Tag: subsidies

• Thursday, October 1st 2020 - 09:01 UTC

  Bolsonaro government announces new minimum income program, to replace Lula's Bolsa Familia

  

  Brazil's government detailed how it would pay for a new minimum income program called Renda Cidada, with President Jair Bolsonaro and Economy Minister Paulo Guedes still pledging to honor the country's spending cap and fiscal rules.

• Saturday, December 3rd 2011 - 08:53 UTC

  Argentine government announces end of most subsidies for Buenos Aires City

  

  Argentine Economy Minister Amado Boudou and Planning Minister Julio De Vido announced on Friday further subsidy eliminations for utility services particularly in the City of Buenos Aires, which follows on previous subsidy cuts to several sectors implemented last month by the government of Cristina Fernandez.

• Thursday, May 13th 2010 - 21:17 UTC

  EU Confirms Re-Launching of Trade Talks with Mercosur at Madrid Summit

  

  The European Union and Mercosur will officially re-launch negotiations for a trade and cooperation agreement they have been discussing since 1999 in the coming Madrid summit, in spite of fears about their farm sectors from several European countries, said the EU representative for Paraguay and Uruguay.