Last year, water covered 18.3 mi hectares, or two percent of the national territory, down 1.5% from the historical average, first calculated in 1985. Data show that Brazilian biomes have been suffering from the loss of water surface since 2000.
An unprecedented study by the Bahia School of Law, the Jus Brasil legal portal, and the UNDP looked at 107 lower court rulings from 2010 to 2022 involving offenses against black people on social media.
A survey shows that 53% of the 8,700 residents of Complexo do Alemão faced severe food insecurity in 2020–2022, with 11% of families stating their children had gone a whole day without eating because there was no money.
The rate sank from 6.1% in 2019 to 5.6% in 2022. The 0.5 percentage-point shrinkage accounts for 9.6 million nationals aged 15 and older. However, of those aged at least 60, 16% could not read and write last year.
Even highly educated black, female workers face discrimination. Although over 70% of the interviewees hold post-graduate degrees, this does not seem to be a factor in clinching a promotion.
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