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: PIX, the Central Bank’s new payment system, tourism companies disappearing, high death rates in Peru, Brazil hits 5 million cases, and indigenous candidates in Brazil’s North.
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25 million sign ups for new payment tool PIX
PIX, an instant payment platform created by the Brazilian Central Bank, officially opened registrations at the beginning of the week. Until Friday,...