Brazil
Prices, logistics to spur planting in Brazil's main grain state
SORRISO, Brazil High corn prices in Brazil should prompt producers in the main grain state of Mato Grosso to expand planting of the grain for the 2016/2017 season that starts in September, the state's deputy agriculture secretary Alexandre Possebon told Reuters.
Rousseff's trial to run on during summer Olympics in Brazil
BRASILIA Brazil will welcome the world to the summer Olympics with suspended President Dilma Rousseff still on trial for breaking budget rules, government sources said on Friday, despite the interim government's efforts to fast-track the process before the Games.
Brazil denies suspending home subsidies, as policy signals blur
SAO PAULO Brazil's government denied plans to suspend a popular housing subsidy on Friday, as the cities minister became the latest member of interim President Michel Temer's cabinet to walk back reported policy changes in a hasty transition.
Brazil's ousted House speaker flexes muscle, faces ethics panel
BRASILIA Brazil's suspended House speaker, Eduardo Cunha, defended himself before an ethics committee on Thursday, a day after the appointment of his ally as leader of the government coalition in the chamber showed the veteran lawmaker's enduring political sway.
Column: No hang-ups for Brazilian soybean exports
Brazil’s soybean export season is off to a stellar start, and there are no signs of a slowdown anytime soon.
Brazilian demonstrators band together for musical protest
RIO DE JANEIRO - Demonstrators gathered in downtown Rio de Janeiro to stage a musical protest against the center-right interim government led by Michel Temer following the ouster of President Dilma Rousseff last week. | Video
Flooding by Brazil dams affects Amazon rainforest, satellite maps show
RIO DE JANEIRO(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Dams along the Madeira River in western Brazil have flooded 36,100 hectares of rainforest, according to satellite images released on Wednesday, affecting people who live along the river and harming fish populations upon which they depend.
Exclusive: Brazil's central bank closely monitoring nine banks - document
BRASILIA Brazil's central bank has placed nine banks under "special surveillance" and is closely monitoring the liquidity and stability of their operations, according to an undated internal bank document reviewed by Reuters.
Brazilian judge sentences Lula's ex-chief of staff to 23 years
SAO PAULO A one-time chief of staff for former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sentenced to 23 years in prison on Wednesday for corruption, money-laundering and conspiracy in a vast bribery scandal at the state-run oil company.
Meet the Brazilian man who sells property nobody owns
RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Brazilian lawyer Aluisio Cantalice has an interesting job: brokering sales for real estate that nobody officially owns.
Egypt finds human remains and belongings from plane crash at sea
CAIRO Egypt said on Friday that its navy had found human remains, wreckage and the personal belongings of passengers floating in the Mediterranean, confirmation that an EgyptAir jet had plunged into the sea with 66 people on board. | Video
