The Datafolha poll is scheduled to be published today, Bolsonaro continues to make promises to the electorate, and the Federal Police asked for permission to indict Bolsonaro for spreading fake news about the COVID-19 vaccine

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 18 Aug 2022 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

In Datafolha’s most recent poll, published on July 28, Lula had 47% of voters' intentions, and Bolsonaro, 29%. It will also publish polls for the three largest electoral states in the country, São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro. Bolsonaro said the government does not yet know what the salary raise for civil servants will be in 2023. He also guaranteed the maintenance of zero federal taxes on gasoline, diesel, alcohol and cooking gas in 2023. The police investigation is reviewing information provided by Bolsonaro in a livestream carried out in June last year, in which he cited a non-existent relationship between the COVID-19 vaccine and the increased risk of developing AIDS.

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