Brazil government to challenge tax hike reversal in Supreme Court, O Globo reports


FILE PHOTO: A general view of the plenary chamber of deputies during a session at the National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil December 18, 2024. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has decided that his administration will file a lawsuit with the Supreme Court challenging Congress' decision to overturn a tax hike on some financial transactions, newspaper O Globo reported on Friday.

(Reporting by Gabriel Araujo; Editing by Mark Porter)

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