Bolsonaro Advised to Extend Covid Cash as Popularity Falls
- Covid aid seen as bridge until permanent program approved
- Brazil struggles to reimpose fiscal austerity before 2022 vote
Jair Bolsonaro
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President Jair Bolsonaro is contemplating a new round of Covid cash handouts for low-income Brazilians as his popularity sinks ahead of next year’s elections, according to five officials with knowledge of the matter.
The idea is being pushed by political advisers close to the president, who worry about a delay in government plans to bolster and rebrand the country’s permanent cash transfer policy, the people added, requesting anonymity because the discussion isn’t public.