Tag: Brazil transport fares

• Friday, August 10th 2018 - 08:26 UTC

  Brazil farmers criticize law establishing minimum truck freight rates

  

  Brazil’s President Michel Temer signed into law a bill authorizing the government to set minimum truck freight prices, drawing criticism from farm groups who said the measures would drive up costs for food.

• Thursday, January 14th 2016 - 06:01 UTC

  Riots in Sao Paulo as police disperses protestors over rising transport fares

  

  Sao Paulo police on Tuesday night fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse protesters upset over rising transport fares, sparking memories of the 2013 street clashes in Brazil, this year's Olympic host. Riot cops wanted to prevent demonstrators from moving from the spot where they were gathered at one end of the city's major Paulista Avenue.