Updated: Death toll from Brazil waterfall rock face collapse rises to 10
Updated: 11.30am, 10th January, 2022 (AEDT)Brasilia, BrazilReuters Ten people died in the dramatic collapse of a canyon rock face on top of motor boats visiting a waterfall in south-eastern Brazil, rescuers said on Sunday. A tower of rocks suddenly broke away from the canyon wall on Saturday and came crashing down, crushing one of the […]
South American exodus: A Brazilian town empties as migration to US accelerates
Amid on ongoing migration crisis on the US southern border, GABRIEL STARGARDTER, of Reuters, reports from the town of Alpercata in south-eastern Minas Gerais state…
Brazil police recommend homicide, environmental charges in Vale dam disaster
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilReuters Brazilian police have recommended multiple criminal charges against miner Vale SA and Germany’s TUV SUD for their role in a 2019 dam burst that killed 270 people and caused extensive environmental damage, according to a statement on Friday. The federal police probe, one of several parallel investigations into the incident that […]