Alessandra Rocha lives in Rio de Janeiro and is grateful for the support from the government.
- In the beginning was very bad.
His talk that it was a small flu was a big disappointment.
But after the support, she says she will probably vote for the president.
- It is very helpful and one of the best things he has done.
Political scientist Leonardo Sakamoto believes that the strategy is to build on the subsidy system of the representative, left-wing president Lula da Silvas.
And that this can create tensions within one's own coalition.
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