Brazil's+government


 * President:** Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003)
 * Land area:** 3,265,059 sq mi (8,456,511 sq km);
 * total area:** 3,286,470 sq mi (8,511,965 sq km)
 * Population (2010 est.):** 201,103,330 (growth rate: 1.1%); birth rate: 18.1/1000; infant mortality rate: 21.8/1000; life expectancy: 72.26; density per sq km: 22**Capital(2003 ect.)** Brasília, 2,160,100
 * Largest cities:** São Paulo, 18,333,000 (metro. area), 10,927,985 (city proper); Rio de Janeiro, 11,469,000 (metro. area), 6,094,183 (city proper); Salvador, 2,590,400; Belo Horizonte, 2,347,500; Recife, 1,485,500; Porto Alegre, 1,372,700
 * Monetary unit:** Real.

23.8 homicides per 100 thousand residents, muggings, robberies, kidnappings, and gang violence.
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Child labor is severe in Brazil. Children work in cotton fields, they pound rocks to make gravel and work in mines. Four million children between the age of five and seventeen are forced to work. As the country tries to go against child labor, it is roughly a part of life and can't stop. Due to the lack of education, children are forced to work or they would be threatened to be killed. Kids under the age of 10 are allowed to work if they' re family is poor and needs the help the family.

2.6 percent of Brazilians live below the poverty line. The poverty levels in Brazil are unacceptably high. This is due to the lack of medical care and water. The access of employment, education, and health care is poor for these people to reach.