Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, his protective face mask hanging from his ear, speaks during a ceremony launching the housing program "Green and Yellow House," at the Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) Brazil, which has suffered one of the world’s worst pandemic tolls, has responded to the crisis by distributing so much cash directly to citizens that poverty and inequality are approaching national historic lows.
Some 66 million people, 30% of the population, have been getting about $110 a month, making it the most ambitious social program ever […]
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