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(Adds analyst comment) By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA, July 31 (Reuters) - Brazil’s national debt rose to a record 85.5% of gross domestic product and the public sector registered a record $36.5 billion primary deficit in June, the central bank said on Friday, as the COVID-19 crisis hammered the government’s finances.…

FILE PHOTO: The Whatsapp logo and binary cyber codes are seen in this illustration taken November 26, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoBRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil’s antitrust watchdog is asking Facebook Inc to explain the fee structure for its short-lived payments service launched in June in partnership with card processor Cielo SA,…

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BRASILIA, July 21 (Reuters) - Brazil’s government aims to present further elements of its broad tax reform proposals in 20 to 30 days, federal revenue service chief Jose Barroso Tostes Neto said on Tuesday, noting that plans for payroll tax exemptions are being drawn up. Tostes Neto was answering reporters’…

BRASILIA, July 21 (Reuters) - Brazil’s economy is reacting positively to emergency fiscal and credit measures to cushion the blow from the COVID-19 pandemic, with consumer spending picking up at the margin and energy consumption rebounding, central bank director Bruno Serra said on Tuesday. Serra said the banking system is…

Loading... Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro gestures during a ceremony to lower the Brazilian National flag down, at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil July 20, 2020. — Reuters picBRASILIA, July 21 — Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro's low approval ratings rose for a third consecutive month, a poll showed yesterday, as…

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian miner Vale SA said on Friday that a new court decision had suspended 7.9 billion reais ($1.5 billion) in legal deposits that had been previously required in a case related to the collapse of a dam in Brumadinho last year. Reporting by Carolina Mandl; Editing…

published : 16 Jul 2020 at 07:45 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, standing outside the presidential palace in Brasilia, has tested positive for coronavirus a second time. BRASILIA: Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro announced Wednesday that he still has the coronavirus, after undergoing a new test the day before."I'm fine, thank God.…

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gives the thumb up while attending the flag unveiling ceremony at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, on July 15, 2020. Photo by EVARISTO SA / AFP) Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tested positive for coronavirus again, CNN Brazil said on Wednesday, quoting the far right leader, who…

FILE PHOTO: A logo of Brazil's state-run Petrobras oil company is seen at its headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes/File PhotoBRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil’s Petrobras said on Monday it is again eligible to receive investments from Norway’s largest pension fund, KLP, which had blocked investments…