{"id":8211,"date":"2019-02-11T17:20:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T17:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=8211"},"modified":"2019-02-11T17:20:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T17:20:10","slug":"the-brumadinho-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/the-brumadinho-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"The Brumadinho disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Desastre em Brumadinho] It was November 2015 when tragedy broke down in Brazil after a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">barragem<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (dam) holding waste from an iron ore mine <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">rompeu<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (collapsed) in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais. Three years have gone by an nothing seems to have changed, as we now deal with yet another dam collapse, this time even deadlier and more destructive than before. Today we cover the most recent <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">desastre ambiental<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (environmental disaster) that quite literally been sweeping across our nation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>First of all, you might want to check out these related posts:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Baa7bbrHBM\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/the-latest-tragedy-in-brazil\/\">The latest tragedy in Brazil<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;The latest tragedy in Brazil&#8221; &#8212; Portuguese Language Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/the-latest-tragedy-in-brazil\/embed\/#?secret=Ug7tsp6kvX#?secret=Baa7bbrHBM\" data-secret=\"Baa7bbrHBM\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u200e<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ixeQhvWyLd\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/inhotim\/\">Inhotim<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Inhotim&#8221; &#8212; Portuguese Language Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/inhotim\/embed\/#?secret=51cDzadlVq#?secret=ixeQhvWyLd\" data-secret=\"ixeQhvWyLd\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And read this useful words and terms for today&#8217;s text:<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>barragem<\/strong> &#8211; dam<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>rompimento &#8211;<\/strong> collapse<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>mina de min\u00e9rio de ferro<\/strong> &#8211; iron ore mine <\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>resgate<\/strong> &#8211; rescue<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>lama<\/strong> &#8211; mud<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>pessoas desaparecidas<\/strong> &#8211; missing persons<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>bombeiros<\/strong> &#8211; firefighters<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>desastre ambiental<\/strong> &#8211; environmental disaster<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On January 25th, in the city of Brumadinho (where Latin America\u2019s largest open air museum, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Inhotim<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, is located), a barragem (dam) owned by the giant<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> mining company<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Vale (also involved in the previous disaster) gave way, swallowing up everything that met its path. Regarded as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the worst <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">desastre ambiental<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (environmental disaster) in Brazilian history, the sludge <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">inundou rios<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (flooded rivers), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">matou animais<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (killed livestock), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">destruiu ecossistemas, constru\u00e7\u00f5es e casas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (destroyed ecosystems, constructions and houses). Not to mention, of course, the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">perdas humanas <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(human losses) of an unprecedented 165 victims and 160 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">desaparecidas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (missing), as of today. Outraging data, considering that the previous accident took the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">vidas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (lives) of considerably less, 19 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pessoas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (people).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> lama <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(mud) moved <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">at an alarming speed, even engulfing the mine\u2019s administrative area, where a large number of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">trabalhadores<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (workers) were having lunch at the time. The alarm did not <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">disparou <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(go off) as it should have, making it even harder to evacuate the area. As many as 10 km of mudflow has been spilled over, leaving a toxic trail of devastation and being up to 7 feet deep in some places. It has reached <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">rios<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (rivers) which could possibly contaminate the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">fornecimento de \u00e1gua<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">water supply)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reasons are unclear as to what may have caused the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">barragem<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (dam) to break apart. Although initially identified as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">baixo risco<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (low risk) with little potential for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">danos<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (damage), there have been reports and warnings of a possible <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">vazamento<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (leakage), thus leading to the theory of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">neglig\u00eancia <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">recklessness) and malpractice, since the dam was deemed unstable. The company is currently <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">under investigation and the disaster will be brought under closer scrutiny. Experts have been claiming that our country\u2019s deeply flawed <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sistema de fiscaliza\u00e7\u00e3o<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (regulatory system) is to blame for the failure. Either way, the population demands that the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">culpados<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (culprits) be held accountable for their actions. The consequences of the economic impact brought by this disaster are still incalculable. <em>Resgates<\/em> (rescue efforts) are being carried out daily \u00a0by <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">bombeiros <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(firefighters) and volunteers, and crews are working hard to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">encontrar<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (track down) the bodies buried under the waste.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It is hard to stay hopeful when the scenario of impunity and negligence means that these tragedies might still happen. We must realize that these pressing concerns must be addressed as soons as possible by the authorities and that environmental groups must be taken seriously.\u00a0 Our heart goes out to all the families.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was all caught on video. Watch the perplexing footage of the moment the dam ruptured:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Terrifying moment of Brazil dam collapse caught on camera\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sKZUZQytads?start=8&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Boa semana a todos. Great week to all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Desastre em Brumadinho] It was November 2015 when tragedy broke down in Brazil after a barragem (dam) holding waste from an iron ore mine rompeu (collapsed) in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais. 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