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BRASILIA — Brazil’s former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, barred from elected office due to corruption convictions, said he is open to backing any candidate who can beat far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in the 2022 elections.“I am prepared to support any candidate who is committed to the working…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil and Argentina, Latin American nations seeking more time to commit to the global COVID-19 vaccine facility known as COVAX, said they intend to so as soon as possible after missing Friday’s deadline.FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured on the headquarters of the World Health Orgnaization (WHO)…

(Adds comments by Brazilian official, economic and political details)BRASILIA, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Brazil’s government is committed to lowering the country’s tax burden as a share of its gross domestic product, but not necessarily in absolute terms, Productivity and Competition Secretary Carlos da Costa said on Thursday.Speaking in a live…

By Reuters Staff1 Min ReadBRASILIA, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday he will not interfere in the market for rice, saying supply and demand should dictate the market, as domestic prices for the food staple soar.A day earlier Brazil trade body Camex eliminated import tariffs…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian drugstore chain Pague Menos raised 746.9 million reais ($136 million) in an initial public offering priced at 8.50 reais per share, according to a securities filing on Monday.The company had to lower its price range bottom, initially set at 10.22 reais, in order to find enough…

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The Chinese city of Shenzhen’s government on Thursday identified a Brazilian meat plant owned by Aurora, the country’s third largest processor of chicken and pork, as the source of chicken wings that tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Bags of frozen chickens 'Aurora' are pictured at…

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's Privatisation Secretary Salim Mattar attends the ceremony of the secondary share offering and privatisation of Petrobras Distribuidora, at Brazil's B3 Stock Exchange in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 25, 2019. REUTERS/Amanda PerobelliBRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil’s privatization secretary Salim Mattar resigned on Tuesday, economy minister Paulo Guedes said, suggesting…

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's Privatisation Secretary Salim Mattar attends the ceremony of the secondary share offering and privatisation of Petrobras Distribuidora, at Brazil's B3 Stock Exchange in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 25, 2019. REUTERS/Amanda PerobelliBRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil’s privatization secretary Salim Mattar resigned on Tuesday, economy minister Paulo Guedes said, suggesting…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro issued a decree on Thursday that will set aside 1.9 billion reais ($356 million) in funds to purchase and eventually produce the potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca PLC and Oxford University researchers. FILE PHOTO: Vinicius Molla, a hematologist and volunteer of…

FILE PHOTO: Physiotherapist Ana Carolina Xavier of FamilyCare, a group specialising in mobile physiotherapy care, and who also works at the ICU of Lagoa-Barra field hospital for COVID-19 patients, is treated by a colleague with the Brazilian physiotherapy method called RTA (Re-Balancing Thoracic-Abdominal), after being diagnosed with the coronavirus disease…