Brazilians Support Bolsa Família Welfare
Nearly three-quarters of Brazilians are in favor of the Bolsa Família, an anti-poverty program that gives cash to families in...
January 15, 2013Topic
Inequality
International Women’s Day for Brazil: Daily
International Day of the Woman yesterday prompted a re-examination of the role of women in power in Brazil.
March 9, 2012
Brazil Strives for Economic Equality
Brazil poverty rates have halved over the last two decades, lifting 28 million people out of extreme poverty and allowing...
February 7, 2012
Brazil’s Petrobras Taps First Female CEO
The Brazilian energy corporation Petrobras, looks set to welcome their first female CEO in the coming weeks, Maria das Graças...
January 24, 2012
Rousseff and 2010 Brazil Census Results
Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff says the country’s black population still experiences unacceptable levels of poverty, violence and unemployment.
November 22, 2011
Grave Inequality
Opinion, by Michael Kerlin RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – If you want to understand inequality in Rio de Janeiro, take...
August 16, 2011
Creating a New Tomorrow for Rio de Janeiro
Opinion, by Samantha Barthelemy RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – As an advocate for quality public education in Rio de Janeiro,...
May 31, 2011