Brazil not planning free public transport soon, presidential chief of staff says


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  • Thursday, 09 Oct 2025

FILE PHOTO: Public buses are pictured parked at their company garage in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 28, 2018. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes/File Photo

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's presidential chief of staff, Rui Costa, said on Wednesday the government has no plans to eliminate public transport fares nationwide this year or next, a day after the finance minister had confirmed studies to assess ways to finance the sector.

"There is nothing planned for next year or this year," Costa said in a local radio interview. "I want to make this clear: the president only requested studies."

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