Avante Launches Augusto Cury’s Presidential Pre-Candidacy in Belo Horizonte

Overview

• Augusto Cury, whose pre-candidacy Avante launched Wednesday in Belo Horizonte, framed his run as a centrist alternative to the Lula–Bolsonaro divide.
• He outlined proposals centered on mental health and education with community banks and entrepreneurship schools, and he set a goal to double food production within ten years.
• His launch speech mixed policy with self-help cues, prompting the crowd to repeat lines about replacing criticism with praise and calling the president an employee of the people.
• Genial/Quaest polling in April put Cury at 2% of first-round intentions, far behind Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro.
• Avante plans a nationwide listening tour ahead of conventions set for July 20 to August 5 and a August 15 registration deadline, and the party’s 2022 decision to withdraw André Janones remains a noted precedent.