Brazil's Minister of Citizenship, João Roma, said this Wednesday (20) that the Auxílio Brasil social aid program will have a temporary benefit and that all families will receive at least R$ 400 by December 2022. at R$ 400 was not detailed by the minister. The new program will run from November this year, and the forecast is for temporary payments to start thereafter and last until the end of 2022 — the year in which President Jair Bolsonaro (non-party) will seek re-election.
"We are structuring a transitory benefit, which would work until December of next year, and which would have the purpose of equalizing the benefit so that none of these families receive less than R$ 400", affirmed Roma. He said that the permanent part of Auxílio Brasil will be readjusted by approximately 20% in relation to its predecessor, Bolsa Família — created exactly 18 years ago and which was a mark of the administration of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT). Lula leads the presidential race so far, according to the latest Datafolha. "The 20% is not on top of a unitary value, but on the execution of the entire permanent program, the Auxílio Brasil, which starts to be paid in November," said the minister, in a statement at Palácio do Planalto.
Translated by Kiratiana Freelon