Brazil Workers Continue Eletrobras Privatization Protests

Petrobras workers have described the privatization plans as “evil packages.” Critics from the opposition Workers' Party “have denounced the move as one of many neoliberal austerity measures implemented by Temer’s government. His administration claims privatization will tackle the country’s public spending deficit of almost US$50 billion. Lindbergh Farias, a Senate PT leader, slammed the sale of Eletrobras as ‘a crime against the nation.’”