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Brazil deputies approve law allowing Bolsonaro to raise spending in election year 2022

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In a second and final vote, Brazil's Chamber of Deputies approved an amendment to the Constitution that allows the Government of President Jair Bolsonaro to increase public spending to finance a subsidy program for the poorest in 2022 when he seeks reelection.

The amendment, which will now have to be debated by the Senate also in two votes, authorizes the Government to delay the payment of compensation ordered by the courts and to use the resources that remain available to finance the Auxilio Brasil program, which provides for the distribution of subsidies to about 17 . . .

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