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Brazil poverty soars as COVID deaths hit new highs

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Brazil poverty soars as COVID deaths hit new highs

Brazil poverty soars as COVID deaths hit new highs

In half a year, the number of Brazilians living in poverty has tripled from 9.5 million, last August, to more than 27 million in February.


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