WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior U.S. official declined on Wednesday at a Senate hearing to comment on the status in the United States of former far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro,…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday he will not visit Russia or Ukraine due to the ongoing war but he remained committed to…
PARIS (Reuters) -Casino on Tuesday launched a sale of shares in Brazilian supermarket chain Assai as the French supermarket operator presses on with cutting its debt. Casino said it would…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian cosmetic maker Natura & Co on Monday reported a fourth-quarter net loss of 890.4 million reais ($169.7 million), as it reported lower revenues across all…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Senate Economic Affairs Committee (CAE) is expected to agree on Tuesday to invite Central Bank Governor Roberto Campos Neto to testify at a hearing on the…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Finance Minister, Fernando Haddad, announced on Friday that the federal government will provide compensation of 26.9 billion reais ($5.2 billion) to states for their losses due…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian pharmacy chain RD SA, Raia Drogasil, posted on Tuesday a 47% jump year-over-year in fourth-quarter adjusted net profit to 301.1 million reais ($58.00 million), boosted…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Monday that his ministry has finalized its contribution to the design of the country’s new fiscal framework, but highlighted that…
(Reuters) – Brazilian digital lender Nubank said on Monday it had expanded its board to add David Marcus, former digital wallet executive at Meta Platforms Inc. Marcus, 49, who headed…
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday his mission was “still not over” after leading Latin America’s largest country for one term, indicating he…
(Reuters) – Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Thursday the ministry plans to finish working on a new fiscal framework this week and present it to President Luiz Inacio…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Ambev SA said on Thursday it expects the cost of goods sold per hectoliter at its beer business in Brazil to rise by 6% to 9.9%…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The management of troubled Brazilian retailer Americanas SA denied the existence of the financial operations that led to an accounting scandal early this year, a report…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Wednesday that the country’s high interest rate is the primary obstacle to economic growth, adding that recent government measures such…
By Jake Spring and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) – The world cannot meet its climate goal to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degree Celsius unless it protects the Amazon…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s gross debt continued its downward trajectory in January, while the consolidated public sector recorded a strong primary surplus, showed central bank data on Tuesday. The government…
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s jobless rate fell to 7.9 percent in the three months through December, statistics agency IBGE said on Tuesday, below market expectations. The median forecast…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil Finance Minister Fernando Haddad told reporters on Monday that the names to head two top central bank positions would not be released by the government this…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s central government posted a better-than-expected primary budget surplus in January on the back of record tax revenues, Treasury data showed on Monday, although the outlook for…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s economic activity increased by 2.9% in 2022, according to a central bank index released on Thursday, boosted by the services sector and defying earlier predictions of…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian central bank governor Roberto Campos Neto said on Tuesday the country is not at a moment when “it would be good to experiment” on monetary policy,…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Carrefour Brasil reported on Monday its fourth-quarter adjusted net profit decreased 28.2% from a year earlier to 550 million reais ($106.19 million), hit by a double…
By Camila Moreira and Rodrigo Viga Gaier SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Services activity in Brazil grew more than expected in December and reached the highest levels to date,…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell in January from a year earlier, satellite data showed on Friday, in the first monthly figures under President Luiz Inacio…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The chief executive of Brazil’s biggest private lender Itau Unibanco said on Wednesday that the accounting inconsistencies that led retailer Americanas SA to request bankruptcy protection…