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Brazil’s Lula announces higher welfare payments and free weight-loss jabs ahead of election

Brazil’s Lula announces higher welfare payments and free weight-loss jabs ahead of election

18.09.2026 20:10 | The Guardian World

Critics say moves from leftwing incumbent president are electorally motivated two weeks before Brazil’s electionsBrazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has announced a 15% increase in the country’s main cash-transfer programme for poor families, as well as free weight-loss jabs, prompting criticism from opponents who say the moves are electorally motivated just two weeks before the presidential election.On 4 October, the leftwing incumbent will face the far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro, son of the former president Jair Bolsonaro, who has been gaining ground in recent weeks. Continue reading...

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