The House approved the national nursing salary floor bill, the União Brasil officially left the third-way alliance, and the latest poll shows that Bolsonaro is catching up to Lula

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 05 May 2022 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

The House and Senate approved bills that increase public spending. In the House, the bill on the national nursing salary floor was approved. In the Senate, a Constitutional Amendment Proposal (PEC) was approved that creates a salary floor for community health workers and for combating endemic diseases in the Unified Health System (SUS). The Senate also approved the provisional measure on Auxílio Brasil. As expected, the União Brasil announced its departure from the third-way alliance. This is yet another setback for the third way, which is now even more divided. According to the poll published yesterday by Paraná Pesquisas, the distance between former President Lula (PT) and President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) in the first round is only 4.8%. Lula has 40% and Bolsonaro, 35.2%.

Now read on...

Register to sample a report

Register
Sign-in
Forgot your password?
Copyright 2025 GlobalSource Partners. All rights reserved. This report is prepared for GlobalSource Partners’ clients and may not be redistributed, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, retransmitted or disclosed, in whole or in part, or in any form or manner, without the express written consent of GlobalSource Partners. This report is distributed simultaneously to our website and other portals used by GlobalSource Partners. The information herein was obtained from various sources and is believed to be reliable but GlobalSource Partners does not warrant its completeness or accuracy. Neither GlobalSource Partners nor any Country Analyst, officer or employee accepts any liability whatsoever for any direct, indirect or consequential damages or losses rising from any use of this report or its contents.