Here in the Amazon region, in the far north of Brazil, the talks about the upcoming fateful election are all going in a similar way. Kleiton Alves, a lumber dealer who has adorned his car with a large Brazilian flag, says: "I vote for Bolsonaro because he is for the industrial development of the Amazon."

The second interviewee, a gold miner named Jailson Mesquita, says: "Bolsonaro is our man. He wants to open up the rainforest for all Brazilians, for us gold miners, for agriculture, for the timber industry, not just for the Indians."

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