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16 million people live in neighborhoods Brazil calls ‘subnormal.’ It’s finally changing the name
11 months ago

16 million people live in neighborhoods Brazil calls ‘subnormal.’ It’s finally changing the name

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — After decades of delay and pressure, Brazil announced Tuesday that it will henceforth use “favelas and urban communities” to categorize thousands of poor, urban neighborhoods, instead of the previous term “subnormal agglomerates” that was widely viewed as stigmatizing. Further, “agglomeration” transmitted an image of people piled atop one another, said Theresa Williamson, executive director of a …

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Brazil's official term for poor communities has conveyed stigma. A change has finally been made
11 months ago

Brazil's official term for poor communities has conveyed stigma. A change has finally been made

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Starting in the 1990s, the national statistics and geography …

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More Brazilians declared themselves as being biracial, country’s statistics agency says
1 year ago

More Brazilians declared themselves as being biracial, country’s statistics agency says

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — More Brazilians declared they are biracial than white last year, the country’s statistics agency said on Friday, citing data from its most recent census. Agency IBGE said in a statement that about 92.1 million people — which is about 45.3% of the country’s population — consider themselves biracial. Brazil’s official statistics agency describes the country’s racial …

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Biden should learn from Lula’s antiracism
1 year, 4 months ago

Biden should learn from Lula’s antiracism

Al Jazeera  

At present, Black lives matter even less in Brazil than they do in the US, but Lula is taking action to change that. “Combating racism, we combat the historical roots of the inequalities of this country,” Lula said on March 21, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, noting that Afro-Brazilians “suffer the worst social indicators” and are …

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Brazil’s GDP drops 4.1 percent in 2020, beating gloomier outlooks
3 years, 9 months ago

Brazil’s GDP drops 4.1 percent in 2020, beating gloomier outlooks

Al Jazeera  

The decline was the worst in decades but beat forecasts from the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, which estimated that Brazil’s 2020 GDP would shrink by 8 percent and 9.1 percent, respectively. Brazil’s economy shrank last year by 4.1 percent amid the pandemic, data showed on Wednesday, the worst drop in decades, but not as much as originally expected …

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Brazil economy faces headwinds after worst plunge in decades
3 years, 9 months ago

Brazil economy faces headwinds after worst plunge in decades

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil dodged the most dire economic forecasts in 2020, but official figures released Wednesday show the COVID-19 pandemic still battered the nation and it continues to dim the outlook for recovery. Brazil’s gross domestic product contracted 4.1% in 2020, the biggest annual recession since the series began in 1996, according to Brazil’s official statistics institute, known …

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