The Social Security Reform approved yesterday in the Brazilian Senate will reach more than 72 million Brazilians, including workers from the private sector and the public service. The main change will be the establishment of minimum retirement age for workers in these two sectors. Now the minimum retirement age for men is 65 and for women 62. The rule also applies to politicians. Pension Reform also extinguished retirement by the time of contribution.
Despite so many signs that the peoples of Latin America no longer support the social inequality caused by the reforms. Chile is an example of this, as it made a Social Security Reform very similar to the Brazilian one and impoverished many of the country's elderly. Currently, Chile is the Latin American country with the highest mortality rate of the elderly by suicide.
The Social Security Reform approved yesterday also did not address several problems. The largest of these is the retirement of the Brazilian military. Currently, this sector represents only 1% of the total retirees in the country but corresponds to 15% of the deficit. Per year, the military costs 47 billion reais per year to Brazilian Social Security and contributes 3 billion reais.
The current government, which has not affected the retirement of the military, has a strong military presence in command positions. According to the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, approximately 2,500 members of the Armed Forces hold leadership positions or advise in Bolsonaro government ministries and departments.
There is a proposal for the reform of the Military Welfare in the Brazilian National Congress, but it has not been moving at the same speed as the rules that will now affect all other Brazilian workers.
