Today's news: Lula leads Datafolha poll and South to see -8°C
The Brazilian political landscape shows stability in Lula's leadership for the upcoming elections, while the country prepares for an intense cold wave with the arrival of winter. In the social sphere, the health of indigenous leader Raoni is a cause for concern, and police operations are strengthening security in interstate transport.
A new Datafolha poll indicates that President Lula maintains the lead with 41% of voting intentions for the first round, followed by Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who registers 31%. The survey points out that the senator managed to contain recent damage to his image, while the political scene observes the impact of investigations reaching the government party.
Winter officially begins at 5:24 AM this Sunday (21) and is expected to bring extreme cold to the Central and South regions of Brazil. According to Climatempo, a meteorological services company, temperatures could drop to as low as -8°C, with forecasts of frost — which is the formation of a layer of ice on plants and soil — and the possibility of snow in higher altitude areas.
In health news, Chief Raoni Metuktire, 94, is hospitalized in serious condition in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Hospital São Paulo. The indigenous leader, world-renowned for his defense of the Amazon rainforest, has a case of intestinal obstruction and is under the care of the Unifesp team.
In Curitiba, a Civil Police operation at the bus station resulted in the arrest of a woman carrying eight revolvers hidden around her waist. On the same bus, agents seized about three kilograms of hashish, a concentrated substance produced from the cannabis plant, which was in another passenger's luggage.
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