Photos: A return to poverty for millions in Brazil
Brazil's "boom" decade is eroding, with millions of its people returning to poverty amid fallout from the country's worst recession in decades, corruption scandals that have shaken several industries and cuts to social welfare programs.
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Sept. 9, 2017 photo, young women and a toddler look out the empty window of what used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), where hundreds of squatters live in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. An influx of recent arrivals to the former federal building which has been occupied for several years underscores the fallout from Brazil’s worst economic crisis in decades. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Sept. 9, 2017 photo, a girl runs through a corridor inside a building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), where hundreds of squatters live in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Some people moved here with their children after losing their jobs and couldn’t make rent. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Sept. 10, 2017 photo, children slide on a puddle near trash as they play in a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Toddlers roam in the abandoned building where mounds of trash create pockets of stench. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Sept. 12, 2017 photo, residents walk by a building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, (IBGE), in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The IBGE has become home to hundreds of squatters. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Sept. 10, 2017 photo, a man stands inside a building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), occupied by hundreds of people in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electricity comes from illegally tapped power lines. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Sept. 16, 2017 photo, Leticia, 15, smokes a cigarette inside a building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The squatter building is just a short walk from iconic Maracana Stadium. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Sept. 16, 2017 photo, Jayanne Pessanha, right, smokes a cigarette while playing cards with neighbors in a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pessanha, 20, said her sister died a few years ago after falling from an empty window, and her brother died when he hit his head during a fight. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Sept. 14, 2017 photo, Luciana Bastos sits in her room with her girls as they watch television inside a building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), now occupied by hundreds of people in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Bastos, 30, recently moved here with her husband and two daughters after they both lost their jobs and couldn’t make rent. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Sept. 9, 2017 photo, residents sit in a corridor inside a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Despite the hardscrabble existence, there is a strong sense of community among the hundreds of people occupying the building. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Sept. 11, 2017 photo, Jayanne Pessanha, left, and Yara Andrade, kiss in their room in a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “Those who are here have faith. They have faith that they will leave this place,” said Pessanha. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Sept. 9, 2017 photo, a woman stands at the entrance of her home inside a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil’s “boom” decade is eroding, with millions of its people returning to poverty amid recession, corruption and cuts to social welfare programs. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Sept. 14, 2017 photo, a boy rides his bike inside the building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), occupied by hundreds of people in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The trend of Brazilians emerging from poverty has been reversed over the last two years due to the deepest recession in Brazil’s history and cuts to the subsidy programs. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Sept. 11, 2017 photo, children play as a man fills a small plastic pool with water at a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Economists say that high unemployment and cuts to key social welfare programs could exacerbate some Brazilians' slide back into poverty. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Sept. 11, 2017 photo, a girl holds her cigarette inside a small bar where a woman gets a tattoo on her leg at a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For many who live in Rio’s slums, an already hardscrabble existence feels increasingly precarious as Brazil sees millions return to poverty amid recession, corruption and cuts to social welfare programs. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Sept. 11, 2017 photo, a woman and youth use tall trash containers to shower outside their squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The World Bank estimates that between the start of 2016 and the end of this year, 2.5 million to 3.6 million Brazilians will have fallen back below the poverty line of 140 Brazilian reais per month, about $44 at current exchange rates. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Sept. 11, 2017 photo, children play inside a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Budgetary pressures and the conservative policies of President Michel Temer are translating into cuts in social services, including the "Bolsa Familia" program that gives monthly small subsidies to qualifying low-income people. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Sept. 13, 2017 photo, residents sit in the empty windows of a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil's economic doldrums are fueling the political comeback of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who from 2003 to 2010 presided over much of the country's boom. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
This Sept. 10, 2017 photo shows a night view of the Mangueira slum, seen from a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics IGBE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A confluence of factors is raising the specter that this continent-sized nation, which has one of the world’s largest economies, has lost its way in addressing vast inequalities that go back to colonial times. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Sept. 14, 2017 photo, residents look out from a balcony inside a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On the campaign trail, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva promises both a return to better economic times and refocusing on the poor. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Sept. 14, 2017 photo, young women pose for a photo inside their squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Many lower-middle class Brazilians who gained ground during the boom years have since slid back closer to the poverty line. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Sept. 14, 2017 photo, Leticia Miranda sits at her doorstep in the former Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) building in the Mangueira favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. When Miranda, 28, lost her job selling newspapers about six months ago amid Brazil's worst economic crisis in decades, she had no choice but to move to an abandoned building where several hundred people were already living. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Sept. 26, 2017 photo, Maria de Pena Souza stands outside her small house with a zinc roof, as she explains her home's precarious location in the Lins slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Souza, 59, said she wants to move because her home sits on a steep hill that is prone to deadly mudslides, but her son hasn't been able to find work since finishing his military service a few years ago. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Oct. 20, 2017 photo, vultures fly near people's shack homes in the Jardim Gramacho slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil's trend of people emerging from poverty has reversed over the last two years due to the deepest recession in Brazil's history and cuts to the subsidy programs, raising the specter that this continent-sized nation has lost its way in addressing massive inequalities that go back to colonial times. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Oct. 20, 2017 photo, vultures gather by garbage in the Jardim Gramacho slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the northern Rio slum, destitute residents find food by rummaging through garbage illegally dumped in the area. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Oct. 20, 2017 photo, Simone Batista's 1-year-old son Arthur sleeps under a fan that no longer works in the Jardim Gramacho slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After Arthur was born, his mother was cut from the "Bolsa Familia" government subsidy for low-income families, a program credited with much of the poverty reduction during Brazil's boom decade. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Oct. 20, 2017, Vanessa holds her son Gabriel inside their home in the Jardim Gramacho slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For many who live in Rio's hundreds of slums, like Vanessa who makes detergent to sell, an already hardscrabble existence feels increasingly precarious. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Sept. 26, 2017 photo, an image of Virgin Maria decorates a person's shack home in the Lins slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The World Bank estimates that between the start of 2016 and the end of this year, 2.5 million to 3.6 million Brazilians will have fallen below the poverty line of 140 Brazilian reais per month, about $44 at current exchange rates. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Sept. 26, 2017 photo, a man who said he does odd jobs to get by, stands at the entrance of his shack on a hillside in the Lins slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In July, the last month for which data is available, Brazil's unemployment was close to 13 percent, a huge increase from 4 percent at the end of 2004. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Oct. 20, 2017 photo, empty cooking pots and a baby bottle sit in the outdoor kitchen of Simone Batista where she lives with her 1-year-old son in the Jardim Gramacho slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Batista said she was reduced to cooking over burning wood after her gas tank was stolen. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Oct. 20, 2017 photo, Gabriel plays with a spoon and a toy car in the home of his mother Vanessa in the Jardim Gramacho slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Between 2004 and 2014, tens of millions of Brazilians emerged from poverty and the country was often cited as an example for the world, but that trend has been reversed over the last two years. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Oct. 20, 2017 photo, Simone Batista holds her 1-year-old Arthur outside her shack in the Jardim Gramacho slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, one year after she was cut from the "Bolsa Familia" government subsidy program for low-income people. "Every day is a struggle to survive," said the 40-year-old. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Brazil Returning to Poverty Photo Gallery
In this Oct. 20, 2017 photo, Simone Batista, holding her baby Arthur, looks into the camera as tears roll down her cheeks while she recounts being cut from the "Bolsa Familia" government subsidy program for low-income people, at her shack home in the Jardim Gramacho slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Batista wants to appeal the government cutting her from the program, but doesn't have enough money to take buses to the administrative office downtown. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)