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He's spent his first years growing up in this mud hut, became the most popular president of Brazil, and is now in jail, convicted of corruption. But Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva could still run in October elections. And he's even leading the early polling. Members of this farming community in the northeast say the leftist leader lifted them from poverty with his programme of monthly cash payments for those in need.
Reviving the economy amid rising unemployment is high on the campaign agenda. And with 60,000 murders countrywide last year, so is security. In this farming town many are turning towards far right politician Jair Bolsonaro. He's vowed to crack down on criminality and is running second in the polls.
More traditional candidates, like former San Paulo governor Geraldo Alckmin is seen as safer when it comes to managing the economy. But he would lose votes, even in his home city, if he was ever found guilty of graft.
Ultimately, it will be the country's giant new middle class that decides the result. They may have risen up under Lula, but for many, corruption and crime have become a red line.