Bolsonaro speeds up payments to the poor as election looms
President Jair Bolsonaro (L) leaves his official residence at the beginning of the day, as he prepares to receive his party faithful, in Brasília on December 14, 2018. – Jair Bolsonaro will accelerate payments to the poor, a program he has promised to make permanent under his administration, the head of a commission examining the state of Brazilian welfare said on Thursday.
President Jair Bolsonaro (L), who won office promising to reduce the pension age and make good on his campaign promises to free up the country’s coffers, on Wednesday began the most drastic measures yet to try to overhaul the pension system, starting with a 20-year-zero pension for all workers.
President Jair Bolsonaro (L), who won office promising to reduce the pension age and make good on his campaign promises to free up the country’s coffers, on Wednesday began the most drastic measures yet to try to overhaul the pension system, starting with a 20-year-zero pension for all workers.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (R) presents an order in which he will cancel the pension for all those over 70 on March 1, 2019 as part of the “Reforma da Previdência”, at a ceremony in Brasília on December 12, 2018. – The retirement age for those between 70 and 73 will be increased to 75 for pensioners and 70 for non-pensioners after one year, he said in a televised address.
Bolsonaro promised during the presidential campaign to cancel the retirement age for millions of Brazilians who were in their 70s and were set to receive a pension.
President Jair Bolsonaro (R) presents an order in which he will cancel the pension for all those over 70 on March 1, 2019 as part of the “Reforma da Previdência”, at a ceremony in Brasília on December 12, 2018. – The retirement age for those between 70 and 73 will be increased to 75 for pensioners and 70 for non-pensioners after one year, he said in a televised address.
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