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Last updated 14 April 2011 to 23:47 am by Paul Henley BBC News, Albufeira, Portugal the Algarve does well from tourism - but poverty spreads elsewhere in Portugal Antonio speaks four languages fluently and used to as a Baker and pizza chef in the United States work.

He is in an early morning queue in the resort of Albufeira in the Algarve coast trying now for Portuguese State to register help.

He is fast losing hope to work again.

He says "How I social security people say, I'm looking for any kind of work, as long as it is legal,".

"The situation is really bad here." "I see so many unemployed people."

It is estimated that about 50% of the people he sees have no jobs.

"And there is no real work - everything else such as cleaning a House for a day." "But that was it - only in the short term".

Struggles for funds

Asked what he thinks when he sees wealthy tourists enjoy the beaches and restaurants just a few blocks away, Antonio laughs and says, he thinks, they are happy. Proof that things must better be elsewhere in Europe.

The Portuguese used are worse than their EU citizens.

But most think she had left behind the levels of poverty that make unwelcome return.

Antonio is one of the many currently on job search

The country was officially declared bankruptcy and announced an international Bail-Out of its economy.

The Albufeira branch of the Santa Casa da Misericordia is charitable organization almost completely depending on private donations to carry out their work, looking after the least lucky members of the local community.

It runs residential care for people with learning disabilities, abandoned children, people with physical disabilities and the elderly.

His soup kitchen and daily food deliveries have been never more.

And increasingly fights it with money from donors who are affected by the recession.

Baking school and Cafe run by a staff with special closure have already faced.

The most basic services soon become the victims of the financial crisis, organizers say.

Poverty trap

Paula Faria runs accounts of the charitable organization. "Whatever our income, not whats there now enough for half of the debt,", she says.

The priority is now to pay wages and buy food. It is not enough to meet expenses, repair or replace a car, she adds.

It owes the butcher 60,000 euro ($86,500; £ 53,000) and see how she longer can get away with loans for much.

Even those regular employment in the region have can fall into the poverty trap.

Daisy Sampson, journalist for the Algarve resident, who lives in Carvoeiro, has observed the changes since the recession hit.

"If you come to a restaurant or a bar as a tourist you see that the people you are smart."They speak several languages and you will be smiling and happy, because they make some money, she says.

But visit not living in the places, the tourists. It lives in the Interior with their extended families, where it is cheaper, it adds.

Often, they need to support children, mothers and fathers as the primary. And it has become more difficult lives for these primary workers.

Mean tax increases they must work harder to feed her family, she says.

"Someone to five euros an hour is almost two euros bread for a loaf much." "Wages have relied never high here and people on the visitors fully."

Foreigners in the Sun on the beach at Albufeira are largely oblivious to their hosts economic problems. Many have come here to try, forget their own.

"It definitely feel it is a crisis," say one Italian pairs.

A Welsh family mentioned that something about problems had said their tour guides when they boarded the bus at the airport.

"But we can see no changes," they say.

"I'm sure they have a recession, but aren't we all?"