Fabiano Leal is a reporter with The GroundTruth Project.
With opportunity scarce, Brazil’s youth are demanding more than the World Cup
While Brazilian leaders are hoping the coming World Cup and Olympics will set the stage for the country’s coming-out party as an economic force to be reckoned with, young Brazilians tell a less promising tale. The youth unemployment rate is a formidable 15.6 percent. However, the larger problem for young people is actually underemployment. Working youth may be making a living, but they are not building careers.
