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Brazilians go to the Polls

07/10/2018 GMT

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Brazilians vote in first round of presidential elections

Brazilians vote in first round of presidential elections.

Polls in Brazil will open today in the first round of presidential elections. Currently, the man expected to win the most votes is a far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro. His closest rival is leftist Fernando Haddad.

Today’s studio guests are Loretta Napolioni, a London based Italian economist and writer and Silio Boccanera, London Correspondent of GloboNews, a Brazilian news service.

(Image: Supporters of right wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro  Credit: AFP)

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