{
  "id": 15903021,
  "title": "Lula da Silva loosens the purse strings at the end of the campaign for Brazil’s tight election",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/lula-da-silva-loosens-the-purse-strings-at-the-end-of-the-campaign",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T14:35:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais English",
    "slug": "el-pais-english",
    "url": "https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-10-21/lula-da-silva-loosens-the-purse-strings-at-the-end-of-the-campaign-for-brazils-tight-election.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The president is using the power of his office over the budget to help the poorest families, entrepreneurs and transportation workers, just a few days before the runoff in a closely contested presidential race",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Brazil presidential race heats up as Lula, Bolsonaro seek each other's disqualification over social media row",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/brazil-presidential-race-heats-up-as-lula-bolsonaro-seek-each-others",
        "published": "2026-10-21T03:23:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Buenos Aires Times",
        "title": "Brazil accuses Milei of election-meddling for calling Lula ‘thief’ ahead of vote",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/brazil-accuses-milei-of-election-meddling-for-calling-lula-thief",
        "published": "2026-10-21T16:11:37.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}