Bolsonaro says he won’t freeze fuel prices in El Banda – 10/08/2021 – Market

President Jair Bolsonaro (without a party) said on Friday (8) that he will not freeze fuel prices and is one of The main factors that put pressure on inflationAnd it does not have any power over Petrobras. The state-owned company announced on Friday a 7.2% Re-adjustment of the price of gasoline and cooking gas.

“In Brazil they are asking for an increase in the price of groceries and fuel, nobody does it because they want it. I have no authority over Petrobras. I will not freeze the price of fuel, many want it. We” have already had a freeze experience in the past. ”, he stated during a speech at the first Brazilian exhibition of Neobio, in Campinas (SP).

The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) announced on Friday that the IPCA (the country’s official inflation) reached 1.16% in September, the highest increase for the month since the real plan. With the strong rise, the pointer Breaking the two-digit symbolic barrier in 12 months. In this range the top reached 10.25%.

Regarding the recent price hike, Bolsonaro stated that “Nobody is doing it [aumenta os valores] Because he wants.”

The president returned to To say that a shortage may happen soon in the country to the fertilizer shortage, a statement he actually made during an event in Palacio do Planalto on Thursday (7).

He also reiterated that Brazil is one of the countries whose economy has suffered the least during the pandemic and said that it is “rejected from having a combat plan, as this power has been given to governors and mayors.”

Bolsonaro even attacked Covid’s CPI, which he dubbed “the circus.” This week, the commission’s rapporteur, Renan Caleros (MDB-AL), said the chair “should be indicted by the commission.”

On Friday, the president was accompanied by ministers Marcos Pontes (science, technology and innovation), Milton Ribeiro (education), Braga Neto (defense) and Luiz Eduardo Ramos (general secretary to the presidency), as well as allies such as Representatives Carla Zampelli. (PSL-SP) and Hélio Negão (PSL-RJ). The entourage toured the complex, which included a visit to the Sirius particle accelerator.

Bolsonaro left the event without speaking to the press.

In response to protester, Bolsonaro asks if women know the ‘square root of four’

Moments before his speech began, Bolsonaro was the target of a protest. When he was about to start speaking, two women stood up and began to criticize him, citing recent topics such as the veto against the free distribution of tampons. They ended their intervention with cries of “Out, Bolsonaro”, and were booed by attendees before leaving the event, accompanied by a security guard.

The president mocked the scene as the protesters left. We will not bring ourselves down to their level. I’ll leave here immediately if you answer me seven times eight. What is the square root of four? “

Soon, he started his talk, saying that he always loved to study and that he still knew the periodic table by heart. “How I wanted the people who cried to like it too. They are sad, but we have to fight for them too,” said the chief, referring again to the protest.

Bolsonaro spoke about niobium and noted that he has been an advocate of using the material for years. “We see the niobium battery and feel better. It fills me with pride. It is an injection of the soul.”

Niobium is an alloying element that can transform the properties of other materials, such as steel, making it more flexible and resistant. Metal is used in various fields – from the production of magnetic resonance devices to civil construction.

Volkswagen recently announced a partnership with CBMM, an Araxá (MG) based company and a world leader in the production of materials, to Use niobium in your electric bus battery. The biggest advantage is a significantly reduced recharging time – from four hours to six minutes.

This Friday, there was also an announcement of partnerships between CBMM and the National Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) to develop technologies in superconductors.

In addition to the niobium exhibition, five light lines (research stations) of the Sirius particle accelerator and the Illum Science School opened at the same time in the same complex.