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 ...

In 6 Years, 3 Million Brazilians Left Poverty Behind

In Brazil, three million people crossed the poverty threshold over the last six years ...

Luxury Has Become a US$ 5 Billion Industry in Brazil

Brazilian companies prevail in the country's luxury products market. A survey conducted by consultancy ...

Brazil, I’m Tired of Your Rich’s Insensibility and Your Poor’s Passivity

“I’m also tired of people who only want to take advantage, of the traffickers’ ...

Brazilian high school classroom

Will Brazil Give Its Grandchildren the Chance for All It Denied Its Children?

Last month the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) marked its 85th birthday. The Republic ...

Child carrying sibling looking through the trash in Brazil

Brazil’s Poor Are Too Peaceful While Their Kids Starve do Death Amid Plenty

Recent studies show that a Brazilian prisoner is twice as likely to have come ...

Brazil’s Rich-Poor Gap Shrinks and So Does Everyone’s Income

The latest numbers from the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) show that ...

Blumenau, Santa Catarina state, Brazil

Brazil Celebrates Slow Progress While the World Zooms Fast Ahead

Throughout the 19th century Brazil evolved more slowly than the countries that, thanks to ...

The Brazilian Rich Won’t Be Out of Prison Before Misery Is Abolished

At the end of the 19th century, Brazil abolished the slave-ocratic system. As this ...

Lula Was Never the Leader He Should Have Been. And Brazil Is Much Poorer for That.

Thanks to his life story and the history of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da ...