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: votes for municipal elections; record unemployment in September; the coronavirus vaccine; and the King of Football celebrates his birthday.
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Brazil will hold municipal elections on November 15, but the campaign season has been cut short due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Moreover, the looming job apocalypse and news about the coronavirus have monopolized the news. With less time to think of candidates, and less focus on them, voters have been unable to decide how they will cast their ballots. According to pollster Ibope, 40 percent of Brazilians don’t know who they will vote for in mayoral and city council races.
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