Brazil's free cooking gas program threatened by energy price spike ahead of election

Surging energy prices could scupper ​a popular Brazilian program that provides free cooking gas to around 50 million people, fuel distributors, resellers ‌and analysts warned, six months ahead of a presidential election. Source: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/brazils-free-cooking-gas-program-threatened-by-energy-price-spike-ahead-election-2026-04-06/