Brazil to Boost Spending on Poor by 2.1 Billion Reais
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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff plans to hand out an extra 2.1 billion reais ($1.26 billion) to Brazil’s poorest families through the government’s “Bolsa Familia” welfare program.
The Bolsa Familia shows “our commitment to the sector of the Brazilian population that was always abandoned,” Rousseff said today in an event in Irece, a city in the northeastern state of Bahia.