Brazil’s central bank has prohibited the use of cryptocurrencies and stablecoins in regulated international payment and transfer services under its eFX framework. The new rule, set out in Resolution BCB No. 561, requires these transactions to be ...

By Isabel Teles and Bernardo Caram SAO PAULO, April 29 (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank cut interest rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday for a second straight meeting, leaving its next moves open as it sizes up the economic effects of the U.

This week, Brazil’s Supreme Court is expected to rule in the case of the far-right former President Jair Messias Bolsonaro, who is on trial for plotting a coup against his elected successor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Although Bolsonaro denies any ...

The clash between the two men and their followers has defined Brazilian politics since. In 2025, for a brief moment, it looked as if the country might be preparing to move on, as Mr Bolsonaro was jailed for plotting a coup.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Labor prosecutors in Brazil filed a lawsuit Wednesday against meatpacking giant JBS, accusing the company of buying cattle from farms where workers were held in slavery-like conditions.

A few weeks ago, inside the marbled corridor of Brazil’s Foreign Ministry, the country’s leftist President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, received a question from a journalist: “Trump said he would announce a tariff against Brazil,” she began.

LINYI, CN / ACCESS Newswire / May 1, 2026 / From April 27 to May 1, 2026, Agrishow, the largest agricultural event in Latin America, was held at the Ribeirão Preto Exhibition Center in Brazil. Under the theme "Full Range,

MSCI Brazil Index (Net) continued to show momentum and advanced over 19% in the first quarter. Read more here.

SAO PAULO, April 30 (Reuters) - Brazil's government will announce on Monday new measures to tackle household indebtedness, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday, signaling that the program will build on a previous one established in 2023.