The political standoff is on display on the hillside upon which the slum sits. Red and black campaign propaganda of the Workers’ Party gives way to blue-and-yellow signs, flags, and stickers for the opposition along wealthier streets below.
More than 140 million people are registered to vote in Brazil, where casting a ballot is mandatory for everyone between the ages of 18 and 70.
Voting is electronic, even at remote Amazon polling stations and hamlets in Brazil’s historically poor Northeast.
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