Brazil

Brazil prosecutor charges members of Temer's party with criminal organization

BRASILIA Brazil's top prosecutor on Friday charged six lawmakers from President Michel Temer's Brazilian Democracy Movement Party (PMDB) with forming a criminal organization, the latest in a barrage of charges in the country's sprawling corruption scandal.

Brazilian officials seek land rights for rainforest dwellers at risk

RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Local officials in Brazil said on Friday they asked the government to offer property deeds to thousands of people living without formal titles in the Amazon rainforest who advocates say are at risk of losing their rights to live on the land.

Brazil police arrest ex-minister Vieira Lima after cash seizure

BRASILIA Brazilian police on Friday said they arrested former minister Geddel Vieira Lima on new charges after a corruption probe found his fingerprints in bags hiding more than 51 million reais ($16.52 million) in cash.

Chile's Arauco buys rival Masisa's plants in Brazil in $100 million deal

SANTIAGO Chilean forestry company Arauco has reached an agreement to buy two wood panel plants in Brazil from competitor Masisa, in a deal worth $102.8 million, the company said on Friday.

Ex-minister accuses former Brazil President Lula of accepting bribes

BRASILIA The former finance minister under Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday accused the ex-president of receiving bribes from contractor Odebrecht [ODBES.UL], adding to a list of corruption accusations that threaten Lula's ability to run for president in 2018.

Brazil cuts rates to 8.25 percent, signals gradual end to easing

BRASILIA Brazil's central bank slashed interest rates to a four-year low on Wednesday to spur an incipient economic recovery, but said the pace of monetary easing would probably be reduced next month as policymakers prepared to gradually stop cutting rates.

Brazil inflation hits new 18-year low, below all forecasts

SAO PAULO Brazilian inflation hit a fresh 18-year low in August due to an abundant harvest, undershooting all estimates and giving plenty of room for the central bank to keep cutting interest rates.

Brazil's ABPA hires two law firms to fight China chicken antidumping case

SAO PAULO A Brazilian association representing chicken and pork producers on Wednesday named two legal firms to fight an anti-dumping case made by China in August against Brazilian chicken imports that could last several years.

Unusually dry weather likely to hurt Brazil cane through 2018: Unica

SAO PAULO Unusually dry weather in Brazil's center-south sugar-producing region is likely to cut the total cane output per hectare for the rest of 2017 and in 2018, the technical director of industry group Unica told Reuters.

J&F asset sales tied to Brazil nod to leniency accord, sources say

SAO PAULO Asset sales by J&F Investimentos SA are tied to the approval of a leniency deal with Brazilian authorities, giving buyers a cushion from a potential legal backlash against the billionaire family that runs the group, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday.