The number of people below the line of poverty in Brazil's 22 largest cities has reached 19.8 million in 2021, it was reported Monday by the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul ...

But the spreading unrest is tainting the image of promising and emerging Brazil as it hosts the Confederation ... vast economic disparity between rich and poor. On Saturday an 1,000 of them ...

Brazil ranks 13th among the countries with the widest gap between rich and poor. Angola’s Gini coefficient is continuing to rise despite already being relatively high, according to the World Bank.

Brazil’s informal urban settlements – favela and cortiço communities – have to rely on poor water and sanitation infrastructure. Although more than 80% of the country’s population are said to be ...

NEW DELHI: Brazil's proposal to tax the super-rich is unlikely to be carried through when leaders of the G20 meet in Rio De Janeiro later this week as the original plan has been "significantly ...