Climate Politics
Brazil Labor Spat Thwarts Lula’s Bid to Boost Growth and Save the Amazon
- Environmental regulator cuts inspections, halts new permits
- Oil, power and mining projects delayed; imported cars stranded
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A labor dispute at Brazil’s environmental regulator is gumming up Latin America’s largest economy, with major oil and mining projects facing delays and imported cars piling up at ports.
Protests by government employees over staff shortages and low wages also threaten to undermine President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s bid to slow rampant destruction of the Amazon rain forest — a marquee policy aimed at restoring Brazil’s international credibility.