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Lisbon (Portugal), Jan 24 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Cynthia de Benito).- Polling stations opened on Sunday morning in Portugal for the first round of the presidential elections.FOOTAGE OF POLLING STATIONS IN LISBON.SOUNDBITES OF: -ISABEL RAMOS, VOTER:"I think everything is going very well, people are complying with the measures and they are completely secure. " -CRISTINA OLIVEIRA, POLL WORKER:"Regarding the measures that we have at this time, I believe that things were distributed and were specified in a way that allows everyone to vote safely. Including us, who are at the voting tables. We got a Covid-19 test yesterday to be sure that we are not going to infect anyone because we have to stay closer to each other for a long time. It is a table that has five people, and we all tested negative, so we are safe among us and also regarding the voters."
Panama's right-wing candidate Jose Raul Mulino holds his last rally ahead of the presidential election. Mulino, who served as security minister during Ricardo Martinelli's 2009-2014 presidency, is leading the race for the May 5 election, according to opinion polls. IMAGES
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds a rally ahead of the July 28 presidential election. Machado, who overwhelmingly won the opposition primary, was declared ineligible by a Maduro-aligned court. However, she refuses to step down despite being barred from public office for 15 years based on charges widely dismissed as spurious. IMAGES
President of the centre-right Social-Democratic Party Partido Social Democrata (PSD) since May 2022, Luis Montenegro holds his final rally ahead of the March 10 general election. The 51-year-old led its parliamentary group when it was in power from 2011 to 2015 and imposed severe austerity measures. Despite the far right's potential for depriving the PSD of a parliamentary majority, Luis Montenegro has insisted he will not accept entering into a coalition with Chega. IMAGES
Presidential candidate and former president of Brazil (2003-2010) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a final rally in Sao Paulo the day before the first round of presidential elections. IMAGES