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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5370/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Brazilian Town Empties as Migration to US Increases' data-article-id='5962'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13500'>Ana Paula Souza, her husband and their young son are among the hundreds of families that have left the small Brazilian town of Alpercata in recent months.</span> <span data-start-time='13500' data-end-time='18438'>Alpercata is home to about 7,500 people. </span> <span data-start-time='18438' data-end-time='23292'>It is in Brazil’s southeastern state of Minas Gerais. </span> <span data-start-time='23292' data-end-time='28146'>People have left the area to come to the United States for many years. </span> <span data-start-time='28146' data-end-time='33646'>But the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly weakened the economy.</span> <span data-start-time='33646' data-end-time='37729'>Now, people are leaving almost daily.</span> <span data-start-time='37729' data-end-time='42083'>The town’s local bakery does not have enough workers. </span> <span data-start-time='42083' data-end-time='45583'>Government employees have quit their jobs. </span> <span data-start-time='45583' data-end-time='49313'>Local soccer teams are out of players.</span> <span data-start-time='49313' data-end-time='55229'>Alpercata is emptying out, said Souza, who is 23 years old. </span> <span data-start-time='55229' data-end-time='57813'>Everyone is leaving.</span> <span data-start-time='57813' data-end-time='61604'>Souza now lives in Orlando, Florida. </span> <span data-start-time='61604' data-end-time='63750'>She has a job at a bakery. </span> <span data-start-time='63750' data-end-time='67958'>Her husband is working in the building industry.</span> <span data-start-time='67958' data-end-time='75458'>Many people are leaving Alpercata and other nearby towns because of the effects of the pandemic. </span> <span data-start-time='75458' data-end-time='81688'>COVID-19 has killed more than 600,000 people in Brazil.</span> <span data-start-time='81688' data-end-time='88333'>In Latin America overall, there has been an increase in immigration to the U.S. </span> <span data-start-time='88333' data-end-time='91604'>The area has been hit hard by the virus. </span> <span data-start-time='91604' data-end-time='100125'>Record numbers of Brazilians, Haitians and Venezuelans are appearing at the southern U.S. border.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5370/the_wealth_and_resources_of_a_country_or_region_especially_in_terms_of_the_production_and_consumption_of_goods_and_services.wav'><span>the wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5370/the_branch_of_biology_that_deals_with_the_relations_of_organisms_to_one_another_and_to_their_physical_surroundings.wav'><span>the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5370/the_science_that_deals_with_the_earths_physical_structure_and_substance_its_history_and_the_processes_that_act_on_it.wav'><span>the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5370/a_building_or_group_of_buildings_where_goods_are_manufactured_or_assembled_chiefly_by_machine.wav'><span>a building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=18255 data-hint-location='13500' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5370/roughly_how_many_people_live_in_the_brazilian_town_featured_in_this_story.wav'>Roughly how many people live in the Brazilian town featured in this story?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='7,500'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5370/7500.wav'><span>7,500</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5370/12000.wav'><span>12,000</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5370/750.wav'><span>750</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5370/5700.wav'><span>5,700</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=18256 data-hint-location='75458' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5370/_blank__has_killed_more_than_600000_people_in_brazil.wav'><span class='blank'>COVID-19</span> has killed more than 600,000 people in Brazil.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='COVID-19'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5370/covid19.wav'><span>COVID-19</span></div><div class='choice' 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