Homeless people set up an encampment alongside an obelisk and a monument to José Manuel Balmaceda, president of Chile from 1886-1891, in Santiago, Chile. With the economy upended by the pandemic, Chileans have had to resort to setting up informal camps and building their own shacks.

First published in the August 25, 2020, 5:25 a.m. edition

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