A STEEP hill and a concrete wall divide the worlds of Gabriela Moura, a student from Paraisópolis, a favela in the city of Sào Paulo, and Roberto Inglese, a lawyer from the prosperous neighbourhood of Morumbi. But on October 7th the two pau-listanos were united in their choice for Brazil's president: Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right former army captain. "All the other politicians are corrupt," said Mr Inglese, who drove his suv to vote at a private Italian school. "We need someone with a strong fist against crime," said Ms Moura, who feared walking to a government-run daycare centre to vote because she had recently been assaulted nearby.
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