Tag: rising prices brazil
Opinion, by Haley White
SANTARÉM, BRAZIL - On International Women’s Day, President Dilma Rousseff announced that the government would eliminate sales taxes for all goods in the Cesta Básica. The Cesta Básica (or “basic basket”) is a list of ITEMS...
Stephen Eisenhammer, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Thirteen of the most basic household items that form up a Brazilian's diet went up in price in fifteen of Brazil's seventeen state capitals in April, according to a report by...