Poverty in Brazil

Reuters: Poverty still plagues Brazil

Jul 9 – Poverty still haunts Brazil, even as a booming economy has lifted millions of Brazilian into a new middle class.

The income of Brazil's poorest 10 percent grew by about 9 percent per year between 2001 and 2006 – meaning millions of poor are moving out of danger of hunger.

Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

Note: One interesting thing about this report is that you could easily have titled it "Remarkable Improvement in Brazilian Poverty," yet Reuters chose the dire title "Poverty still plagues Brazil."