BRASILIA (Reuters) -The Brazil Treasury's outlook for the country's gross public debt has worsened, with a forecast rise by 10.6 percentage points during President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's current term, 0.6 point higher than its previous estimate in December.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva hit back on Monday at recent threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on countries that align themselves with BRICS.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday signed the decree regulating the Trade Reciprocity Law, Chief of Staff Rui Costa confirmed in a statement from the Planalto Palace. The measure is to be published in a regular edition of the Federal Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette - DOU).

PM Narendra Modi holds delegation level talks with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at Presidential Palace in Brasilia on July 08.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has visited former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner at her home.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and US counterpart Donald Trump have clashed over Trump's support for Lula's far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, who is standing trial on coup charges