Poverty
Brazil’s Killer Heat More Lethal to Blacks, Women and Older People
“The heat at night was too much; we couldn’t sleep,” says Evanice Auxiliadora da ...
Football Scandal: Brazil’s Beautiful Game Is Becoming the Dirty-Trick Game
In a bland, cold courtroom on Monday, another football career likely ended. The Court ...
Brazil’s Universal Health Care Is Rather an Aspiration than a Reality
With an historical framework dating back over the past several decades and predominantly universalized, ...
The Hard Life of Small Business Owners in Brazil Amid Double-Digit Inflation
Leaving the supermarket with enough to feed her family has become an increasingly tough ...
Police Raid Turns into a Massacre of 25 People in a Rio Favela
At least 25 people were dead and four hospitalized in the aftermath of a ...
Venezuelan Refugees End Up as Slave Workers in Brazil
After crossing the border from crisis-hit Venezuela into Brazil in late 2019, Henrique had ...
World’s Largest Cash Transfer to Families Is a Brazil’s Model Program
Since the mid-1990s, new approaches to poverty reduction have been introduced in countries across ...
Underage Delivery App Workers Way Too Common in Brazil
Cases of children working for food delivery apps in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic ...
How a Favela in Rio Is Dealing with Mental Health Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
Empty streets, full minds. The fear of the new coronavirus occupies the thoughts of ...
In Brazil, the Tough Condition of Maids Gets Tougher amid Pandemic
Instead of doing the cooking for the family she works for, Nilza de Jesus ...
