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By Ricardo Brito and Bernardo Caram BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday announced a debt pardon for some consumers and a tax on dividends to pay for welfare spending, shifting the focus of a his re-election campaign to the economy as polls tightened. His leftist challenger, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who got a written endorsement from prominent orthodox economists on Thursday, has also proposed a debt forgiveness program for Brazilian consumers. Recent opinion surveys show Bolsonaro cutting into Lula’s lead since last week, following t…