Brazil is considered one of the world’s breadbaskets. Yet, the number of people who don’t have enough to eat has increased from 19 million to 33 million in the last two years, according to the Brazilian Research Network on Food and Nutrition Sovereignty and Security. Annual inflation has remained above 12 per cent for months. But inflation rates for food have hit almost 30 per cent. All while workers’ wages keep falling.
It’s no surprise that the hot issue of the 2022 presidential election in October is the cost of just being able to live. Many Brazilians blame the economic malaise on the Jair Bolsonaro administration’s mistakes and lack of action.
