Brazil Has No Money to Extend Covid Aid, Bolsonaro Adviser Says
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Minister Onyx Lorenzoni, secretary general of President Jair Bolsonaro
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President Jair Bolsonaro is unwilling to extend this year’s round of Covid aid beyond what’s been approved by congress because there’s no money left in the budget, according to a close adviser.
Minister Onyx Lorenzoni, Bolsonaro’s former chief of staff who took over as his secretary general last month, reaffirmed the government’s commitment to fiscal austerity and dismissed concerns about the president’s falling popularity in a broad interview Wednesday.