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The claim

Lula disse que gastou R$ 300 bilhões para se eleger

Original publisher’s rating

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Reviewed by SBT News ↗ ·

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Original review summary

The review finds the video misleadingly presents Lula as saying he spent R$ 300 billion on his own campaign. In the interview, he was referring to Jair Bolsonaro; official campaign figures cited in the review were about R$ 89 million for Bolsonaro and R$ 131 million for Lula.[S1]

Additional context

The interview took place on July 2, 2024. In the cited passage, Lula said the amount referred to efforts to keep Bolsonaro from losing the election. [S1]

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  1. [S1] SBT News original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026

Original review: SBT News. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms. Summaries and context are produced by PeakMetrics with AI assistance.

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