Approval of Brazil's Lula roughly stable in December -polls

Former Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, pre-candidate for the presidency of the Republic greets supporters during an act Lula abraca Minas (Lula hugs Minas) in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Washington Alves/File Photo

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Approval of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government was roughly stable in December, according to two polls released on Thursday.

Nearing the end of the first year of his third non-consecutive term after a fierce election, the leftist president had an approval rate of 38% in a survey by Datafolha, flat from its previous release in September.