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Sao Paulo, May 10 (EFE).- (Camera: Wallace Carvalho).- A couple of vans, a school bus and a motor home occupy a street near one of the busiest subway stops in Sao Paulo. Inside it, there are Brazilian "nomads", people who lost everything in the 2015 crisis and were forced to turn their vehicles into homes. FOOTAGE FROM THE LIFE OF NOMADS IN SAO PAULOSOUNDBITES AND TRANSLATIONS OF: Geraldo Pereira Gomes, 60 years old "We live here, then there, then there. We have to go when things don't go well. Sometimes there are neighbors who don't want us around, so we leave" "I was walking the streets pushing a cart, I worked with recycling. But it was no longer working, so I decided to buy this red kombi and I thought: now everything will be fine, I will live in it, because it is closed 'and I felt safer "My situation in this kombi is not good, but I see many people who live on the sidewalk, who are suffering with the cold, in the rain, and I feel sorry for them. (...) I see so much suffering and I think not I'm so bad " Joao Andrade Correia "I have already suffered and I still suffer a lot of humiliation, because this city of Sao Paulo is a controversial city. There is a lot of prejudice, racism and selfishness" "People stigmatize you, many throw things at dogs, provoke, insult. That is the attitude of many, they treat you as if you were their property, as if their life were their property, As if I had to listen to them. to kill that old man "and they kill like this, the few" Gilmar braz "With the motorhome we have a roof, it is warmer, the children are more protected and I can go to work a little calmer, without living on the streets, as before" "At first we could rent a house, it was just me, my wife and a son. Over time the family increased" and "suddenly either I paid the rent or fed my children", "It was when I had to buy a store and we went to live in a plaza ... Little by little I was working, saving a little until I was finally able to buy a truck, then an old bus and, finally, the motorhome" "We already have a space for each of us to sleep, we have the kitchen, where we can make a meal. But we still don't have a bathroom, we have to use the bathroom at the (subway) terminal and the children shower at the house of a friend, Dona Regina "
Tunisia, Mar 25 (EFE) .- (Camera: Natalia Román Morte) A year after confirming its first case of Covid-19, Tunisia is facing a severe economic, political and social crisis that has pushed its precarious health system to the limit and weakened the most disadvantaged classes, forced to choose "between dying of hunger or dying of coronavirus" in the second country in Africa in the percentage of deaths associated with the pandemic.FOOTAGE OF THE PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNISIA.SOUNDBITES IN FRENCH OF HECHMI LOUZIR GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE PASTEUR INSTITUTE AND MEMBER OF THE TUNISIAN SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE.TRANSLATION:- "There has been a lack of respect for preventive measures and lack of means because our system, already in normal conditions, the resuscitation and oxygen beds, were at the limit, we can say".- "We've never heard of this. Pharmaceutical companies ask and demand, even before distributing the vaccines, that there be specific legislation in the countries that are going to receive them that says that in case of side effects the Government takes over. For this it has been necessary to pass laws, we have approved two".- "Many have been invited (to be vaccinated) and have not shown up, let's hope they show up. We know that first-line doctors play a very important role as intermediaries and if they are convinced of the benefits of the vaccine and are better informed of the risks and advantages, etc. the message is more easily transmitted to the population".
Manaus, Jan 14 (EFE).- Manaus, the largest city in the Brazilian Amazon, was placed Thursday under a curfew of eleven hours a day, between 7 pm and 6 am, after the city's health system collapsed due to the Covid-19, forcing authorities to transfer patients to hospitals in other cities. (Camera: RAPHAEL ALVES).B-ROLL OF A HOSPITAL AND THE ALMOST EMPTY STREETS DURING NIGHT CURFEW IN MANAUS, BRAZIL.
San Juan, Jan 2 (EFE).- The new governor of Puerto Rico, Pedro Pierluisi, said that the main challenges he faces in the four-year term that began Saturday are the Covid-19 pandemic, the economic crisis and the corruption that the island suffers. (Camera: THAIS LLORCA).SHOT LIST: PEDRO PIERLUISI SWEARS IN AS THE NEW GOVERNOR OF PUERTO RICO DURING AN INAUGURATION CEREMONY HELD AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO.
Niteroi, Brazil, Nov 25 (EFE).- At a time of reduced physical contact due to the pandemic, a hospital outside the Brazilian metropolis of Rio de Janeiro with no Covid-19 patients has launched a "hug hour" initiative to safely allow patients and family members to show their mutual affection. (CAMERA: Janaína Quinet )
Colombo, Nov 9 (EFE/EPA).- The Sri Lankan government announced Monday the easing of quarantine measures such as the curfew in Colombo and other parts of the country to restart economic activities amidst of the coronavirus pandemic. Sri Lanka has so far registered 13,929 cases of COVID-19 and 35 deaths due to the disease. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
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