board. the film -- the man known as the french snatcher died aged 94. he conquered america in the 1960's and toured all over the world singing in several languages. only a handful of fr

. >> rush hour in sÃo paulo. many people work farmer than eight hours per day.some start at a very early age so they can retire at age 55 and continue to earn 70% of their final salary for the rest of their lives. for decades, that has been the norm. it is what suzette was hoping for after working as a teacher for more than n 30 years. an accidident before retirement leled to her salary being cut. now the 63-year-old gets less ththan the minimimum wage. >> it is inhumane to have to live on a minimum salary. everythihing is gettingng more expensive with inflation and all that. peopople keep on getting a sala, whwhich no one can live e on. is very d difficult.. ofelia:: witith less t than $20a momonth, she c b barely affordrd more than her rent. although she bolsters her income by selling crafts, she feels desperate about the fufuture. >>>> i have no idea what to do. i have faith that god will open up doors for me, b but i really dodon't know. it is veryry sad. ofelia: life e expectancy iss increasi i in the countrtry. it is a demographic change leading to fewer y

and we can now speak to katy, who's in sao paulo for us.ere having a very interesting discussion about populist leaders and gender and want to ask you about bolsonaro's approval ratings with women. this is approval ratings with women. this is a candidate who has belittled rape, defended the gender pay gap, and yet his approval ratings amongst women seem to be going up rapidly. what's going on? absolutely, what has been really interesting is in the last week we have had mass protests across the country led by women, protests called something which means not him, people saying this is not somebody that supports women, supports lg btq not somebody that supports women, supports lgbtq communities, he's a racist candidate, yet at the same time, the number of women supporting him seems to have gone up. so there are on the other side supporters of bolsonaro, women with bolsonaro. it is very interesting time in brazil, trying to understand who in fact supports him and why. it is familiar, though, the shape of the election. we have seen it here in eu

germany rafael subgoal garcia is an independent journalist he's normally based in brazil and in sao paulo more you see or somebody you see is the brazil correspondent for the associated press welcome to the stream everyone let's begin with what brought so many people out onto the streets these past couple of days how what is it about well scenario that has elicited such large scale protests against them and then smaller scale but still sizable protests in support of him well i think it is show how polarized presuming is right now that he's a cool saying it's actually the whole the brazilians are united against the idea that the whole political class is corrupt but why bring a lot of people against most of our industries is like because since he was he came he became a congress man in the beginning of it in ninety it's he's being very controversial he makes a very offensive remark my remarks against women against black people against gays. and he is being in that time over there here ready defend in the back and they return to the military dictatorship in brazil which will resume full sixt

it's now available in thirty cities worldwide from istanbul to jakarta to sao paulo the reason to go there was to solve their problems and those when i guess it is because we knew that transportation is some predictable on the reliable it's even hard for local people to understand how this system works and we wanted to launch that product and those big megacities to help to make it easier everyday life today. the authorities in jakarta gave traffic access to all the g.p.s. data gathered by its public transport systems home to over thirty million people it's one of the most densely populated cities in the world there's no subway system those without a car check the bus the app provides detailed information the biggest challenge is to properly process the g.p.s. signals and very nice to show that on the map hol actually we call this morning so what does it need to expect the time of arrival to the bus stop so that takes quite a lot of efforts i mean we've been doing this for twelve years and we still keep updating and i'm dating can improving the algorithms who does that. if taking the

latest polls and he's causing a sharp divide in public opinion a huge crowd took to the streets of sao paulo for a march against protesters held banners denouncing him as a fascist and a threat to democracy the former army captain has gathered widespread support for his pledge to stamp out corruption in brazil but he has also sparked outrage with remarks deemed racist and sexist and his justification of torture during the former dictatorship. is also stirring up anger in argentina where a large protest against him has been held outside the brazilian embassy the rally in buenos aires included many brazilian voters living in argentina was led by the country's socialist workers party a victory for. brazil could have a dramatic impact on argentina has pledged to overhaul the common market between south american countries known as. here's something a bit funny in this world of bad news and up market british grocery chain has apologized for selling a supposedly sexist sandwich. is now renaming it after complaints it appeared to be a men only snack. i never knew sandwiches were gender specific and

shejoins us now from sao paulo. the results i nearly yen. when are we expecting final results?confirmation. almost 98% of the votes are counted and we have confirmation that brazil is going to have a second round. it also confirms that kind of polarisation, the kind of divisiveness that we have seen in those elections are being called unprecedented in brazilian history so unprecedented in brazilian history so far. is people watching on may not know great deal about jair bolsonaro, he has been in politics are time but seen as an outsider. what kind of character is he? you're making has been a conscious man for 27 years and a former army captain. the shrek he has been at congressmen for nearly 27 years. -- he has been a congressmen. he has veered towards conservative issues. he presents himself as someone who will tackle corruption and have a harder stance against violence and crime in brazil. he defends relaxing gun laws. giving authorisation for police actions in brazil. he has that kind of appeal in a country that kind of appeal in a country that has been grappling with a rise

is a former minister of education under dilma rousseff and now a professor at the university of sao paulopointment in how this has gone so far? indeed, i could never imagine someone from the far right would be able to make a bid for the president, for the president of brazil, and maybe win it in the next weeks. three weeks from now, we will have the second ballot and we are afraid he might win with more than half of the electorate. why do you think that jair bolsonaro has done so well? because there's a strange affection for traditional politics —— disaffection. the opposition and traditional media recently have been very ha rd traditional media recently have been very hard accusing the workers‘ party of korea should. when they seized power after her impeachment, dilma rousseff‘s, a very powerful proceeding, after that they showed themselves to be prone to these accusations. there was disaffection between the right wing and the left—wing of traditional politics. and let‘s say someone... who is not traditional government was able to fight for president and get a lot of the electorate behin