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Desempleo en América Latina alcanza al 10,7 % de la población

Peruvian self-employed gas delivery man Hipolito Rosales, a migrant living and servicing residents in the heights of the Vista Alegre shantytown of the Comas district, in the outskirts of Lima, climbs a hill to deliver a 27-kilogram (60 lbs) propane tank, commonly used for cooking stoves and heating, to a home that requested the service via mobile phone on May 21, 2020. - Mandatory social isolation dictated by Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra since March 16, has forced many residents in these impoverished areas to rely on the self-enterprising to fulfill their food and other basic necessities in areas where danger of contagion of the novel coronavirus is high due to the closeness among homes and health conditions. Peru crossed the 100 thousand confirmed cases and statistics stand as of May 21 on 108,769 infected, of which 43,587 have recovered and 3,148 have died since the virus was first detected in Peru on March 6. (Photo by GERALDO CASO / AFP)