Fighting hunger is main challenge of future Lula’s government
The fight against hunger in Brazil is the main challenge for the social development policies of the government of President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the report of the Transition Working Group points out.The country has 33 million people in a situation of serious food insecurity, according to the 2nd National Survey on Food Insecurity in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Transition Group believes a budgetary reorganization of income transfer policies, nutritional programs, and supply of social services could improve this situation. On December 21 the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution of the Transition was enacted, which guarantees the continuity of the payment of BRL 600 to beneficiary families of Brazil Aid (Auxílio Brasil - an income transfer program), which will ...