SP - Sao Paulo - 02/27/2019 - Unemployment rises in Brazil - People are looking for jobs in the central region of Sao Paulo. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, IBGE, unemployment in Brazil was 12 percent, on average, in the quarter ended in January, which represents 12.7 million unemployed people, the index rose in relation to the previous quarter that was 11.7 percent, a rise of 2.6 percent according to IBGE. Photo: Suamy Beydoun / AGIF