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Brazil’s Lula announces higher welfare payments andfree 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 families, as well as free weight-lo
This is a source-based summary, not original reporting by Ebenezer journalists. Source: The Guardian · Original byline: Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro. Ebenezer published 18 Sept 2026, 05:10 pm. Editorial policy.
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