In a dinner with 10 prominent female journalists on 6 May, President Dilma Rousseff contradicted comments made just a few days earlier by her finance minister, Guido Mantega. Speaking to O Globo, Mantega said the government might raise taxes on consumer goods to fund the recently announced increases in Bolsa Família payments. “There is not going to be a tax rise,” Rousseff said. “I don’t know in what context he was speaking but people do slip up from time to time.” Rousseff also rejected speculation there would be increases in the prices of energy and fuel after the election.End of preview - This article contains approximately 726 words.
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