The tragedy caused by rain in the three historic towns of the Sierra de Rio, Petrópolis, Nova Friburgo Teresópolis and which has claimed 512 lives and their number is destined to grow, has worsened in the last hours of the arrival of rain in the region. Again, several points are missing light and mobile.Even many of the phones are silent. Rescuers had to stop by the rains and are known as places where, as in Teresopolis, 20 people are buried. The UN has considered the human tragedy in Rio as one of the top five worldwide in recent times, while experts insist that it has sought a "tragedy foretold." Ruy Castro in an opinion article in Folha de São Paulo, said that in recent years has not been a single minister of the different governments that have not walked in those three cities, the goal of national and international tourism, which has the inns luxurious in the region, whose area has been chosen by the upper middle class to build their summer villas.
"It was written on the walls," wrote Castro, who favelization area, thousands of constructions built illegally in unsafe areas, impoverishing the charging field and vegetation, preparing the tragedy. And the politicians did not see or do not want to see. In the newspaper O Globo, Marcos Sá Correa writes: "The remedy is not put in jail to rain, but the rulers accountable for their crimes against nature series." In its editorial today titled "The greatest tragedy, Folha writes that the term" natural causes "is misleading, nor is" technical incompetence "or" lack of resources "or" St.
Peter's fault that, For example, last year "not half the budget for disaster prevention was used," and concludes that the real reason for these tragedies lies in "the failure of the authorities, which can only be surnamed of criminals when the victims are to centenera. "All the national press statements today brings professors from various universities, natural disaster experts agree on the assertion that the tragedy could have been avoided." Today, O Globo, on its front page report on great titles "The state does not have a warning system against natural disasters." The natural beauty of the three cities of death, as they are called, have tripled in recent years real estate speculation, without regard to the natural environment, which is known large tropical rains, while the lack of popular housing has crowned poor favelas of arrivals from abroad, built more obvious risk, with the complicity of local and state politicians.
Dilma Rousseff the same president, who yesterday visited the affected areas, made a serious statement to the press, on arrival at Rio said quote: "The occupation illegal housing in these areas is not something casual but has been the norm." And he promised that this time the action of the President of the Republic will mobilize all its forces not only for rapid action in the historical reconstruction of devastated cities, but especially for serious action and planned "prevention", as all economists insist that "it is cheaper to prevent than to rebuild." Rousseff fame of effective and demanding manager, has rekindled some hope among the population that this time may be the charm.
Yesterday, when he learned that many of the victims could have been saved if they had worked the phone, she was shocked and asked the minister of the Civil House, Antonio Palocci, to speak personally with the ultimate responsibility of the four phone companies mobile operating in the country and asked them to "mercilessly" specific responsibilities.
To make matters worse, in Teresopolis, where there have been about 300 deaths, this morning has taken action reinforced the security forces against armed bands from Rio who attacked shops and markets taking everything they could. This led to the closure of all trade in the city exacerbating the problems, especially grocery shopping have increased up to 500%.
The governor of Rio, Sergio Cabral, has launched this morning a cold shower over, saying that the weather forecast in the disaster area for the next few days "is rather worrying", delaying the rescue of people still trapped in the rubble and the first acts of reconstruction. And it is raining in the area.
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