Eduardo David Rodriguez takes bags of fruit and vegetables to sell in a fresh produce market in Buenos Aires twice a week to make ends meet for his family. They barely do.
Rodriguez, like over four in ten Argentines, lives below the poverty line, a rate which has climbed during the coronavirus pandemic that exacerbated three years of economic recession in the country, once among the wealthiest in the world.
Rodriguez, 40, lives with his wife and two of their four children in a small house outside the capital. There is no bathroom, running water, or gas to cook with.
“Work here is tough, that’s the truth, but there’s no other option than to come here and bring the family back the daily bread,” he told Reuters, saying he earns…
