CORONAVIRUS EVICTS THOUSANDS IN SAO PAULO

SAO PAULO: Jussara de Jesus never thought that her family would live in a shack. But work as a hairdresser dried up after the novel coronavirus hit Brazilian metropolis Sao Paulo. She couldn’t afford $150 a month in rent for the small house where she and her three children lived. Three months ago, they were evicted. They moved to Jardim Julieta, one of Brazil’s newest favelas, or shantytowns.