The aid worker is pleading poverty and wants to make a deal with us. He doesn't have a lot of money to spend on accommodation, he is trying to get food aid to starving people and he doesn't have the time to look for somewhere else to stay. Because he is trying to do some good and because some income is better than no income, we give him the cottage for a much reduced rate.
It turns out that my feeling about the other man was right. The aid worker has discovered he is trying to put obstacles in the way - obstacles that can be removed through the payment of bribes. He has made moving the food very difficult.
In the evening, I get back home from work and hear loud shouting coming from the cottage. I am a bit nervous as the aid worker sounds extremely angry and I wouldn't be surprised if I heard gunshots or the squealing of wheels as someone left the scene of the crime in a hurry. However, about half an hour later, there is raucous laughter. Maybe this is the Brazilian way of dealing with people who get in your way.
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