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FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationBRASILIA (Reuters) - Facebook Inc and card acquirer Cielo SA have asked Brazil’s antitrust watchdog Cade to reverse the suspension of an agreement they struck paving the way for WhatsApp…

FILE PHOTO: People look at job listings posted on a street in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil April 24, 2019. REUTERS/Amanda PerobelliBRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil’s economy lost 331,901 formal jobs in May, the Economy Ministry said on Monday, but less than half the previous month’s record loss due to the COVID-19…

BRASILIA, June 27 (Reuters) - Two Yanomami men were killed with shot guns by gold rush miners on their reservation in the northern Amazon region, according to a statement released on Saturday by the tribe, the largest in Brazil that is relatively isolated from the outside world.The Yanomami are imploring…

BRASILIA, June 27 (Reuters) - Two Yanomami men were killed with shot guns by gold rush miners on their reservation in the northern Amazon region, according to a statement released on Saturday by the tribe, the largest in Brazil that is relatively isolated from the outside world.The Yanomami are imploring…

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends the inauguration ceremony of the Main Space Operations Center of the Geostationary Defense and Strategic Communications Satellite in Brasilia, Brazil June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Adriano MachadoBRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that he might have contracted the novel coronavirus previously and he…

(Adds details)BRASILIA, June 25 (Reuters) - Brazil’s National Monetary Council, the country’s highest economic policy body, on Thursday set the central bank’s 2023 inflation target at 3.25%, with a tolerance margin of 1.5 percentage points on either side.The council, which includes the economy minister and central bank president, once again…

BRASILIA, June 25 (Reuters) - Brazil’s National Monetary Council (CMN) on Thursday set the central bank’s 2023 inflation target at 3.25%, with a tolerance margin of 1.5 percentage points on either side. The CMN, Brazil’s highest economic policy body, which includes the economy minister and central bank president, kept the…

(Adds detail, comment)BRASILIA, June 25 (Reuters) - Annual inflation in Brazil fell in June to its lowest in at least 20 years, according to a mid-month measure of consumer prices on Thursday, although not quite as low as expected as prices remained virtually unchanged on a monthly basis.The 1.9% annual…

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil’s Senate late on Wednesday approved a new sanitation bill, in a move that is expected to prompt states and municipalities to privatize water and sewage companies, luring investors. The bill, which needs President Jair Bolsonaro’s approval to become law, foresees the universalization of sanitation services…

BRASILIA, June 24 (Reuters) - Brazil’s primary budget deficit this year could reach 800 billion reais ($152 billion), or more than 11% of gross domestic product, Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said on Wednesday, which would be higher than current official forecasts. Speaking in an online live event hosted by Citi,…