Crisis in Brazil
Brazil's problems are negatively affecting the world
Background
- Independence won in 1822
- Main language is Portuguese
- A little more than 200 million
- 26 states
- Used to have a monarch
Crime
- Very high crime rate
- Homicide rate raised
- Rape, theft and child labor
Poverty
- Big difference between rich and poor
- Strongest economy in Latin America
- Largest producer of coffee and sugarcane
Schools
- Many kids do not attend school
- Rich cities have better schools
- Children struggle in school
- Government ignored lack of education
Solution to Poverty
- Program for people under poverty line
- Now 14 million receiving benefits
- Decreasing income inequality