Week of November 27

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 27 Nov 2017 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

Negotiations between the Executive and Legislative around Pension Reform will continue. The Lower House and Senate will try to vote on provisional measures that deal with rural debt and the creation of a regulatory agency for the mining sector; both expire on Tuesday, November 28. Important economic data will be announced this week. The Treasury and the Central Bank release public account results for October, and IBGE announces Q3 GDP results on Friday, December 1. Rede is expected to confirm the candidacy of Marina Silva.

This Week’s Talking Points
• 262 votes for Pension Reform
• Focus on Pension Reform postpones other fiscal austerity proposals
• Pension Reform: infra-constitutional changes
• The Cabinet Reshuffle
• Economic recovery and Temer’s re-election
• Luciano Huck drops out of the race
• Lula’s candidacy

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