RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - At the entrance to the unplastered brick house, protective masks made of cloth are drying on a clothesline. Several of them have holes. The picture symbolizes how the Rio family living here is coping with the pandemic: they are doing what they can with what they have. Adilson de Paula, his wife Ana Maria, and their 18-year-old son receive a monthly aid of R$600 (US$120).
At the end of August, state aid for casual workers in the coronavirus crisis will come to an end. "After that our fate is in God's . . .
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