Brazil’s Cash Handouts Fail to Buoy Bolsonaro’s Popularity
- Bolsonaro’s disapproval rating remains close to all-time high
- New round of Covid cash more modest, reaches fewer Brazilians
Jair Bolsonaro
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President Jair Bolsonaro’s approval rating inched lower even as his government launched a new round of modest cash handouts to help Brazil’s poor cope with the pandemic, according the latest opinion poll.
The far-right president was approved by 24% of respondents in a survey published by Exame/Ideia Friday, compared with 25% in April. His disapproval rate fell marginally to 52% from a record-high of 54% a month ago. The changes were within the poll’s margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.