Staying home an unaffordable luxury for many Mexicans

Staying home an unaffordable luxury for many Mexicans
AFP
9/02/2021
AFP
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For many Mexican street workers, staying at home during the pandemic is an unaffordable luxury
Mexico's coronavirus death toll is soaring and the capital is on maximum alert, but for many workers who scrape out a living in the street, staying at home is not an option.
"They tell us not to go out. But what are we going to eat?" said Gerardo Acevedo, who has a stall selling stocks in downtown Mexico City.
"I have to support my children, sons-in-law, grandchildren," the 52-year-old man said.
While authorities in the capital and many other areas of Mexico have ordered a halt to most non-essential activities, crowds still gather in the streets and on public transport.

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