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The town of Nova Santa Rosa in southern Brazil’s Parana state is prosperous enough with good houses and manincured gardens. But many of the workers who keep it neat and tidy represent the other side of the state. Impoverished indigenous people are forced to take menial work here often hours away from their villages. Daniela Acosta trained as a teacher but couldn’t find work in that field. Now she says she is working in a chicken slaughterhouse to pay off her course fees. “Even here in the city it’s difficult for us to be welcomed,” explained Daniela. “We are even ashamed to ask for the basic f…