STXNEWS LATAM-Brazil oil industry workers to strike from Thursday

Oil industry workers in Brazil said on Wednesday that they will stop working indefinitely to protest a government decision to sell exploration rights for Libra, the nation's biggest offshore oilfield ever put up for sale. A number of oil workers' unions will also strike to demand better working conditions and increased pay, according to a statement by the United Petroleum Workers' Federation, known in Brazil as FUP.