Bolsa Familia (“Family Scholarship”). Two words, two simple words that had signed, more than any others, the first presidencies of Lula (2003-2011): an aid program for the poorest that had more than halved the proportion of Brazilians in a situation of insecurity food and takes Brazil off the UN’s “hunger map”. Bolsa Familia: erased from the political vocabulary by outgoing far-right president Jair Bolsonaro in favor of a device Auxilio Brasil (“Help Brazil”), the two words should make their official return, with, in addition to the maintenance of the monthly 600 reais (110 euros) for the beneficiary families, an allowance of 28 euros per month for each child under 7 years old . The candidate had promised: “We will once again end hunger in Brazil. » The new Head of State, who takes office this Sunday 1er January, will play his presidency largely on the respect of this promise.
Lula, a president challenged by the two Brazils
The promises, and the reality. Rarely has a Brazilian president started his term with so many challenges and so little power. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva arrives crowned with his legend, but it’s not just his admirers who are eagerly awaiting him. “We will be a fierce opposition”announces Senator Eduardo Girão, of the center-right Podemos party.
In a weak position in Parliament (where he had to expand his coalition to nearly fifteen political formations
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