Voters in Sunday's election are choosing between two very different candidates, as Americas correspondent Ione Wells reports from Rio de Janeiro.
Brazilians will head to the polls on Sunday to vote for their next president. They are choosing between Brazil's current left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro, the son of imprisoned former president Jair Bolsonaro, beat Lula in the first round of voting on 4 October by a narrow margin.
As Americas correspondent Ione Wells reports from Rio de Janeiro, voters are choosing between two very different candidates.
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