Brazil, just like most countries in Latin America, is a source of gold and silver, oil, iron, copper, meat, fruits, coffee, and other raw material. But the wealth goes to the prosperity of few, at the expense of the majority. The richest 1 percent of Brazilians makes almost one hundred times more than the poorest 10 percent, and 13 million Brazilians are illiterate. “Progress” and “development” only magnify the problems.