Petrobras has the highest profit among major oil companies while Brazil’s population is impoverished
Brazil's state-owned company Petrobras, one of the largest oil companies in Latin America, posted a profit of US$8.6 billion
May 9, 2022Topic
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Brazil has 10 million people living in risk areas
(Rio de Janeiro State) rose on Wednesday, February 23, to 204. A national survey found that 10 million Brazilians live...
February 24, 2022
Brazil: Basic food basket at R$631 consumes 62% of minimum wage in Brasília
To buy the basic food basket, a family needs to spend R$631.95 (US$113) in Brasília. According to the Intersindical Department...
December 8, 2021
Brazil’s increased IOF tax could prevent 7 million from falling into poverty – FGV Social
The new rates of the Tax on Financial Transactions (IOF), paid on transactions such as credit operations, foreign exchange, loans,...
September 21, 2021
Three in 10 Brazilian families live with no work income – IPEA
In the first quarter of 2021, 3 in 10 Brazilian households lived with no income from work, according to a...
June 16, 2021
Life on wheels for “nomads” hit by the crisis in Brazil
A couple of vans, a school bus, and a mobile home occupy a street near one of São Paulo's busiest...
May 10, 2021
Survey shows that 19 million people went hungry in Brazil at the end of 2020
The national survey on 'Food insecurity in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil', conducted by the Brazilian Research...
April 6, 2021
Brazil resumes subsidies to the poorest with pandemic worsening
The Brazilian government resumed on Tuesday the payment of subsidies intended to alleviate the economic hardship caused by the covid-19...
April 6, 2021
Boosting Bolsa Família in Brazil would reduce inequality, says OECD
Brazil could have made twice as much progress in reducing income inequality had it transferred the money spent on increasing...
March 16, 2021