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Hundreds of people cross Mexico on foot attempting to reach the United States.
In February, a Brazilian drowned while making the journey. In the last five months, at least three Brazilians died making this crossing. But that does not stop migrants from risking their lifes every day in pursuit of the American dream. Reporters Caco Barcellos and Danielle Zampollo walked alongside migrants from Central America who decided to cross Mexico on foot to the United States.
Another way to get to the country is to board the "La Bestia" freight train, which leaves Arriaga in southern Mexico. Reporters Estevan Muniz and Erik Von Poser boarded the train and watched closely the drama of migrants who risk the fastest and most dangerous way to reach the United States clandestinely. Many migrants die or get mutilated when jumping off the train to escape surveillance and robbers.
Brazil is the country that kills most transvestites and transsexuals in the world. In 2016, there were 127, one every 3 days. Their life expectancy is 35 years, less than half of the national media, which is 75 years. The data refer to the Gay Group of Bahia, and there are no shortage of Brazil stories that prove them.
Since 2012, the states of northeastern Brazil live what is already considered the worst drought of the last one hundred years. The dry season affects the lives of 23 million people living in the semi-arid Northeast. There are 600 thousand animals lost only in Pernambuco and more than 600 cities in a state of emergency because of the lack of water.
The Zaatari camp in Jordan resembles a prison. There live 80,000 Syrians in an area protected by electric fences and with no prospect of leaving.
The "Profissão Repórter" this Wednesday (10), tells the story of people trying to start life in another country. The reporter Nathalia Tavolieri had access to the most populous Syrian refugee camp in the Middle East. The Zaatari camp in Jordan resembles a prison. Eighty thousand Syrians live in the area protected by electric fences. With no prospect of leaving, the villagers turned the camp into a town.
Brazil is also a country sought by refugees who decide to leave their country in search of a better life. More and more Venezuelans are crossing the border with Brazil in search of necessities. The severe political and economic crisis emptied the shelves of the markets and filled the streets of protesters against President Nicolás Maduro. In Brazilian border stores, buyers arrive with large quantities of boxes and bags filled with bolivar, the depreciated Venezuelan currency.
In São Paulo, the reporter Victor Ferreira met a community of 45 Haitians who live in an occupation in the center of the city. Victor will talk about their journey to reach Brazil, the first years of adaptation and the conquest of employment.
In the program of this Wednesday (17), our team shows the state of BR 319, which links Manaus to the south of Amazonas, and BR 163, in Pará.
BR 319, one of the most precarious roads in Brazil, connects the capital Manaus to the south of the Amazon. It has almost 700km without any city, no gas station and no support for those who need to venture through it. Profissão Repórter will make the crossing of this road and BR 163, in Pará. The two routes are among the most difficult in Brazil.
