Life on the Road: A Trucker's Journey in Brazil
🇧🇷 Life on the Road: A Trucker's Journey in Brazil.
A recent visit to Ceagesp Market in Sao Paulo, Brazil, provided a unique cultural experience for an American traveler. The market, the third-largest wholesale marketing center globally, plays a crucial role in supplying fresh produce to several Brazilian states and Latin American countries. Among the bustling activity of thousands of truck drivers, vendors, and laborers, the importance of trucking in keeping the economy moving became evident. One trucker, Marcos Vilanova Salina, shared his passion for trucking as he drives for his family-owned business, hauling meat from Campo Grande to Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and returning with fruits and vegetables from the market.
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