Weekly Report - 6 April 2004

With social unease peaking again, the last thing the Lula government wanted just now is a reminder of the data on which the ruling Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) built its appeal to the electorate. A new edition of a study on social exclusion in Brazil has just caught the attention of the media with its finding that almost a third of Brazil's wealth is in the hands of 2.4% of the population.