The reduction in the average sale price of gasoline to distributors announced by Petrobras, and the exclusion of a video from President Jair Bolsonaro’s (PL) channel in which he spoke about electronic voting machines made by YouTube are among the highlights of this Tuesday. (19).
gasoline price
Petrobras announced that the average sale price of gasoline to distributors will rise from R$4.06 to R$3.86, a reduction of R$0.20 per liter as of Wednesday (20). The drop is 4.93%. This is the first announcement in the administration of the new president of the state-owned company, Caio Paes de Andrade, who took office at the end of last month.
“This reduction follows the evolution of international reference prices, which stabilized at a lower level for gasoline, and is consistent with Petrobras’ pricing practice, which seeks to balance its prices with the global market, but without passing it on to the internal prices of the cyclical volatility of international quotations and the exchange rate”, informed the company in a note.
Youtube deletes Bolsonaro video
The video platform YouTube removed from the air on Monday (18) a video from the channel of President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) in which he spoke about electronic voting machines.
The video is a live broadcast on July 29, 2021 in which the president questioned the security of the electoral system, without presenting evidence. The broadcast is still available in full on the TV BrasilGov channel, maintained by the federal government on YouTube.
Changes in the Cashier
The area that investigates misconduct by Caixa Econômica employees will no longer be linked to the bank’s presidency and will be managed by the institution’s Board of Directors. Caixa announced the change through a material fact on Monday night.
The change in the organizational structure occurs after complaints of harassment by employees against the former president of the bank Pedro Guimarães. Caixa executives linked to him would receive the complaints to prevent a deeper investigation of the cases.
In addition, two more vice-presidents of the former administration were removed. The vice president of Logistics and Operations Antonio Carlos Ferreira, who was removed because he was also accused of harassment, lost his position.
Marcelo Arruda case
The Justice of Paraná determined that the investigation that indicted criminal police officer Jorge Guaranho for the death of PT militant Marcelo Arruda on the 9th of this month be returned to the Civil Police for further investigation, including the analysis and expertise of security camera images. and the new testimony of one of the directors of the place where the crime took place.
The decision partially responds to requests made by Marcelo Arruda’s representatives, taken over by the Paraná Public Ministry.
Trial of Former Trump Adviser
A US federal judge has said he is considering delaying the criminal trial of Steve Bannon, a former presidential adviser to Donald Trump, over a dispute over the scope of the defense to be presented after the defendant defied a subpoena by the committee investigating the case. attack on the Capitol.
Bannon is facing two charges of obstruction of Congress after refusing last year to provide testimony or documents to the Democrat-led House of Representatives committee.
*Posted by Renata Souza
Source: CNN Brasil
