SAO PAOLO: When Priscila Tomas da Silva’s husband lost his job loading trucks because of coronavirus shutdown measures in Sao Paulo, they faced a star...
When Priscila Tomas da Silva’s husband lost his job loading trucks because of coronavirus shutdown measures in Sao Paulo, they faced a stark choice: pay the rent, or feed their six children.
About four months ago, a crush of newly homeless people began turning it into a full-blown favela, or shantytown, as the fallout of COVID-19 wreaked havoc on Brazil, the country hit second-hardest in the world by the pandemic after the United States. Many people with informal jobs, such as day laborers, housekeepers and nannies -- around 40 percent of the workforce in Latin America’s biggest economy -- lost virtually all their income when quarantine measures prevented them from working.But in Brazil, far-right President Jair Bolsonaro vetoed similar legislation in June.Joyce Pinto, 27, lost her informal job at a copy shop when Sao Paulo went into lockdown, leaving her without childcare for her two-year-old daughter.
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