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Reuters
What's new in Latin American politics today:
Brazilian government Maru expands welfare program
Brasília – Brazil has 600 rare monthly major welfare programs May be raised to $ 115). Senate government leaders said in addition to boosting gas vouchers and creating fuel aid for truck drivers.
This is part of President Jail Bolsonaro's strategy to increase social spending ahead of the October elections. In the latest poll, Bolsonaro favored 28% of voters, while former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was 47%.
Chile's Codelco and workers reach agreement to end strike
SANTIAGO – Chile's state-owned mining company Codelco, the world's largest copper producer Union leaders said the company will end a strike this afternoon over the closure of a smelter in a highly polluted area.
"We are with the workers. Codelco's interim CEO Andre Sougarret is retraining and relocating for the workers currently employed at the smelter.
This agreement is a potentially costly economy for President Gabriel Borrick's five-month-old government, which suffers from low approval rates.
Ecuadorian president tests COVID positive
Kito – President Guillermo Lasso COVID-19 Authorities announced that they were infected with, adding that they were asymptomatic and fully vaccinated.
The diagnosis was made when the country entered the 11th day of indigenous-led protests. It took place and its leaders and the government could not reach an agreement. The state oil company announced that as a result, recent production has been cut in almost half.
Brazil's Lula Signaling Progreen Policy Prior to Elections
Brazil-Left Presidential Candidate Luis Inacio Lulada Silva said Brazil needs to protect the Amazon forest and the people living in the area, far right Separate yourself from the incumbent Bolsonaro's "resource nationalism".
"We must take care of the people of the forest and the Amazon to provide work, wages and quality of life. We need to take care of the indigenous people. "Lula said in an interview with a local radio.
Bolsonaro calls for UN reform
Bolsonaro must unite on Thursday to reform the UN, especially the Security Council, in emerging economies' BRICS groups As stated, emerging economies are properly represented in the bodies of 15 members. (Edited by Steven Grattan, Isabel Woodford, Brendan O’Boyle, edited by Alistair Bell and Richard Pullin)
