The economic crisis could push as many as 3.6 million Brazilians below the poverty line by the end of the year, according to a World Bank study on the impact of recession on Brazilians' incomes.
The movement of consumers in stores throughout the country fell 6.6% in 2016 compared with 2015, according to the Serasa Experian Indicator of Trade Activity. This was the worst retail result since the start of the survey, conducted for 16 years.
Carmen Lúcia, the Chief Justice at Brazil's Supreme Court, has slated for this Wednesday (Dec. 7) the session to pass a final judgment on a ruling by Justice Marco Aurélio Mello to remove Senator Renan Calheiros from the Senate presidency.
A justice officer left the Senate earlier this afternoon without notifying the upper house chairman, senator Renan Calheiros, of the preliminary injunction issued yesterday (Dec.
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