Brazil announces financial package to avoid truckers’ strike

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced Tuesday a financial package aimed at staving off a potential truckers’ strike.
Chief of Staff Onyx Lorenzoni said the Brazilian Development Bank will be providing $128 million in credit to truckers and that the Ministry of Infrastructure will spend $514 million on improving roads.
The announcement is part of a series of recent decisions by the administration aimed at appeasing the sector.
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