Clip of Brazilian Woman Being Helped Across Flooded Street Generates Online Storm
A video of a man helping an old lady across a flooded street in Rio’s Copacabana neighborhood is generating enormous...
April 10, 2019Topic
Poor
Brazil Gains 12 New Billionaires in 2017, as Inequality Grows
A new report shows a historic increase globally in the number of billionaires last year, and Brazil has gained twelve...
January 22, 2018
More Than 50 Million Brazilians Living Below Poverty Line
More than fifty million Brazilians, 25 percent of the population, live below the poverty line, and have family incomes of...
December 16, 2017
Celebrities Visit Favelas During Carnival
A number of celebrities visiting Brazil for the country’s famous Carnival celebrations have taken time out from the festivities to...
February 12, 2013
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
Pathways to University for Brazil’s Poor
Opinion, by Michael Kerlin RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - University entrance exam season starts next month all across Brazil. That...
August 30, 2011