Lula da Silva loosens the purse strings at the end of the campaign for Brazil’s tight election
The president is using the power of his office over the budget to help the poorest families, entrepreneurs and transportation workers, just a few days before the runoff in a closely contested presidential race
Black News 
Twenty million families living in poverty will begin receiving extra cash this week, just days before the runoff in Brazil’s closely contested presidential election. The 15% increase in payments from Bolsa Família (the Workers Party’s flagship anti-poverty program) that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced in September, shortly before the first round of voting, is reaching the pockets of the neediest just ahead of Sunday’s runoff vote.
