Poor and black, northeast Brazil faces virus 'hurricane'

Rio De Janeiro (AFP) May 29, 2020

Brazil's northeast, a harsh place of arid land, cyclical drought and crushing poverty, is emerging as the next crisis zone in the coronavirus pandemic. As the virus surges in Brazil - which now has the second-most cases in the world after the United States - the country's poorest region has been hit hard, both by the disease and the painful measures taken to contain it. The nine states