Tag: poor
Lula Calls Nonsense Christ’s Saying that Poor Need Wait for Heaven After Death
Brazil’s ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called ‘nonsense’ the biblical statement that the ...
Brazil’s Bolsa Família in Northeast Can’t Take People out of Misery
A new study just out by Brazil’s Ministry of Social Development (MDS) has found ...
Lula Boasts of Skipping New York and Rome to Visit 25 African Countries
Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defended his “diversification” diplomacy and said that ...
The Slums Kept Brazil’s Economy Going When World Was Falling Apart
OK, it was not really a rocket blastoff like The Economist showed on its ...
Lula Calls Obama and Hu Jintao on Global Warming. He Won’t Take No for Answer
Talking in Rome during a food security conference, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da ...
Blacks, Gays and the Poor Rate High in Brazil’s Prejudice Scale
Prejudice plays major role in lack of motivation in most schools in Brazil, this ...
Hoping These Poor in Brazil Will Inspire More than Just a Liberal Guilt Trip
The Scalabrinian Order of the Catholic Church was founded in Italy in 1887 by ...
Over Half of Brazilians Get Middle-Class Status. In the US They Would Be Dirt Poor
The middle class in Brazil reached 51.89% of the country's population in April 2008. ...
Less than 1% of Brazilians Own 54% of Brazil’s Assets
An estimated 130.000 Brazilians, or about 0.75% of the country's population, have financial assets ...
Amnesty Pans Brazil’s Politics of Fear Against Poor
Amnesty International criticized recently what it calls "political game-playing" in the debate over public ...