Lula approval rises on economic optimism, lower food prices -Brazil poll

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva poses for a photo beside journalists, during a breakfast with foreign correspondents at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil August 2, 2023. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Approval of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government increased in August on voter perceptions that Brazil's economy is improving and he is doing a good job governing, a new Genial/Quaest poll showed on Wednesday.

Positive approval of the government rose to 42% of respondents from 37% in June, while negative views fell 3 points to 27%, the poll found.