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- Bolsonaro is popular in Brazil's Amazon towns, where voters back the far-right presidential candidate because they believe more mining can help revitalise local economies.
- Indigenous groups in those Amazon towns fear Bolsonaro's hold on voters, warning that "this is a lethal threat."
- Rosimari Monteiro, 38, was so excited the night before the first round of Brazil's presidential election that she couldn't sleep, spending hours tossing and turning.
- Amazon towns in Brazil are where the story's two currents meet — Bolsonaro's mining-backed support and the Indigenous groups' warning — with the first round of the presidential election on the eve of the vote.
Why it matters: For Indigenous groups in Brazil's Amazon towns, the first presidential-election round is a direct test of the candidate they call "a lethal threat." The same residents who credit more mining with reviving local economies are the ones keeping Bolsonaro popular, so their economic hopes and their neighbors' political fear converge on one ballot.
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