Escaping Venezuela: They pour into Brazil by the thousands looking for work
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Luis Baena shares a room with 127 other men.
During the day he looks for work or sings on the streets of downtown São Paulo for a few reais. When he sits down for a meal, he feels pangs of guilt, wondering whether his wife and children back in Venezuela even have food on the table. The last time he spoke with them, they were making do with cachapas, a corn pancake with beans, and eating once, maybe twice a day.
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If after reading you would like to help Sotillo’s wife, Amarilys, and raffle and donations are being held at this site.
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