Lula will meet with the Minister of Communications today, the government may launch its debt renegotiation program this week, and Mercosur and EU negotiators will discuss a free trade agreement in Buenos Aires
The Minister of Communications, Juscelino Filho – from the União Brasil party – is being accused of using a Brazilian Air Force (FAB) plane to participate in an auction of racehorses in São Paulo and omitting information about his personal assets to the Superior Electoral Court (TSE). Even the president of the PT, Gleisi Hoffmann, spoke in favor of his removal. The Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad, will meet with President Lula (PT) this Monday, March 6, to finalize the format of the debt renegotiation program, Desenrola. The idea is for there to be no income limit for those who want to renegotiate their debts. On Tuesday, March 7, Mercosur and European Union negotiators will meet in Buenos Aires to discuss a bilateral agreement between the two blocs.
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