Brazilian fugitive convicted of murder captured by ICE in Massachusetts
MILFORD, Mass. — A Brazilian national convicted of murder in his home country and on the run for nearly two years was arrested in Milford on May 1 by officers from U.S.…
ICE arrests Brazilian national convicted of sexual assault in Connecticut
HARTFORD, CT — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested an illegal Brazilian national convicted of sexual assault and other crimes in Connecticut, officials announced. Emerson Eduardo Ferreira, 52, was taken…
Street Closures Announced for Newark’s Brazilian Festival
NEWARK, N.J. — The Newark Department of Public Safety has announced several street closures in anticipation of the City of Newark’s Brazilian Festival, scheduled to take place this weekend. According to Public…
Body of Brazilian Woman on Vacation Found in Roadside Ditch in Dearborn
CHELSEA, MI – Charges have been announced against a Dearborn man linked to a death investigation spanning multiple counties. On Sunday, June 30, a dead body was discovered by pedestrians in a…
Brazilian Man Indicted in Boston for Visa Fraud After Failing to Disclose Involvement in Notorious Massacre
BOSTON, MA – Antonio Jose De Abreu Vidal Filho, 30, currently residing in Malden, was indicted on multiple counts related to visa fraud and perjury after allegedly failing to disclose his involvement…
Brazilian Family Sues Universal Orlando Over Ride Injury
ORLANDO, FL – A Brazilian family has filed a lawsuit against Universal Orlando, claiming negligence in a June 2022 incident where Juliana Asquino fell from a Dr. Seuss-themed ride, resulting in severe…
Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon down 64% in November
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell by more than half in November from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, with destruction hitting its lowest level for…
Brazilian Hezbollah suspect cased out synagogues in Brasilia, documents show
By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) – A Brazilian man arrested on suspicion of ties to Hezbollah had taken videos and photos of two synagogues and a Jewish cemetery in Brasilia just weeks…
Morgan Stanley sees greater chance for Brazilian IPOs next year
By Paula Arend Laier SAO PAULO (Reuters) – While Brazilian investors have endured two straight years without any local companies launching initial public offerings (IPOs), that could change in 2024, a senior…
Analysis-Tax slump in outperforming Brazilian economy scrambles reform plans
By Marcela Ayres and Bernardo Caram BRASILIA (Reuters) – Even as Brazil’s economic growth blew past expectations in the first half of this year, tax revenue has tumbled, underscoring doubts about the…
JPMorgan increases stake in Brazilian digital bank C6 to 46%
By Tatiana Bautzer NEW YORK (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co has increased its stake in Brazilian digital bank C6 to 46% from 40%, the banks said in a statement on Tuesday,…
CAF offers $600 million in counter-guarantees for Brazilian exports to Argentina -ministers
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Latin America development bank CAF has offered $600 million in assistance to counter-guarantee payments for Brazilian exports to Argentina to secure trade flows, ministers from both countries said on…
Brazilian consumer prices seen virtually flat in July vs June: Reuters poll
By Gabriel Burin (Reuters) – Brazil’s consumer prices barely rose on the month in July, a Reuters poll of economists estimated, with an expected drop in food costs countered by a probable…
Brazilian school awarded UNESCO stamp for efforts to protect the ocean
By Sergio Queiroz RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – A group of Brazilian school children gleefully remove pieces of plastic and trash on the sand of a Rio de Janeiro beach during an…
Argentina could fast-track Brazilian imports in return for help financing them – sources
By Bernardo Caram BRASILIA (Reuters) – Argentina has offered to fast-track imports from Brazil if its neighbor adopts a new credit system that reduces its dependence on the dollar, which it has…
Powerful Brazilian lawmaker orders Americanas accounting probe
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The head of Brazil’s lower house authorized on Wednesday the creation of a committee to investigate Americanas, the retailer at the center of a nearly $4 billion accounting…
Brazilian reinsurer resolves US probe into fake Berkshire Hathaway story
By Jonathan Stempel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Brazilian reinsurer entered a nonprosecution agreement and will pay $5 million to resolve a U.S. probe into a false story that the company had received…
Sweden, Colombia interested in Embraer’s KC-390, says Brazilian minister
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian Defense Minister Jose Mucio said late Thursday that countries such as Sweden and Colombia had expressed interest in buying Embraer’s KC-390 military cargo aircraft. Mucio said…
Brazilian securities watchdog launches new probes into Americanas accounting fiasco
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian securities watchdog CVM said on Friday it has launched two new probes into retailer Americanas SA’s accounting scandal and the firm’s reorganization process. CVM said it launched…
BRICS bank NDB to change its Brazilian head at government’s request
BRASILIA (Reuters) – The New Development Bank, the multilateral bank set up by the BRICS states, said on Friday it had agreed to elect a new Brazilian head at the request of…
Brazilian real’s strength challenged as economy sours: Reuters poll
By Gabriel Burin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Strength in Brazil’s real currency will soon be challenged by rising worries about an ongoing downturn in Latin America’s No.1 economy and disagreements among policymakers,…
BTG Pactual joins Brazilian lenders hit by post-Americanas provisions
By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Banco BTG Pactual SA on Monday became the latest Brazilian lender to be affected by bad credit provisions due to what it called a “specific,…
Large Brazilian banks may set aside around $890 million for Americanas losses in Q4
By Aluisio Alves SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian banks may start setting aside provisions for losses with retailer Americanas already in the fourth quarter of 2022, analysts say. Banks such as BTG…
Brazilian court orders seizure of emails of bankrupt retailer Americanas
By Tatiana Bautzer SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A Brazilian court has ordered the seizure of all corporate emails of managers and board members from bankrupt retailer Americanas SA sent and received over…
Brazilian lender Santander’s Chairman Rial resigns
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian lender Santander Brasil SA said on Friday its chairman and former chief executive, Sergio Rial, is resigning from his position at the firm. The resignation comes just…
Exclusive-Deforestation of Brazilian savanna surged some 25% in a year, sources say
By Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Deforestation in the world’s most biologically diverse savanna, the Brazilian Cerrado, rose by around 25% in the 12 months through July from the previous period, two…
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