Approval of Brazil's Lula slips ahead of mid-term local elections

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 25, 2024. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado/File Photo

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Approval of Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in September went down when compared to a survey conducted two months earlier, pollster Quaest said on Wednesday, as his third non-consecutive term nears its midpoint.

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