Political Insights: Week of December 16

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 16 Dec 2013 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

This is the final week of the year for legislative activity in Congress. The Union Budget is the main item on the agenda. The government’s goal is to conclude voting on the budget bill this week. If the vote is postponed until February, there will be problems for the government, since electoral legislation limits public spending starting in April. In other political items for this week, the PSDB is expected to present an initial version of its government program in anticipation of next year’s elections. 2013 Balance is moderately positive for Dilma Given the evaluation of seven vectors, we ...

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