周五，巴西政府宣布将燃油价格补贴措施再延长一个月，并推出更多扶持政策以帮助消费者抵御全球油价上涨的影响。此举旨在缓解民众的生活成本压力，为本月举行的总统选举第二轮投票做准备。
government on Friday extended fuel-price relief measures for another month and unveiled additional support aimed at shielding consumers from higher global oil prices, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva seeks to ease cost-of-living pressures ahead of this month's presidential runoff vote.
根据新颁布的法令，汽油的PIS/COFINS和CIDE税项将每升减少0.89雷亚尔（约合0.18美元），这实际上意味着联邦政府对汽油征收的税收将降为零。
The new gasoline decree will reduce the tax burden by 0.89 reais ($0.18) per liter regarding PIS/COFINS and CIDE taxes, effectively zeroing out federal taxation on gasoline.