Brazil's Lula to discuss education, health programs in Monday evening address
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FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the National Seal of Commitment to Literacy Award Ceremony in Brasilia, Brazil February 10, 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will speak to the nation on Monday evening in a televised address that will focus on education and health programs, according to a statement from his office.
The two-minute address is expected to start at 8:30 p.m. local time.
Lula, as the leftist leader is known, will discuss cash payments to students in poor families that are designed to promote school attendance, as well as a program that provides free medicine.
(Reporting by Lisandra Paraguassu in Brasilia; Writing by Andre Romani)
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