Social apartheid in Brazil
The term social apartheid has been used to describe various aspects of economic inequality in Brazil, drawing a parallel with the legally enforced separation of whites and blacks in South African society for several decades during the 20th-century apartheid regime.
19th-century picture of a white woman being carried by slaves in her litter
Slavery in Brazil.
The majority of the poor are blacks and pardos in Brazil.
Favela in Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil ranks 49.3 in the Gini coefficient index, with the richest 10% of Brazilians earning 43% of the nation's income, the poorest 34% earn less than 1.2%.
Precarious houses in the favela of Complexo do Alemão in Rio de Janeiro.
Favela in Teresina.
Favela in Porto Alegre.
São Sebastião, poor town in the Federal District.