SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Nine years ago, during Brazil's economic boom, Josemar Vieira Oliveira moved from the historically poor northeast to the sprawling industrial suburbs of Sمo Paulo, the country's economic powerhouse.
He found a job with an auto-parts manufacturer, started a family and moved to a bigger apartment with his wife and two children. "Those were good times," he recalls.
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