Lula stimulates indebtedness of Brazilians

Concerned about the slowdown of the economy, Lula da Silva opens guaranteed credit for workers to pay overdue debts and be able to have credit again. The measure may increase short -term consumption, but it generates a problem later. And economists are increasingly pessimistic. Seven out of ten Brazilian families have expired and unpaid debts. Credit card, condominiums and benefits of goods purchased for the installment.

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• Bolsonaro, jealous with the prestige of the governor of Sao Paulo, Tarcisio Freitas, his led, begins to criticize and reduce the ally’s relevance. Don’t control yourself!
• There are three vacancies at the Brazilian Academy of Letters with the death of Marcos Vilaça, which had strong bonds with Portugal and the Portuguese. The quality of the candidates for the first vacancy to be filled leaves something to be desired. The President of the Academy, Merval Pereira, will be in Lisbon this week for a lecture at the Academy of Sciences, of which he is a corresponding member.
• Pressure of public opinion and considerations by other magistrates took Minister Alexandre de Moraes to turn into a house arrest the 14 -year penalty of the woman who painted a statue with lipstick in front of the court.
• Opposition begins to receive objective criticism. The focus is on spending on the trips of Lula’s wife, Janja da Silva, who does not occupy office and has made trips with advisors on behalf of the government. And the size of Lula’s entourage on travel also deserves criticism. Last week in Japan, he took three ministers, Senate and House presidents, parliamentarians and advisors. In two planes.
• Changes in the income tax presented aim at the so-called super rich, who are changing tax domicile and transferring equity out of Brazil. Those affected would be 140,000 taxpayers.
• Mota-Engil is the first foreign company to enter the club of the top ten engineering assuming EBC control. The company, in addition to engineering works, is in the exploration of oil and gas.
• São Paulo with the severity of the presence of one million motorcycles on the streets. In February, there were 31 deaths. The House wants to prevent applications as Uber from serving motorcycle passengers, but the court has given an injunction to maintain the service.
• The mayor of Belo Horizonte, Fuad Noman, reelected in 2022, did not take the new term and died this week after a long illness.
• Foods press inflation. Eggs and coffee continued to rise and, in services, condominiums and food away from home. Interest can go to 15%.
• Employees of state -owned Petrobras, who receive more than 15 salaries a year, are on strike against the return of face -to -face work. In Brazil, as in the rest of the world, public company employees earns more, strikes and works less.
• The bustling financial market with Banco Master’s problems, which tries to approve the sale of part of its capital to a bank controlled by the government of Brasilia. The group had been spoken and two years ago tried to acquire an Angolan bank in Portugal and it is reported that Banco de Portugal did not approve. The bank’s founder and controller is a 42 -year -old. A few months ago he opened an office in London in the most expensive building of the UK Capitel.
• The ironic night building, which for many years was the highest in Brazil, in front of the Port of Rio, will have a panoramic restaurant and handed it to the experienced Portuguese Sérgio Frade the space modulation. L

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