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By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Brazilian unit of Spanish telecom Telefonica SA said on Tuesday that it had agreed with Canadian pension fund CDPQ to create a joint venture to develop a “neutral and independent” wholesale fiber optic network in Brazil. According to a securities filing, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) will invest up to 1.8 billion reais ($317 million) in the venture, receiving a 50% voting share. Telefonica Brasil will have a 25% voting ...

Brazil recorded 26,986 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, along with 639 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Monday.

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries agreed to pay 812 million reais ($148.56 million) in a leniency deal with…

Brazil's oil sector regulator ANP does not see President Jair Bolsonaro's appointment of a new Petrobras CEO altering the country's policy of opening up the domestic refinery market to private investment, ANP director-general Rodolfo Saboia said on Monday.

By Reuters Staff (Adds Samsung Heavy filing; paragraph 4) BRASILIA, Feb 23 (Reuters) - South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries agreed to pay 812 million reais ($148.56 million) in a leniency deal with Brazilian authorities to settle corruption investigations, federal prosecutors said late on Monday. On its website, the prosecutor’s office said the deal was part of a global negotiation between the company and U.S. and Brazilian authorities to settle alleged crimes over contracts with...

By Reuters Staff (Adds detail, quote, comment) BRASILIA, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Brazil moved a step closer on Friday to reviving pandemic emergency aid to the poor, as Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco said the chamber will prioritize approving the payments, which he expects to be granted over four months from March through June. Speaking alongside Economy Minister Paulo Guedes and lower house leader Arthur Lira, Pacheco said emergency aid and COVID-19 vaccines are “the absolute priority,” and w...

BRASILIA — Brazil recorded 55,271 additional confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, along with 1,167 deaths from COVID-19, the Health…

13 Feb 2021 / 10:55 H. (Adds detail, quote, comment) BRASILIA, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Brazil moved a step closer on Friday to reviving pandemic emergency aid to the poor, as Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco said the chamber will prioritize approving the payments, which he expects to be granted over four months from March through June. Speaking alongside Economy Minister Paulo Guedes and lower house leader Arthur Lira, Pacheco said emergency aid and COVID-19 vaccines are "the absolute priority," an...

Brazil's health regulator Anvisa on Friday approved a request by biomedical institute Fiocruz to import more doses of the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford from the Serum Institute of India, without specifying how many.