This is Brazil by the Numbers, a weekly digest of the most interesting figures tucked inside the latest news about Brazil. A selection of numbers that help explain what is going on in Brazil. This week’s topics: Covid-19 — confirmed cases and deaths, GDP drop to set a new record, workers at risk, President Bolsonaro burned out, emergency salary requests, companies forcing workers to ignore symptoms, Congress’ spending cuts, and more.
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The latest Covid-19 update released by the Brazilian Health Ministry on Friday evening shows that infections jumped to over 19,000, and deaths crossed the 1,000 mark. However, infectious health specialists consulted by The Brazilian Report believe that due to backlogs in testing and diagnosis, the official Health Ministry numbers “show a snapshot of the situation one to two weeks ago” — the actual figures, therefore, would be much higher.
Brazil’s largest private bank Itaú Unibanco forecasts a 6.5-percent skid for Brazilian GDP in 2020. If proven correct, it would be the biggest drop on record — even worse than the -4.35-percent growth rate...
The relationship between farmers and the Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva administration is by no…
One of the greatest motor racers ever to have lived, perhaps the greatest, Ayrton Senna…
Speaking before a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Chief of Staff Rui Costa admitted that Brazil…
New job market data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) show the…
The ebbs and flows of domestic work in Brazil somewhat reflect the overall state of…
Four years after the start of the pandemic, Brazil is adopting yet another immunizer against…