BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil's government said it was confident the Senate would pass a bill expanding income tax exemptions for the middle class, after the measure cleared the Lower House ...

The lower house of Brazil's Congress voted on Wednesday to expand income tax exemptions for the middle class, despite opposition from investors.

SAO PAULO - Protest leaders called for another huge demonstration in Brazil's largest city Tuesday, building on historic turnouts spawned by widespread frustration over decades of government red tape, ...

In fact, Brazil's poorest have seen their economic lives dramatically improve under the Silva and Rousseff governments, largely because of much-applauded government cash transfer programs that have ...