Tag: poverty
Emperor Dom Pedro’s Nightmare: Brazil Has Frozen in Time
Were he to be resuscitated today, Brazil’s last emperor, Dom Pedro II, would feel ...
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 ...
Brazil to Spend US$ 1.7 Billion to Help Over 1 Million in Rio’s Slums
The Brazilian government will spend US$ 1.7 billion to bring running water and other ...
Pope in Brazil to Deliver Tough Talk on Poverty and Crime
In his first full day in Brazil, pope Benedict XVI met for about 30 ...
Brazil and Arabs Join Same Team to Fight Hunger and Poverty
Ministries of Social Development in Arab and South American countries are going to create ...
Brazil’s Conference Wants World to End Poverty Selling Farm Goods
Figures disclosed by the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) show that over 70% of ...
10 Million or 45% of Brazil’s Amazon Population Live on Less Than US$ 2 a Day
Brazil may not achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals because parts of the country ...
Planting Sugarcane and Reaping Poverty and Eco-Degradation in Brazil
On January 22 the Lula administration announced it will increase federal funding for Brazil’s ...
When I See What’s Going on in Brazil I Feel Like Picking Up a Gun
They come every trash day. A black man in his twenties and his son, ...
Brazil’s Worst Poverty Is the Lack of Smarts and Feelings
The federal government has distributed posters announcing that in the past few years the ...