The Latest Breaking News from Brazil

The founder of rock band Os Mutantes reputedly had fans in Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain and King Charles

The 36-year-old was nipped on the foot by the snake at her home in Brazil, but despite being medicated with eight vials of antivenom serum, she still tragically passed away

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN23 ) on Tuesday closed up +0.10 (+0.38%), and Aug London white sugar #5 (SWQ23 ) closed down -6.60 (-0.92%). Sugar prices Tuesday settled mixed. Strength in crude prices is supportive for sugar after WTI crude (CLM23) on Tuesday rallied to a 1-week high. Higher...

July arabica coffee (KCN23 ) on Tuesday closed up +2.55 (+1.39%), and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN23 ) closed down -6 (-0.24%). Coffee prices on Tuesday settled mixed. NY coffee closed higher as ICE-monitored arabica coffee inventories have fallen steadily over the past three months and posted a 5-month low...

Brazil's executive secretary of the Finance Ministry, Gabriel Galipolo - who is due to be nominated for a key role at the country's central bank - said on Tuesday he has good relations with central bank Governor Roberto Campos Neto but does not always agree with him.

Tributes pour in for founder of Os Mutantes, who sardonically named her tumour after far-right president Jair Bolsonaro

July arabica coffee (KCN23 ) this morning is up +2.20 (+1.20%), and July ICE robusta coffee (RMN23 ) is up +11 (+0.45%). Coffee prices this morning are moderately higher, with robusta climbing to a 1-1/2 week high. Tighter global coffee supplies are supportive of prices. The International Coffee Organization (ICO)...

Renowned Brazilian rock singer and songwriter Rita Lee, an icon of the Tropicalia artistic movement, died on Tuesday after a two-year battle with lung cancer, her family said. She was 75.

Rita Lee Jones, Brazil’s million-selling “Queen of Rock” who gained an international following through her colorful and candid style and such hits as “Ovelha Negra,” “Mania de Você” and “Now Only Missing You,” has died at 75