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by marcodiego 1115 days ago
Brazilian is an extremely unequal country. The poorest population is very sensitive to foods' prices fluctuation. Rejecting Russian fertilizers could mean famine (and not only for Brazil).

There are some recent photos that show the result of accumulated inflation and unemployment during the pandemic:

People scavenging bones to eat: https://f.i.uol.com.br/fotografia/2021/09/29/16329448496154c...

People scavenging garbage to eat: https://publisher-publish.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/pb-b...