She slept in the bus station on a piece of cardboard, surviving by selling oranges.

With nowhere to go, María sells oranges with other women at a public park (which was illegal).

Apparently a rumor had started in the back of the stadium that someone was selling oranges.

No one seemed to be selling oranges, but behind a cordoned-off area, state employees were selling cold water for dollars to reporters.

"I told them, my husband is willing to go polish shoes and sell oranges," she said.

"So they could have been selling oranges last week, and most of them were."

The distributors were often women who worked for the theatre by selling oranges as refreshments to audiences.

Everywhere, there are rows of vendors selling oranges and apples and bananas.

So we're like those people who sell oranges on the side of the road?

"About the only thing available for people like me is to sell oranges in the square downtown, and you can't make a living from that."