Brazil: Anti-poverty aid program needs US$11.2 billion
Maintaining Brazil's cash transfer program for low-income families Brazil Aid (Auxílio Brasil) at current levels will require budgetary expenditures
July 26, 2022Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Brazil: In 6 months, finances improved for 20% and worsened for 41% of voters
In the last six months, 1 in 5 Brazilians noticed an improvement in their financial life, while a little more...
July 25, 2022
Peru: Nearly 40% of vulnerable microentrepreneurs lack adequate housing and sanitation
According to the Multidimensional Poverty Study conducted by Financiera Confianza among its clients, together with the BBVA Microfinance Foundation (FMBBVA)...
July 22, 2022
Half of Chile’s workers had incomes of up to US$480 per month in 2021
Although there are still jobs to be recovered since the pandemic outbreak, last year, the income of Chileans showed some...
July 22, 2022
Colombia inaugurates Latin America’s most modern oncology center
The Cancer Treatment and Research Center (CTIC), a non-profit foundation with state-of-the-art technology to attend to 7,000 patients, was inaugurated...
July 22, 2022
Brazil sets a record for name and gender changes in 2022
Since the decision of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) in June 2018, which recognized the right of transgender and transexual...
July 22, 2022
Consumption of sustainable products doubles in Latin America, says Mercado Libre
Online consumption of products with a positive impact on the environment, such as energy savings, for example, has doubled in...
July 21, 2022
Brazil’s southern region sets record in childhood obesity
According to Fiquem Sabendo, a data agency specializing in access to public information based on data from the Ministry of...
July 20, 2022
Brazilians can now change their names under law eliminating need for court approval
Maria Gomes de Souza, 57, was born in the region of Cariri, in the interior of Ceará, and in her...
July 20, 2022