In Minas Gerais, Tank Truck Drivers Strike for Reduction of ICMS Charged on Diesel Fuel Price

Written by Roberta Souza Published on 26/02/2021 at 16:33

Tanqueiros em greve no estado de Minas Gerais

Truck Drivers Transporting Fuels In Minas Gerais Started Yesterday (25/02) A Strike In Protest Against The Tax Rate On Diesel Oil In The State

Yesterday, the truck drivers who transport fuels in Minas Gerais, also known as tankers, announced a strike starting to protest against the Goods and Services Circulation Tax (ICMS) on diesel oil. Thus, the supply of gas stations in the metropolitan area of the capital, Belo Horizonte, has already been affected by the stoppage.

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Irani Gomes, president of the Union of Fuel and Oil Derivatives Transport Companies of the State of Minas Gerais (SindTaque), says that “We decided to maintain the stoppage until the government responds. As long as the government does not respond, the decision is to keep everything stopped. We have no forecast to resume.”

The truck drivers requested the government to reduce the ICMS rate on diesel from 15% to 12% in the state. The president of SindTanque also emphasizes that “The main states that are also strong in the fuel chain like Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, and São Paulo have a rate of 12%, lower than what is charged in Minas Gerais. Today we suffer a lot from this. Today there are more than 1,500 trucks not loading and unloading fuel, and we will not have deliveries.”

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Júlia Pimentel, an 11-year-old from Minas Gerais, independently invented a new formula to calculate the square root using simple addition and multiplication, and her method was published in one of the most important mathematical scientific journals in Brazil.

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