09-05-2020 18:12 via news.yahoo.com

Crisis lays bare poverty in Geneva, as thousands queue for food

In one of the world's most expensive cities, thousands of people lined up Saturday for free food, as the COVID-19 crisis casts a spotlight on Geneva's usually invisible poor.In the Swiss city famous for its private banks, luxury watchmakers and fancy boutiques, people began lining up at 5:00 am (0300 GMT) Saturday, according to the association Caravane de Solidarite, the main organiser of the event."We're in a bit of a crescendo," Silvana Mastromatteo, head of Caravane de Solidarite, told AFP, a
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