Brazil: Congress Approves 2016 Budget
- 9 years ago
Brazil's congress approved the 2016 amid strong differences over social spending. Right-wing opposition legislators sought to cut spending on social welfare programs and the government ended up reducing fiscal savings targets. President Dilma Rousseff has vowed to maintain the government's progressive social policies. Finance Minister Joaquim Levy, an advocate of austerity policies, is expected to resign his post. teleSUR