Rio’s largest favela residents reflect on vote (Video)

(29 Sep 2022) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Rio de Janeiro 6 September 2022 1. Pan of Rocinha favela HEADER: Rio's largest favela residents reflect on vote ASSOCIATED PRESS Rio de Janeiro 27 September 2022 2. Various of residents in the streets ANNOTATION: As Brazil's Oct. 2 presidential elections approach, campaigns intensify on the streets of Rio de Janeiro's populous favelas. ANNOTATION: A quarter of Rio de Janeiro's inhabitants live in favelas, most of them impoverished people. 3. Wide of campaign truck for Lula and other candidates 4. Mid of woman sitting on the truck waving a campaign flag for Lula ANNOTATION: In Rocinha, a sprawling hilltop settlement, former president Luiz Incio Lula da Silva is the favorite candidate. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Fernanda Gomes, mother of four, Lula supporter: "Bolsonaro did nothing for me, on the contrary, he made things more difficult for people of lower income, he didn't improve things. Even if people say Lula is a thief, in the times of Lula we could buy a better TV, the poor could buy a car and finance it. Education was a bit better, he gave some benefits. Bolsonaro only gives to those who already have (the rich)." ASSOCIATED PRESS Rio de Janeiro 27 September 2022 5. Various of Rocinha overpass with candidates flags ANNOTATION: President Jair Bolsonaro's frequent dismissal of the pandemic and his reticence on public health measures undermined some of his support. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Antonio dos Santos, hairdresser working in Rocinha, former Bolsonaro supporter who will now be voting for Lula: "What angered me the most was when the pandemic happened, the guy (Bolsonaro), I don't know it seemed like he was taking it as joke. Children dying, women losing their husbands, men losing their wives, and he didn't care." 6. Various of residents in the streets ANNOTATION: However, despite Bolsonaro's criticisms, some maintain their support for the current right-wing president. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) William Oliveira, community leader, activist and Bolsonaro supporter: "Bolsonaro today, regardless of his weaknesses, defends the family, today it is a very important topic being debated in government and I really believe in the conservative values of family" 7. Maria Luiza Alves, 71, Rocinha resident retired, sitting in a stall ANNOTATION: Others have simply lost hope in both right-wing and left-wing candidates. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Maria Luiza Alves, 71-year-old Rocinha resident: "I will not vote for anyone, I got disgusted with politics." 8. Tilt up of road in Rocinha ANNOTATION: Brazilian elections traditionally have high abstention rates among the poor. 9. Close of man on rooftop with backdrop of favela ANNOTATION: Analysts believe it could lead to a run-off between da Silva and Bolsonaro if the leftist leader fails to get more than 50% of the vote on Sunday. STORYLINE: In Rio de Janeiro's largest favela, residents can't escape the loud political jingles playing on loop from trucks and cars passing by, or the infinite stream of pamphlets being handed out on the streets. And they have only intensified as the Oct. 2 presidential elections approach. In Rocinha, a sprawling hilltop favela where a large percentage of the population migrated from the poorer northeast of Brazil decades ago in search of work, former president Luiz Incio Lula da Silva appears to be the favorite candidate. "(Jair) Bolsonaro did nothing for me," said Fernanda Gomes, a mother of four who has fond memories of Lula's rule from 2003-2010. Now she struggles to make ends meet and put food on the table, she said. Subscribe for more Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Website: https://apnews.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP Facebook: https://facebook.com/APNews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/b46034cbcfac42fcacdc8202939b8837