MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Lula ramps up public handouts in the final stretch of Brazil’s presidential campaign
Some 20 million Brazilian families begin receiving this week a 15% increase in the Bolsa Família social programme, the centrepiece of a broad package of aid, subsidies and tax cuts announced by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the final stretch of the campa...
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Politics
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Economy
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Agriculture
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Entertainment
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Tourism
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