An arrest has been made in the case of a family in Brazil who were poisoned on Christmas Eve after eating a cake containing arsenic.

Julius Baer said on Tuesday it had agreed to sell its Brazilian domestic wealth management business to Banco BTG Pactual, days before Stefan Bollinger takes over as chief executive after a difficult year for the Swiss bank.

Brazilian miner Vale said on Tuesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Swedish firm GreenIron to develop initiatives aimed at decarbonizing the mining industry supply chain in Brazil and Sweden.

Brazil's trade surplus shrank by nearly 25% in 2024 compared to the previous year, to $74.6 billion, official data showed on Monday, driven by higher imports as Latin America's largest economy outpaced initial growth expectations.

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.

A soccer-loving nun from Brazil is believed to have become the world’s oldest living person at nearly 117 following the recent death of a woman from Japan.

Jan. 6, 2021, the U.S. experience in reckoning with an attack at the heart of its democracy stands in stark contrast to that of Brazil.

Julius Baer Group Ltd. said it would sell its domestic Brazilian business to Banco BTG Pactual SA, the biggest independent investment bank in Latin America, for 615 million reais ($101 million).

Brazil has declared itself free of FMD without vaccination since May 2024 and is waiting for formal recognition from the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH).

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.