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Human rights commission urges monitoring of Brazil’s flood recovery efforts
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is calling for a permanent monitoring system to track Brazil’s compliance with ...
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Person falls while walking through flood water in Belo Horizonte
On April 26, 2025, in R. Pai Tomás - Cabana do Pai Tomás, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, @sergiocosta1554 shared a video showing a ...
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Amazon people brace for a drier future along the endangered Madeira River
The Madeira River, the largest tributary of the Amazon, has been losing water flow over the last 20 years while facing severe ...
Brazilian police arrest 2 over ‘plot to bomb’ Lady Gaga’s concert in Rio de Janeiro
Police in Brazil said on Sunday that two people have been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to detonate a bomb at a ...
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Human rights commission urges monitoring of Brazil’s flood recovery efforts
SAO PAULO — The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is calling for a permanent monitoring system to track Brazil’s compliance with its recommendation s following the devastating floods ...
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Itaipu: Brazil and Paraguay's Gargantuan 'Friendship' Dam
Before Itaipu’s rise in 1982, the Guairá Falls marked the border between Brazil and Paraguay. The decision to flood them was as controversial as it was monumental. Today, Itaipu produces power for ...
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Tag: Floods in Brazil
Health authorities in the Brazilian flood-hit State of Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul confirmed Monday that an eighth patient had died of leptospirosis, Agencia Brasil reported. The victim ...