Tag Archives: Brazil

By:Ione Wells “If these fires continue, we indigenous people will die. Raimundinha Rodrigues Da Sousa runs the voluntary fire service for the Caititu indigenous community in the Brazilian Amazon. Their land is supposed to be protected under the Brazilian constitution. But it has been on fire for more than 15 days. For her brigade, their fight feels personal. “Today it ...

By Vanessa Buschschlüter,BBC News At least 10 people have died and more than 20 are missing after storms caused flooding in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.  Helicopters are flying over the region searching for people who have been left stranded. In some areas, the flooding is so severe that helicopters have been unable to land and ...