Brazilian government cancels controversial rice auction

The Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva administration on Tuesday canceled a June 6 auction for the import of 263,300 tons of rice for BRL 1.3 billion, after multiple signs of irregularities with the winning bidders arose. The move is a strategy to avoid major price hikes of the product after the southern Brazilian state of
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