vinicius: we're brazilians, we don't give up. we battle and we muddle through. city security came round a couple of times and tried to stop us working again. i just quickly tidied everything inside and leftft te door half open. reporter: carol and her family are also back in business selling food from the trunk of their car. the lockdown took a big financial toll on them. carol: we're taking the risk because we have to work. if we could stay at home, we would. but we couldn't afford to any more. reporter: after eating into their own stocks for a while, carol's mother h has gone back to cookg for other r people. every night, into the morning. on the menenu today is beef wih rice and beans. one portion costs a a little or two euros. they used to sell 100 meals a day. now it's about 30. carol had high hopes of president jair bolsonaro, and his promised economic boom. but those hopes have been dashed by his handling of the pandemic. carol: he rununs around without a mas, he's careless. he shakes people's hands. he's no role model. but a lot of people follow his exam