October 4, 2021

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Bruno Pacheco – from Cenarium

MANAUS – Hunger and misery in Brazil were highlighted on the cover of this Sunday’s The Guardian, one of the most respected newspapers in the world. The report printed the photo of photojournalist Domingos Peixoto, which went viral last week, showing a truck with scraps of meat and bones in Rio de Janeiro, being disputed by residents who are hungry and do not have enough money to buy food.

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“Heart-wrenching photographs of destitute Brazilians scavenging through a heap of animal carcasses for food have laid bare the hunger crisis blighting Latin America’s most populous nation, where millions have been plunged into deprivation by the coronavirus pandemic and soaring inflation.”, begins the report, signed by Tom Phillips, titled “Outcry in Brazil over photos of people scavenging through animal carcasses”.

The text addresses the extreme poverty of the population and echoes the article “Brazil 2021: the pain of hunger” from the newspaper Extra, which showed a photo of residents fighting for food. The report also shows testimonials from Brazilians about hunger and mentions that the case generated the protests in the country this Saturday, 2, against the government of President Jair Bolsonaro (No Party).

“Before, people would come by and ask for a piece of bone to give to their dogs. Today they begged for some bones to make food. My heart hurts” – José Divino, bone truck driver.

Also according to the report, an estimated 19 million Brazilians have gone hungry since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak that killed 600,000 people.

“In other parts of the region, the suffering is even more intense. Last week, a leading Venezuelan university said that nearly 77 percent of citizens were living in extreme poverty, with terrible fuel shortages, and that Covid was to blame for a 10 percent jump last year”, highlights another passage from The Guardian story.

Check out the full report on the site.