Tag: Inequality
Rich in Forests, Brazil Is Trying to Build a Strong Bioeconomy
Alongside the Brazilian Amazon’s vast soy and cattle ranching economy – a major driver ...
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 ...
Brazil Elections: Shaken by Corruption, Many Are Asking If Democracy Is Worth Defending
Most Brazilians are not happy with their democracy. But democracy must prevail if the ...
Latin America’s Homicide Epidemic Can Be Cured. It Just Needs a New Approach
In the 1990s, the capital of Colombia’s mountainous Antioquia province Medellin had one of ...
128 Years After the End of the Empire, Brazilians Still Pay a Tax to the Emperor’s Heirs
With its colonial mansions, landscaped gardens and ornate fountains, the town of Petrópolis, a ...
124 People Hold 12% of Brazil’s Wealth. Half of Population Survives on US$ 4 a Day
Brazil’s 124 richest people hold assets totaling 544 billion reais equivalent to 238.6 billion ...
124 People Hold 12% of Brazil’s Wealth. Half of Population Survives on US$ 4 a Day
Brazil’s 124 richest people hold assets totaling 544 billion reais equivalent to 238.6 billion ...
President Rousseff Says Brazil Is Getting into Era of Prosperity with Drop in Inequality
According to Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, Brazil is moving into an ‘era of prosperity’ ...
Better Wages Make Gap Between Rich and Poor a Little Less Wide in Brazil
There was a decline of 7% in income disparity among employed persons in Brazil ...
Brazil Among World’s 10 Most Unequal Countries. 10% Get Half the Wealth.
The United Nations Human Development Report analyzed 177 countries and concluded that Brazil ranks ...
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