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By Gabriel Araujo and Lisandra Paraguassu SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) -Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell in July to its lowest level for the month since 2017, preliminary government figures showed on Thursday, boosting President Luiz Inacio Lula d...

By Gabriel Araujo and Lisandra Paraguassu SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) -Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell in July to its lowest level for the mont...

By Gabriel Araujo and Lisandra Paraguassu SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) -Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell in July to its lowest level for the mont...

By Gabriel Araujo and Lisandra Paraguassu SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) -Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell in July to its lowest level for the mont...

By Gabriel Araujo and Lisandra Paraguassu SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) -Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell in July to its lowest level for the mont...

On their tenth day at sea, the four Nigerian stowaways crossing the Atlantic in a tiny space above the rudder of a cargo ship ran out of food and drink. "It was a terrible experience for me," said 38-year-old Thankgod Opemipo Matthew Yeye, one of the four Nigerians, in an interview at a Sao Paulo church shelter. The four men said they had hoped to reach Europe and were shocked to learn they had in fact landed on the other side of the Atlantic, in Brazil.

Industrial production in Brazil surprised economists with a small increase in June, but the positive figures are unlikely to prevent the central bank from kicking off a monetary easing cycle later this week. In Latin America's largest economy, industrial output was up 0.1% in June from May, data from statistics agency IBGE showed on Tuesday, outpacing the 0.1% drop estimated by economists polled by Reuters. The second month-on-month increase in a row was driven by final goods, IBGE said i...

Brazilian gunmaker Taurus Armas said on Monday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Scopa Defense for them to analyze establishing a potential joint venture in Saudi Arabia. ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's jobless rate fell in the quarter through June to its lowest level for the period in nine years, statistics agency IBGE ...

Brazilian miner Samarco filed a consensual judicial reorganization plan on Friday alongside some of its creditors with the intent of carrying out transactions contemplated in a previous agreement...