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Rui Costa Pimenta, PCO candidate for President, defends nationalization of oil and criticizes high interest rates in campaign in São Paulo

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Rui Costa Pimenta, PCO candidate for President, recorded a political program in São Paulo, defended the complete nationalization of oil, criticized the payment of public debt by the government and stated that the basic interest rate is very high in the country.

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Rui Costa Pimenta is the PCO candidate for President of the Republic and campaigned in São Paulo, defending left-wing policies such as the nationalization of oil and criticizing the government's economic policy.

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Rui Costa Pimenta, PCO presidential candidate, campaigns in São Paulo — Photo: Jornal Nacional/Reproduction

The PCO candidate recorded the weekly political analysis program for the party's online channels, at a cultural center in the central region of São Paulo.

Rui Costa Pimenta spoke for more than two hours to an audience of supporters and also answered questions from the public.

Rui Costa Pimenta stated that the government should not pay for the public debt and said that the basic interest rate is very high in the country. The candidate also defended state control over the exploration, production and sale of oil.

"The discovery of new oil deposits, which we saw in the Equatorial Margin, raises the problem of oil being state-owned and being a wealth that benefits the Brazilian people. This is one of the main issues of our campaign, right? The complete nationalization of oil", says Rui Costa Pimenta.

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  • The PCO will continue to defend the nationalization of oil as a central agenda of its presidential campaign.

    Likely · Within months

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  • What is the PCO's specific plan to nationalize oil?
  • How does the candidate intend to reduce interest rates without causing economic instability?
  • What is the PCO's position on the payment of public debt besides not financing it by the government?

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