To govern, investigate, and punish without losing focus.

The Lula government is approaching its first sixty days and has already announced an increase in scholarships for undergraduate, graduate, scientific initiation, and student support programs, which had not been adjusted since the Dilma government, thus once again valuing students. 

He increased the minimum wage, adjusted the income tax table, reinstated the Minha Casa, Minha Vida program, launched the National Vaccination Movement, and increased the availability of Prouni, a program that provides full and partial scholarships at private higher education institutions for those who have never completed an undergraduate degree.  

In the economic area, the main obstacle is the high basic interest rate – Selic – maintained by the Central Bank at 13,75% per year. Lula has been receiving support from influential figures in the financial market against high interest rates and, it seems, it won't be long before he gets the Central Bank to work with a lower rate, making Brazil more attractive to investments.  

Faced with this turbulent start to the government, having to manage an attempted coup d'état, the government is broadening its scope and has initiated investigations and a fight against illegal mining, the genocide of the Yanomami people, and the Federal Police has opened an inquiry to investigate the murders of councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver Anderson Gomes.  

Despite almost five years having passed since the crimes, the masterminds have not been identified. During this period there has been a change in the leadership of the investigations, and the various attempts to divert attention demonstrate that there is an interest in not solving the case.  

Fugitive former president Jair Bolsonaro remains in the US, where he has opened an online store to sell calendars. The genocidal leader fears arrest should he return to the country, which makes it clear that he is aware of the crimes he committed, especially during the pandemic, with suspicious contracts and the anti-vaccine and pro-chloroquine campaign, responsible for hundreds of thousands of Covid deaths.  

President Lula, in his speeches, makes a point of remembering the misrule of his predecessor so that it is not forgotten, without using it as an excuse for any obstacles in the development of his government. Lula's priority is to govern/care for the people abandoned since the premature end of Dilma's government.