By Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian police are investigating why former president Jair Bolsonaro spent two nights at the Hungarian embassy in Brasilia last month right …
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Pop superstar Madonna will hold a concert on the sandy shores of Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, the companies behind the event confirmed on …
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By Lisandra Paraguassu and Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) – The former commanders of Brazil’s Army and Air Force told police investigators that President Jair Bolsonaro summoned them twice to meetings …
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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will join finance officials from the Group of 20 major economies for meetings in Sao Paolo, Brazil next week, …
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By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) – A Brazilian army colonel wanted by police in an investigation into am attempted coup by associates of Brazil’s former far-right president was arrested on …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) – The Brazilian Air Force said on Tuesday it fired warning shots at a plane and forced it to land for violating a no-fly ban over the Yanomami …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil ended 2023 with a net creation of 1.484 million jobs, said the Labor Ministry on Tuesday, a result that followed disappointing figures from December. Latin America’s …
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By Luana Maria Benedito and Gabriel Burin SAO PAULO/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank will cut its key rate by 50 basis points next week for the fifth time …
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By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – The Brazilian government’s effort to evict illegal gold miners from the Yanomami Indigenous reservation in the northern Amazon has stalled with outsiders increasingly invading …
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By Ricardo Brito and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s Abin spy agency allegedly conducted illegal surveillance on at least three Supreme Court Justices and a former Lower House speaker during …
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By Anthony Boadle and Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil is moving ahead with the creation of an international security center in Manaus that will bring together Amazon nations in …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil should end 2024 with a primary deficit of 55.3 billion reais ($11.2 billion), the federal audit court (TCU) said, in the latest sign of skepticism that …
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RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police on Thursday served search-and-seizure warrants against a congressman as they continue to investigate the Jan. 8, 2023 riots in Brasilia, in which …
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By Ricardo Brito and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Police action will not suffice to defend Yanomami territory in the Amazon from illegal gold miners, and Brazil’s government must throw …
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By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Global X, one of the world’s top exchange-traded funds (ETF) providers, is optimistic about Brazil’s prospects as Latin America’s largest economy drives a …
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Vice President Geraldo Alckmin on Sunday unveiled government measures aimed at providing companies with tax benefits so they can buy new machinery and invest in …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil expressed concern on Friday after Venezuela complained about the deployment of a British warship off the Guyana coast, raising tensions in a border dispute over the …
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(Reuters) -UnitedHealth Group said on Friday it had agreed to sell its operations in Brazil to the founder and former CEO of health insurance firm Qualicorp José Seripieri Filho. Last …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil will launch a program this week to encourage companies to update their machinery and acquire more modern equipment to increase productivity, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s congressional budget committee approved on Thursday the country’s 2024 budget bill, with a shallower-than-expected spending cut in President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s growth acceleration program. …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s National Monetary Council, the country’s top economic policy body, on Thursday set regulations on a measure passed in October to limit interest rates and financial charges in …
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil’s federal police on Thursday conducted raids as part of a probe into petrochemical producer Braskem’s sinking ground havoc in the city of Maceio, which has forced …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) – A Brazilian Supreme Court justice suspended a 10.3 billion real ($2.10 billion) fine on J&F, the firm that controls the world’s largest meatpacker, JBS, according to a …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) – The lower house of Brazil’s Congress has approved a bill to relax environmental licensing to pave a highway cutting through the heart of the Amazon that scientists …
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Economic activity in Brazil performed worse than expected in October, central bank data showed on Wednesday, corroborating broad readings of economic cooling. The IBC-Br index, a …