$10 and a pack of lies: Buying votes from Brazil’s poor
Extreme poverty in Brazil is making some potential voters easy targets for politicians willing to make empty promises and buy votes.
Northeastern Brazil is a magnet for politicians seeking election because it has a large population, lacks infrastructure and has extreme levels of poverty.
But locals say that the politicians are not coming to help – they are coming to buy votes where they are cheapest and keeping people poor, illiterate and desperate makes them easier to manipulate.
Brazil is suffering from a severe recession, but for many in the slums, the poverty and lack of basic services have lasted for generations.
Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports from the state of Alagoas.
Published On 3 Oct 2018