Brazil’s Lula boosts welfare payments, eyes new debt-relief push ahead of election – Taylorville Daily News

By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA, Sept 17 (Reuters) – Brazil’s leftist government on Thursday announced a 15% increase in benefits under the country’s flagship welfare program and signaled a new initiative targeting indebted households ahead of next month’s general election. The measures are aimed at boosting disposable income among Brazilians, whose finances have been strained by…

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