Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro pension reform passes first vote in Congress
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's ambitious pension reform bill passed an initial vote in Congress Wednesday, a major step for his efforts to boost confidence in the country's lagging economy. In the first of two votes, the lower house of Brazil's Congress approved the reform measure, a boon for Bolsonaro whose signature economic policy has faced stiff resistance from trade unions and a hostile Congress. Social activists and union members protested the proposed measure in Sao Paulo on Wednesday evening....
