This May 22, 2019 photo shows brick and block brick houses of the sprawling slum neighborhood of Paraisopolis stacked next to the posh Morumbi neighborhood, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She’s been looking for work for more than three years, and still hasn’t found it. It’s a contrast that is becoming ever starker in Brazil’s stagnant economy. Neri said the inequality has stifled growth because the poorest, most vulnerable sectors of the population are those who consume the most. Programs like income supports for the poor, introduced by the previous left-wing governments, haven’t been expanded to counter the economic slide, Neri said.

Source: Washington Post May 28, 2019 16:18 UTC