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"The streets say the exact opposite of the polls," she says. "I go to the demonstrations and they are peaceful. It's beautiful, the green and yellow colours [of the Brazilian flag], families, children, babies in buggies. If you just looked at the demonstrations across Brazil, you'd see it's so different."