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 ...

Rio de Janeiro is one of Brazil's largest settlements with a population of approximately 6.7 million people. The rapid growth ... In 2011, life expectancy in Rio's favelas was found to be up ...

A government programme to give cash to low-income people in Brazil significantly reduced their ... “In extremely poor, extremely marginalised [communities], the impact of an anti-poverty ...

in which Brazil trounced Japan 3-0. Sunday, 3,000 people tried to break into Rio's renovated Maracana stadium where Italy defeated Mexico 2-1. The Rio protesters, mostly middle-class youths ...