News from Brazil: 87% of Brazilians Support Truckers' Strike, According to Datafolha Poll

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wednesday, may 30, 2018

Brazil | World | Business | São Paulo | Science & Health | Sports| Culture | Travel | Ombudsman Raul Spinassé / Ag. A Tarde Demonstrators protest, in Salvador 87% of Brazilians Support Truckers' Strike, According to Datafolha Poll While Brazilians are not willing to pay the bill that demonstrators passed along to the federal government, they are massively in favor of the truckers' strike and believe that it should continue Unemployment Rate Reaches 12.9% Affecting 13.4 Million People Non-working population - people aged 14 or older who sought employment without success - grew 5.7% compared to the previous quarter (12.7 million) Brazil Supreme Court Unanimously Convicts First Congressman in Operation Lava Jato Justices belonging to the second panel of Brazil's Supreme Court sentenced Nelson Meurer (PP-Paraná) to 13 years, 9 months and 10 days in prison for corruption and money laundering following Operation Car Wash (Lava Jato) and its investigations Brazilian Courts Maintain Lula's Benefits as Former President Judge André Nabarrete Neto, of the Federal Regional Court of the 3rd region, overturned on Tuesday (the 29th) the injunction which suspended the right of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to security guards and drivers paid by the Federal Government business Truckers' Strike Continues despite Agreement; Government Believes in 'Political Infiltration' Eliseu Padilha, the chief of staff to President Michel Temer, said that the Federal Highway Police will take action in order to remove "political infiltrators" from the highway; According to him, such demonstrators do not want the gasoline shortage - nor the crisis that has ensued - to come to an end brazil Governing Coalition and Supreme Court Justices Believe Temer Is Extremely Vulnerable Members of president Michel Temer's governing coalition in the National Congress and Supreme Court justices find that the administration has reached an unprecedented level of political fragility and, with seven months remaining until the end of the term, they have not ruled out the possibility that the administration will be out of office before then PUBLICIDADE FOLLOW US: Contact Us | Privacy Policy Click here to unsubscribe Copyright Folha de S.Paulo. All rights reserved.