Catholics in the small Brazilian city of Santo Antonio de Goias celebrated the Epiphany throughout the weekend and into Monday, the same day the rest of the nation observed Three Kings Day.
Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual is set to announce the acquisition of Swiss private bank Julius Baer's local unit in a deal worth about 1 billion reais ($163.6 million), newspaper O Globo reported on Monday.
Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Monday that the government has no plans to raise the financial transactions tax, known as IOF, to address U.S. dollar outflow following the sharp depreciation of the Brazilian currency last year.
Brazil's trade surplus shrank by nearly 25% in 2024 compared to the previous year, falling to $74.6 billion, official data showed on Monday, driven by higher imports as Latin America's largest economy outpaced initial growth expectations.
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Brazil’s Navy says that it has found the body of the 13th victim from a bridge collapse last month in the country’s north. Four people remain missing.
A former city councillor in Brazil has returned a toilet and two sinks she had removed from her office after losing a bid for re-election. Footage of one of Janaína Lima's employees hauling away the facilities was posted online as her tenure as Sao Paulo councilwoman ended.