Paes sanctions ‘mega-holiday’ in Rio for the G20; find out who is left out | Rio de Janeiro

Rio – Mayor Eduardo Paes (PSD) sanctioned, this Tuesday (7), Law No. 8,134, authored by Rio City Hall, which declares a municipal holiday on the 18th and 19th of November 2024, dates on which the city will host the G20 Summit — a meeting between the leaders of the 20 richest countries in the world for the first time chaired by Brazil.

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The measure, approved by the Rio Chamber on April 17, aims to facilitate logistics for world leaders and their delegations, in addition to helping with the planning of parallel meetings that will take place during the event. In practice, the text creates a “mega-holiday” that goes from the holiday of the Proclamation of the Republic (15) to Black Consciousness Day (20).

However, some market segments were not covered by the decree and will operate normally. Check out the list:

– Street commerce;
– Bars and restaurants;
– hotels, inns and inns;
– commercial centers and galleries and shopping centers;
– cultural establishments such as theaters, cinemas and libraries;
– attractions;
– journalistic and sound and image broadcasting companies, as well as pay television programming and production companies;
– industries located in the North and West Zones
– bakeries; It is
– establishments that carry out activities through remote work.

The inclusion of industries located in the North and West Zones, in addition to bakeries and establishments that carry out activities through remote work, occurred in a second discussion. The original text sent by the Executive provided for “time off” in these areas.

G20

The G20 brings together the countries with the largest economies in the world. Member States meet annually to discuss economic, political and social initiatives and it is defined as the main forum for international economic cooperation. This is the first time that Brazil has assumed the presidency of the group.

For this year, with the theme “Building a fair world and a sustainable planet”, President Lula announced three general priorities for Brazil’s presidency at the Summit: combating hunger, poverty and inequality; the three dimensions of sustainable development (economic, social and environmental); and international governance reform.