Despite opposition, Rio has sold rights to its water and sewage treatment to companies Agea and Igua. The winning bidders have the goal of collecting and treating 90% of sewage by 2033.
Despite opposition, Rio has sold rights to its water and sewage treatment to companies Agea and Igua. The winning bidders have the goal of collecting and treating 90% of sewage by 2033.
Mercosur: What next? | Art by Joaquín Temes
The Mercosur bloc could be on the verge of historic changes, after member nations agreed this week to debate a potential liberalisation of its trade rules at a key meeting next month Talks over a reduction in the common external tariff could also be on the table.
The news was announced by the Foreign Ministries of Argentina and Uruguay jointly last Monday following a virtual extraordinary meeting to broach these two issues presented by the government in Montevideo. The Uruguayan proposal will be studied by the Common Market Group co-ordinators with the aim of producing the inputs for decision-making at the next meeting of the Common Market Council, reported the Uruguayan Foreign Ministry via Twitter.
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FILE PHOTO: Brazil s Economy Minister Paulo Guedes speaks during a ceremony to launch a program to expand access to credit at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, August 19, 2020. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil’s Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Tuesday that a budget agreement reached with Congress meets the government’s twin commitments to health and fiscal responsibility, and that crisis-fighting expenditure would not be subject to spending cap rules.
Congress late on Monday approved revised proposals following an impasse over certain spending measures, paving the way for the 2021 federal budget to be signed into law by President Jair Bolsonaro by the April 22 deadline.
Brazil’s Budget Foreshadows Another Year of Massive Spending
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Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro is about to enact a budget that will likely keep growing in size this year, as the government faces competing demands to spend more during the pandemic and to fund lawmakers’ projects in their home states.
Bolsonaro will veto 20 billion reais ($3.7 billion) in expenses, including 16 billion reais that had been set aside for lawmakers’ projects as well as some discretionary spending, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. That won’t be enough to completely cover the 29 billion reais in mandatory outlays underestimated by congress during the budget approval, the people added, requesting anonymity because the discussion isn’t public.