The president () arrived in Brasília, on Thursday (19), and went straight by helicopter to the Palácio da Alvorada, from where he will leave this afternoon.
The Chief Executive carried out tests in the morning at the Sírio Libanês hospital, and doctors authorized his return to the capital. Lula is only prevented from traveling and exercising.
Lula had been in São Paulo for more than a week when he suffered a hemorrhage in the head, resulting from a fall in the bathroom in October.
The president has no official agenda this afternoon. Lula’s return to the capital occurs precisely at a delicate moment that the government is going through at the end of the year.
The dollar drops sharply this Thursday (19) after two auctions held by the BC (Central Bank). The monetary authority sold another US$8 billion to the market.
The market, in parallel, remains attentive to the progress of the government’s fiscal package abroad and, abroad, it echoes that of the (Federal Reserve, the US central bank) the day before.
Before the operations, in recent days, the American currency broke successive records, reaching US$6.30.
Auctions are BC interventions in . In practice, they serve to increase the amount of dollars available to investors, following the law of supply and demand. In other words, the more currency that can be purchased, the lower its price will be.
The movement takes place amidst the processing of Minister Fernando Haddad’s (Finance) spending cut package in the . A approved , but, on Wednesday, .
The House decided to approve the blocking of only part of the parliamentary amendments to comply with the limits of the fiscal framework. The amendment, presented at the last minute by the government leader in the Chamber, deputy José Guimarães (PT-CE), provides that the blocking of up to 15% of amendments will only apply to non-taxable funds.
To the . The fiscal adjustment proposed by Haddad also includes a PEC (proposed amendment to the Constitution) that (a type of 14th salary paid to workers with a formal contract) is sought from the public administration.
The Chamber plenary began voting on the PEC on Wednesday, but. At the end of the night, a request prior to assessing the merits of the proposal had the support of only 294 deputies in the plenary, enough to approve it, but a number below the 308 required for a constitutional change.
