Good morning! Today, we dissect the findings of the latest presidential poll, which gives a major boost to the Lula candidacy. We look into the possibilities of a diesel crisis. And the massive hike in healthcare premiums in the country.
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🔔 Special report: On Thursday, we published an in-depth special on Brazil’s hunger crisis. Reporters Amanda Audi, Lucas Berti, Caroline Coutinho, and designer André Chiavassa explained how food insecurity is affecting families in multiple Brazilian regions.
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Could Lula win in the first round?
Virtually all polling institutes regularly surveying voters on their preferences for the 2022 presidential election have depicted a slow but steady surge of President Jair Bolsonaro in the polls — although with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as the clear favorite.
Yes, but … A new poll from Datafolha, Brazil’s most respected pollster, suggests the center-left former president enjoys...