São Paulo will host a protest in front of Petrobras against the rise in fuel prices.
The Popular Brazil Front is calling for a demonstration against Petrobras' current pricing policy, the rise in fuel and cooking gas prices. The protest, called Down with the Increase and the repression, Petrobras belongs to the People, is scheduled for this Monday (28), in front of the state-owned company's building in São Paulo.
Current Brazil Network - The Popular Brazil Front (FBP), which brings together trade union centers and social movements, is calling for a demonstration against Petrobras' current pricing policy, the rise in fuel and cooking gas prices. The protest, called Down with the Increase and the repression, Petrobras belongs to the People, is scheduled for this Monday (28) from 18 pm, in front of the state-owned company's building in São Paulo, located at Avenida Paulista, 901.
The negotiations by the Temer government to try to end the truckers' strike, which enters its eighth day this Monday, include only actions that will impact the reduction of diesel prices, leaving out gasoline and cooking gas.
Furthermore, the government promises to reimburse Petrobras for the 10% discount granted on the price of diesel for up to 60 days. With estimated costs of up to 10 billion by the end of 2018, the economic team has not yet detailed where it intends to obtain the resources to protect investors' interests.
In a statement released on Friday (25), together with the People Without Fear Front, the FBP recalls that Temer and Pedro Parente, current president of Petrobras, are responsible for the crisis, by linking the prices charged by the state-owned company to fluctuations in the price of oil on the international market, with almost daily corrections in the values of diesel, gasoline and cooking gas.
The groups also highlight the decrease in production at refineries and the opening of the national market to fuel imports, which aim at the "dismantling and privatization of Petrobras," and remind that the current management of the state-owned company has even announced a plan to sell four refineries and 12 Transpetro terminals.
"We cannot accept that the profits of international shareholders take precedence over the interests of the Brazilian people. We cannot accept that this pricing policy, which penalizes the poorest population, is maintained. We cannot accept that Pedro Parente remains at the helm of Petrobras," the document states.