In Brazil, the polling stations for the second and decisive round of the presidential elections have been opened. The fight is between right-wing President Bolsonaro and his left-wing challenger, former President Lula.

The latest polls show a neck-and-neck race. Lula would have a lead of several percentage points over Bolsonaro. In the first ballot, in which 11 candidates participated earlier this month, Lula received 48 percent of the vote and Bolsonaro 43 percent. But Bolsonaro’s party became the strongest in both houses of parliament.

The President was therefore full of confidence when he cast his vote for a military complex in Rio de Janeiro early in the morning. “I think we will win for the good of Brazil,” he said. “With God’s blessings we will prevail today. Or rather, Brazil will prevail.”

More than 156 million people are eligible to vote in the fourth largest democracy in the world. Polling stations close at 9pm Dutch time and as Brazilians use voting computers, the results are expected tonight.