A week of concentrated legislative effort in Congress, President Lula to have dinner with business leaders and bankers tonight, and five polls should be released this week

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 31 Aug 2026 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

This will be a week of concentrated legislative effort in Congress, with several bills of interest to the administration on the agenda, including the repeal of the “small-package tax,” the end of the 6-on/1-off work schedule, critical minerals policy, Redata (tax incentives), and the Public Security Constitutional Amendment. President Lula will have dinner today in Brasília with business leaders and bankers. The goal is to reduce resistance to Lula within the business and financial community. In the last election, several economists signed a letter endorsing Lula. Five polls will be released this week. AtlasIntel is due out shortly, followed by Real Time Big Data tomorrow, Quaest on Wednesday, and PoderData and Datafolha on Friday.

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