Political Insights: Week of July 19

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 19 May 2014 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

A new Ibope presidential poll will be released this week.Mayors meet with Finance Minister Guido Mantega to request an increase in federal resources.In the House, the bill that corrects the income tax for individuals may be voted upon.The Petrobras CPIs continue on the agenda in the Senate and Congress.On Thursday, the DEM national ad airs on radio and TV. 2014 Protests The demonstrations expected for the World Cup will not follow the same logic as the protests that took place in June 2013.Many of the demands are no longer present.One example is the “free pass” proposal, which lost the mome...

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