JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – March has not always boded well for Jessica Brar. It’s the month her father died, the month that she divorced.
The days are a seasonal reminder of life’s regrets. This March brought coronavirus. And new woes for Brar. Monday was her seventh day stranded in Peru after the government there enforced a mandatory country-wide quarantine to help stave the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Peruvians are only allowed to leave their homes for essentials like food, medicine and doctor visits. Curfew begins every night at 8.
The U.S. Embassy has shuttered and Brar feels abandoned by her country. American officials, she said, failed to come through in her hour of need. “All of our lives we are told if you are in trouble, contact the