Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Brazil elections: Country’s hunger crisis worries voters” – below is their description.
Some of Brazil’s poorest communities want the next President who gets elected on Sunday, to help them escape poverty.
More than 33 million people are going hungry.
Many blame successive governments for cutting back on social programs.
Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman reports from the State of Alagoas, Brazil.
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Brazil is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.
Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states and the Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas, as well as the most populous Roman Catholic-majority country.
Its Amazon basin includes a vast tropical forest, home to diverse wildlife, a variety of ecological systems, and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats. Brazil is classified as an upper-middle income economy by the World Bank and a newly industrialized country.