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Brazils public sector debt remained stable at 73.6% of its gross domestic product in June despite a significant negative primary result for the month, showed central bank data on Friday. ...

Brazilian and Japanese authorities have agreed that trade bans related to outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza will only apply to municipalities where a case is detected, Brazils...

Brazils jobless rate fell in the quarter through June to its lowest level for the period in nine years, statistics agency IBGE said on Friday, underscoring the labor markets resilience despite...

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 said on Friday, underscoring the labor market's resilience despite its high interest rates. Unempl...

SAO PAULO : Brazilian and Japanese authorities have agreed that trade bans related to outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) will only apply to municipalities where a case is detected, Brazil's agriculture ministry said on Friday.The announcement comes after Japan suspended chicken imports

By Leonardo Benassatto ILHA BELA, Brazil (Reuters) - Julio Cardoso leans over the side of a boat to photograph a humpback whale as it slaps its giant ...

By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian and Japanese authorities have agreed that trade bans related to outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influ...

Brazil's jobless rate fell in the quarter through June to its lowest level for the period in nine years, statistics agency IBGE said on Friday, underscoring the labor market's resilience despite its high interest rates. Unemployment in Latin America's largest economy hit 8.0% in the three months through June, down from 8.3% in the previous rolling quarter and below market expectations, as economists polled by Reuters had a median forecast of 8.2%. It was the fourth consecutive d...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian lender Santander Brasil on Wednesday reported higher second-quarter net profit on a sequential basis but saw its results weigh on group performance as they remained well below last year's levels. The bank, an unit of Spain's Banco Santander, said in a securities filing its net income reached 2.26 billion reais ($475.76 million) in the period, up 5.5% from a soft previous quarter but sliding nearly 45% from a year ago. Santander Brasil's bottom line...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday he might need to undergo surgery in October to treat chronic femoral pain. Lula said in a live broadcast on social media he was getting "physically ready" for the operation, adding his doctor told him that it would be a short-stay surgery. "I want to have this surgery done.