Sunday’s vote is expected to be one of the most hotly contested presidential elections in the country’s history.
![Brazil's incumbent President Dilma Rousseff is running for re-election with the Workers Party, PT [AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/201410923501733734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Flora Charner is a multimedia journalist based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is the author of the ebook "Shot in The Favela - How Television and Film Influence the Image of Poverty in Rio de Janeiro".
Sunday’s vote is expected to be one of the most hotly contested presidential elections in the country’s history.
![Brazil's incumbent President Dilma Rousseff is running for re-election with the Workers Party, PT [AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/201410923501733734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Incumbent Dilma Rousseff leading with a narrow 39 percent, just ahead of the Socialist Party, latest poll shows.
![Residents of the Pavao-Pavaozinho favela pass candidate Marina Silva's campaign poster [Flora Charner/Global News Insight]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2014104131637940339_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Independent outlets in poor Rio de Janeiro neighbourhoods are bringing news to the world.
![Children play soccer in a Rio de Janeiro favela days before World Cup is set to begin [Flora Charner/Global News Insight]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/201461010401310580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)