UPDATE 3-Brazil's Lula boosts welfare payments, eyes new debt-relief push ahead of election

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(Adds political developments in paragraphs 4-5, 20-24) * Minimum monthly benefit of flagship welfare program will rise by 15% * Benefit increase to cost government 5.8 billion reais in 2026, 22

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