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Lula Announces Welfare Hike, Free Weight-Loss Injections While Threatening to Ban Regulated Betting Ahead of Election

President Lula made a series of fiscally significant and politically charged announcements, including a 15% Bolsa Família increase and a threat to shut down the newly regulated online gambling industry, two weeks before Brazil's presidential election.

By Eleanor Shaw

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Lula Announces Welfare Hike, Free Weight-Loss Injections While Threatening to Ban Regulated Betting Ahead of Election
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President Lula made a series of fiscally significant and politically charged announcements, including a 15% Bolsa Família increase and a threat to shut down the newly regulated online gambling industry, two weeks before Brazil's presidential election.

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