Brazil's Lula to Push Fiscal Plan Forward Despite Setbacks in Congress
The lower house of Congress on Monday moved forward with an initiative to overturn a governmental decree that increases so-called IOF taxes on some financial transactions, threatening to deliver a blow to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's efforts to meet fiscal targets and shore up Brazil's budget.
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