The temptation to spend and Paulo Guedes’s exposure

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 11 May 2020 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

President Bolsonaro may sign into law the bill that provides aid to states and municipalities. Salary increases for civil servants will be vetoed. Ministers Braga Netto (Chief of Staff), Augusto Heleno (Institutional Security) and Luiz Eduardo Ramos (Government Secretariat) will testify to Federal Police on the accusations made by former Minister Sergio Moro. On Friday, the Central Bank releases the GDP preview figures for March.

This week's Talking Points:

* Factors that explain the paralysis of the regulatory agenda and reforms.

* The military and the Federal Supreme Court.

* The temptation to spend and Paulo Guedes’s exposure.

* The government’s relationship with the STF.

* The press versus Bolsonaro.

Now read on...

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