RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, June 5, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Clad in Bermuda shorts and flip-flops, Joao Paulo Teixeira zips through traffic on his electric scooter to deliver a meal in downtown Rio de Janeiro. The 20-year-old Brazilian belongs to a booming new professional class of delivery workers -- precari»»»

Food delivery courier Joao Paulo Teixeira, 20, talks with a taxi driver on his way to deliver an order for the 99Food app in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AFP pic) RIO DE JANEIRO: Clad in Bermuda shorts and flip-flops, Joao Paulo Teixeira zips through traffic on his electric scooter to deliver »»»