Civil Lawsuit Filed Against Samarco, Vale and BHP in Brazil
Dam accident last month in Mariana, in the state of Minas Gerais, killed at least thirteen people and caused the...
December 11, 2015Topic
Minas Gerais
Billion-Dollar Suit Filed by Brazil Against Samarco, BHP, Vale
Companies will have to recover all the degraded areas left behind from dam collapses.
November 30, 2015
Rousseff Announces Plan to Recover Rio Doce in Brazil
President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil announced on Tuesday a plan for the recovery of the Rio Doce Basin, affected by...
November 18, 2015
Hope Fading on Finding Missing From Brazil’s Dam Break
Officially, three people were reported dead and 26 persons are still missing in the area where two dams broke last...
November 9, 2015
Dams Break in Brazil Flooding Town in Minas Gerais
Rescue workers race to find survivors trapped under tons of mud after two dams gave way in the municipality of...
November 6, 2015
Inhotim: Travel to an Art Lovers’ Eden in Rural Brazil
Sitting atop a lush and expansive plateau about an hour’s drive south-west of Belo Horizonte is a one of Brazil’s...
August 21, 2015
Salgueiro Samba School Set for Carnival 2015
Nine-time Carnival Champions Salgueiro will celebrate the cuisine of Minas Gerais as they parade fifth during the 2015 Carnival competition...
January 30, 2015
Traveling to Ouro Preto, the Colonial Heart of Minas
Ouro Preto, the colonial town lies around six hours by car from Rio in the lush green hills of Minas...
November 25, 2014
Belo Horizonte Bridge Collapse in Brazil: Daily
On Thursday, July 3rd an overpass in World Cup host city Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil collapsed, crushing vehicles and...
July 4, 2014