Tag: Brazil Pension reform

• Thursday, May 9th 2019 - 07:29 UTC

  Brazilian congress begins to discuss pensions' reform; investors and markets apprehensive

  

  Brazil’s pension reform proposal returns to the congressional spotlight with a committee of lower house lawmakers opening its analysis of the government’s bill just as the outlook for the economy is deteriorating rapidly.

• Sunday, April 14th 2019 - 08:21 UTC

  Brazil's Lower House speaker and supporter of the pensions' reform, under police investigation

  

  Brazilian police have accused Rodrigo Maia, Brazil’s powerful lower house speaker, and his father of receiving bribes totalling at least 1.4 million reais (US$ 361,869), a document on Friday showed. The federal police document was delivered to the Supreme Court, as part on an ongoing investigation into Maia.

• Thursday, February 22nd 2018 - 09:27 UTC

  Meirelles says pensions reform “not dead and buried”, but was “credit negative” for agencies

  

  Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles said on Wednesday that he is focused on Brazil’s economic recovery and not thinking at this time of running for president in the October election, though he might consider a bid in April.

• Wednesday, January 31st 2018 - 09:06 UTC

  Pension reform dispute between Brazil's Executive and Congress

  

  Brazilian Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles said on Monday that although there may be differences in strategy between president Michel Temer and the speaker of the House of Representatives, Rodrigo Maia, everyone's goal is to ensure the approval of the pension reform.