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

Critics say moves from leftwing incumbent president are electorally motivated two weeks before Brazil’s elections Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has announced a 15% increase in the country’s main cash-transfer programme for poor…
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Published1 d ago (Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:10:37 GMT)
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AuthorTiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro