"Here in Mozambique we don't have any help from the government, " Candido says.

NPR: U.S., European Subsidies Undercut African Farmers

In northern Mozambique, cotton farmer Americo Candido Asan says U.S. subsidies drive prices ever lower, making it difficult for him to make a profit.

NPR: U.S., European Subsidies Undercut African Farmers

Candido, 35, plants five acres of cotton each year.

NPR: U.S., European Subsidies Undercut African Farmers

"There are lifetimes in those planes, " said Mr. Candido.

WSJ: Brazil's Olympian Task: Cleaning Junkyard Airports Before the Games

Josafa Candido, a 30-year Vasp veteran appointed caretaker of its Congonhas ghost town, said he was sad to see a giant airplane shredding machine ordered up by Mr. Melek reducing three Vasp Boeing 737s there to piles of scrap.

WSJ: Brazil's Olympian Task: Cleaning Junkyard Airports Before the Games