The Latest Breaking News from Brazil

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and U.S. leader Joe Biden are set to meet next month after Bolsonaro accepted an invitation to the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, two sources told Reuters on Wednesday.

The Brazilian midfielder has enjoyed a stellar start to his Newcastle United career

Glencore Plc units agreed to plead guilty to charges including bribery and price manipulation as part of a sweeping settlement with authorities in the U.S., UK and Brazil to settle long-running corruption probes that have hung over the commodities giant for years.

A police raid in Rio de Janeiro left 11 people dead including an innocent woman hit by a stray bullet, authorities in the Brazilian city said.

AutoZone Inc (NYSE:AZO) reported third-quarter FY22 sales growth of 5.9% year-on-year, to $3.87 billion, beating the consensus of $3.71 billion. EPS of $29.03 beat the analyst consensus of $26.05.  Domestic same-store sales for the quarter increased 2.6%. The gross margin decreased 54 basis points Y/Y to 51.91%. The operating margin was 20.1%, and…

Eleven people were shot dead in a slum on the north side of Rio de Janeiro early on Tuesday during a police raid to capture heads of a drug-trafficking organization, police said.

Mastercard’s “smile to pay” system, announced last week, is supposed to save time for customers at checkouts. It is being trialled in Brazil, with future pilots planned for the Middle East and Asia.

For the second straight year, inhabitants of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest are being overwhelmed by flooding, with hundreds of thousands of people already affected by waters that are still rising

Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has announced the creation of a carbon market in Brazil but it is voluntary and the announcement is thin on the kind of details that make for a robust trading forum