NYTIMES/ A bill that would share oil royalties and deny the state of Rio and other oil-producing states billions of dollars is under consideration in the congress and causing much consternation. If passed, Rio’s annual oil revenue would fall to about $134 million from about $4.3 billion. “No one has the right to take away that which nature has put within the limits of Rio de Janeiro,” said Rio minister Carlos Lupi. Two congressmen from non-producing states, Ibsen Pinheiro and Humberto Souto, proposed equal distribution of oil royalties to states and municipalities.
