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The Special Committee of the House votes on the court-ordered payments PEC. The president of the House, Arthur Lira, will then try to hold the first round vote in the plenary. In the Senate, this is the last week of activity in the Pandemic CPI. The final report will be submitted on Wednesday. Vo...

Rumors circulate about Minister Paulo Guedes resigning, truck drivers may organize another strike on November 1, and O Globo will hold a debate between the PSDB’s pre-candidates on Tuesday

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 18 Oct 2021

We think the rumor about Minister Paulo Guedes’s resigning is unlikely to be true. A possible explanation for the rumor is the pressure for the extension of emergency aid payments. Regarding the possible truckers’ strike, we think it will be small — if it occurs at all. O Globo will hold a debate...

Bolsonaro says he is considering privatizing Petrobras, the STF begins analysis of the ADI on the extension of the payroll tax exemption, and the court-ordered payments PEC may be put to a vote next week

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 15 Oct 2021

Given the difficulty the government faced in approving the privatization of Eletrobras, Bolsonaro is unlikely to start another political battle for the privatization of Petrobras at this time. His statement, however, does help to show the general public that he remains dissatisfied with the rise ...

The House approved the bill that deals with the ICMS tax on fuels, the court-ordered payments PEC may be put to a vote next week, and the Senate agenda is becoming congested

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 14 Oct 2021

Currently, the ICMS tax on fuels is calculated based on the average price, revised every 15 days according to a price survey at the service stations. In other legislative progress, after approval in the Committee, which has been scheduled for next Tuesday, the court-ordered payments PEC may be in...

The House votes on the bill that deals with the ICMS tax on fuels, Minister Paulo Guedes has several meetings in Washington DC, and the Pandemic CPI decides not to summon Minister Queiroga for a third testimony

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 13 Oct 2021

Yesterday, the rapporteur of the bill that deals with the ICMS tax on fuels, Dr. Jaziel, submitted a favorable report. As a complementary bill, it needs at least 257 votes in the House. In Washington DD, Minister Paulo Guedes will participate in the 4th Meeting of Finance Ministers and Presidents...

Broad tax reform has a low chance of approval this year and other weekly topics

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 12 Oct 2021

This is a short week in Brasília due to the October 12 holiday. In the House, the focus will be on the discussion of the bill that deals with the ICMS tax on fuels. The rapporteur of the bill on Auxílio Brasil may submit his report. In the Judicial branch, the STF will analyze the constitutionali...

The railroads legal framework was approved in the Senate, the rapporteur of the court-ordered payments PEC submitted his report on the text in the House, and former President Lula will give an interview this morning

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 08 Oct 2021

Deputy Hugo Motta, the rapporteur of the court-ordered payments PEC, withdrew the possibility of paying in installments. The vote on the text was scheduled for October 19. The Plenary of the House approved the summoning of Paulo Guedes to provide an explanation on the offshore issue. Next week wi...

Sérgio Moro’s presidential candidacy may be announced next week, former President Lula will give a press conference this Friday, and Dep. Hugo Motta should submit his report on the court-ordered payments PEC today

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 07 Oct 2021

Sérgio Moro's candidacy will add yet another possible candidate, further favoring the polarization between Bolsonaro and Lula. Lula’s goal with the press conference is to gain space in the media. The court-ordered payments PEC will likely receive a request for review of the text, and the vote in ...

Sen. Roberto Rocha submitted his report on the Tax Reform, Paulo Guedes and Roberto Campos Neto may have to appear before Congress regarding their offshore accounts, and Arthur Lira will vote on a proposal that changes the calculation of fuel prices

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 06 Oct 2021

Senator Roberto Rocha’s report provides for the creation of a dual Value Added Tax (VAT). One part creates the CBS tax and the other, the IBS tax. The Senate approved the new railroad legal framework. The text will now go to the House for further analysis. The Committee on Work, Administration an...

Reports show Paulo Guedes and Roberto Campos Neto have offshore companies, the Senate may vote on the railroad framework today, and a partner of the logistics company VTCLog, Raimundo Nonato Brasil, testifies in the Pandemic CPI

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 05 Oct 2021

Randolfe Rodrigues (Rede-AP), submitted a request to the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to open a preliminary investigation against Paulo Guedes and Roberto Campos Neto. The PSOL caucus in the House has started collecting signatures for the opening of a CPI on this issue. Despite the discomfort, the...

The complex scenario for a third candidate and other weekly topics

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 04 Oct 2021

As announced by the president of the House, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), the goal is to find a solution for the fuel price issue. In the Senate, the vote on the railways legal framework bill is scheduled for Tuesday, October 5. The DEM and the PSL will formalize their merger. There are a number of releva...

Wednesday is the deadline for submitting amendments to the court-ordered payments PEC, the Senate should vote on the new railway legal framework on Tuesday, and the DEM and PSL merger is scheduled for Wednesday

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 04 Oct 2021

Deputy Hugo Motta, the rapporteur of the court-ordered payments PEC, should submit his report on the text this week or next week. The rapporteur of the railway framework, Senator Jean Paul Prates (PT-RN), submitted his report last week, and the trend is for approval. The new party formed by the m...

The PSL has agreed to merge with the DEM, Eduardo Leite is in the lead in the PSDB primaries, and next week will be the last week of testimony in the Pandemic CPI

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 01 Oct 2021

Today, President Bolsonaro signs the Green Rural Product Certificate Decree at 10:30 a.m. and at 3:30 p.m. he participates in the ceremony for the beginning of the Maringá Airport modernization projects and the inauguration of the Bela Vista Hydroelectric Power Plant in Maringá, Paraná. This week...

The fuel issue is a priority for Arthur Lira, the House approved the bill that creates the Gas Social Program, and Petrobras also announced a social program for low-income families

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 30 Sep 2021

Arthur Lira said that he will try to find a solution for the prices of fuel and cooking gas in the coming days. The Gas Social Program bill was authored by Deputy Carlos Zarattini (PT-SP) and provides that, every six months, the value of gas must be equal to at least half of the average national ...

The two main issues moving Brasilia are fuel prices and the emergency aid program, Sen. Tasso Jereissati withdrew from the PSDB primaries, and the Pandemic CPI should hear businessman Luciano Hang today

BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 29 Sep 2021

Yesterday, the president of the House, Arthur Lira, tweeted that Brazil can no longer tolerate gas prices at R$ 7 and cooking gas at R$ 120. Yesterday, the National Secretary of the Treasury, Jeferson Bittencourt, said that the government has "strong reservations" about renewing the emergency aid...