Minimum Wage to Increase in 2014: Daily
The Ministry for Planning has announced its budget for 2014 and previews an increase in minimum wage of 6.64 percent,...
August 30, 2013Topic
minimum wage
Brazil Raises 2013 Minimum Wage: Daily
Coming as part of the final report on the 2013 budget, there will be an additional increase of R$4 to...
December 18, 2012
Brazil Says Over 50% in Middle Class: Daily
For the first time, more than half of Brazil’s population is categorized as middle class, with monthly income of between...
September 21, 2012
Brazil May Face National Teacher Strike
Public school teachers in the Federal District (DF) went on strike on Monday as fore-warning of a national teachers strike...
March 13, 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 Minimum Wage May Top R$800 by 2015
The national minimum wage in Brazil will top R$800 per month by 2015, according to predictions by a federal budget...
September 27, 2011
The Curmudgeon on the Minimum Salary
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The battle has been raging, or so they say, over the...
February 22, 2011Brazil Inflation and Indexation Cycle
By Amy Skalmusky, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In the late 1980s and early 1990s inflation in...
February 1, 2011
Small Business in 30 Minutes
By Jaylan Boyle, Contributing Reporter [caption id="attachment_5864" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Street vendor, photo by Nate Grigg."][/caption] RIO DE JANEIRO - Not...
July 7, 2009