Shutters closed on shops in downtown Sao Paulo due to drug trafficking
epa10817521 A homeless person sleeps between shoppers and police, in the central region of the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 21 August 2023 (issued 24 August 2023).The merchants of the Santa Ifigenia neighborhood, in Sao Paulo, have as a neighbor the largest open-air drug market in Brazil, known as Cracolandia. Its proximity is responsible for a drop of more than half in store revenue, they say. EPA/Isaac Fontana
