Economics
Brazilians’ Precious Barbecues Under Threat as Meat Prices Spike
- Cost of beef, pork, chicken up 8.1% month-on-month in November
- Bolsonaro acknowledges problem but says he won’t intervene
A man prepares a barbecue in downtown Porto Seguro, Brazil
Photographer: Andreas Gebert/picture alliance via Getty Images
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Brazilian consumers are also paying the price for the swine flu outbreak in Asia, as Chinese demand for protein pushes up the cost of meat in Latin America’s largest economy.