Passa de 30 mortos na chuva em MG; no ES 5 mil estão fora de casa - Jornal Nacional
Interior de Minas Gerais também está sofrendo com os temporais. Em Muriaé, onde pelo menos 300 famílias estão desalojadas e 46 desabrigadas, a prefeitura decretou emergência. No Espírito Santo os transtornos da chuva impiedosa dura uma semana; em Iconha, cerca de 500 voluntários fizeram mutirão de limpeza. Escalada, abertura do JN com Rodrigo Bocardi e Giuliana Morrone e reportagens de Isabela Scalabrini, Marcela Mesquita, Gabriel Sena e Roger Santana.
A Defesa Civil de Minas Gerais informou neste sábado (25) que subiu pra 30 o número de mortes provocadas pela chuva intensa que atinge o estado. E esse número deve subir, com a descoberta de novas vítimas. O solo encharcado aumenta o risco de novos deslizamentos de terra.
Desde quinta-feira (23), nuvens pesadas estão sobre o céu da região metropolitana de Belo Horizonte. Entre a noite desta sexta e a madrugada deste sábado (25), um temporal provocou inundações e deslizamentos e fez muitas vítimas.
Em Betim, dois deslizamentos de terra mataram seis pessoas. Em um deles, três vítimas eram da mesma família. No outro soterramento, uma criança foi salva. Um vídeo emocionante mostra o grupo que participou do resgate sendo recebido sob aplausos.
Em Ibirité, um barranco também cedeu. Uma mulher e os dois filhos dela - de seis anos e de seis meses - morreram soterrados. No início da noite, bombeiros encontraram o corpo de uma outra mulher que também estava sob os escombros.
Belo Horizonte enfrenta a maior chuva já registrada na história da cidade. Ruas ficaram inundadas. Uma das principais avenidas da cidade sumiu embaixo d’água. Carros foram levados pela correnteza.
Na região Sul, uma barragem de água transbordou e inundou uma avenida. Com tanta chuva, o solo está cada vez mais instável. Em outro ponto da cidade, o alagamento chegou a invadir alguns imóveis. Na região do Barreiro, oito casas desabaram.
Dois corpos foram resgatados no fim da manhã. E a suspeita é de que cinco pessoas estejam debaixo dos escombros e da lama; 50 famílias que vivem perto do morro que deslizou foram levadas para abrigos.
Moradores estão sendo retirados de um bairro de Belo Horizonte porque as casas estão correndo risco. Os bombeiros estão trabalhando desde às 22h desta sexta (24). No local, havia uma casa que foi derrubada depois de um deslizamento de terra. Estavam a mãe, três filhos menores e o pai. O homem conseguiu sair. O trabalho de resgate continua.
As crianças soterradas têm entre sete e dez anos. O pai acompanha o resgate de perto.
A chuva forte também provocou muitos estragos no interior de Minas Gerais. O rio São João, em Conceição do Pará, no centro-oeste mineiro, subiu três metros, e 110 internos de uma casa de recuperação ficaram ilhados. Do outro lado do rio, a Polícia Militar bloqueou o acesso. Familiares se juntaram em busca de notícia.
Na cidade de Dona Euzébia, na Zona da Mata, o rio transbordou e a cidade ficou debaixo d’água. Em Carangola, os moradores só conseguiam sair de barco. Eletrodomésticos foram carregados pela correnteza.
A prefeitura decretou emergência por causa da chuva em Muriaé. Pelo menos 300 famílias estão desalojadas e 46 desabrigadas. Na rua, moradores se arriscaram para sair de casa.
No Triângulo Mineiro, o asfalto da MG-737 não suportou o grande volume de água e cedeu. A rodovia foi interditada.
A Defesa Civil de Divinópolis está monitorando de perto a situação do rio Itapecerica, que já subiu mais de um metro acima do nível. Os agentes estão percorrendo as áreas com risco de alagamento para alertar os moradores.
Em Nova Serrana, a água arrastou um carro para dentro do córrego.
ESPÍRITO SANTO
Ilhado dentro desta casa, um senhor de 64 estava há quatro dias sem comer. Só neste sábado (25), ele foi resgatado pela equipe de resgate aéreo do governo do Espírito Santo.
No município de Iúna, a casa de uma família encheu d'água. Ela enfrentou a enxurrada pra conseguir escapar. A polícia ajudou no resgate. Também em Iúna, um galpão desabou.
Os Bombeiros confirmaram a morte de duas crianças soterradas no temporal dessa noite, uma em Iúna e a outra em Conceição do Castelo. Desde a semana passada, nove pessoas morreram por causa da chuva. Quase cinco mil estão fora de casa.
O telhado da rodoviária foi a única parte que ficou acima da água. De manhã, uma casa desabou. Em Cachoeira de Itapemirim, os moradores receberam um alerta do risco de enchente. O nível do rio subiu e transbordou. A água inundou o centro da cidade.
Outros quatro municípios do sul do Espírito Santo ainda se recuperam da chuva de oito dias atrás.
O governador Renato Casagrande, do PSB, disse que vai pedir ajuda do Governo Federal para reconstruir regiões atingidas pelas chuvas.
INUNDAÇÕES NO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO
Com chuva, rios das Regiões Norte e Noroeste fluminense transbordam. Seis mil pessoas tiveram que sair de casa e um jovem que pulou de uma ponta em um rio está desaparecido.
Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil - Festa do Divino
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In Portugal, Queen Isabel de Castela, wife of King Dom Dinis, built a church in Alenquerque to the Holy Spirit. At the first celebration ever made to the Holy Spirit, they catch the poorest beggar and coronate him as if he was the King. They dress him with an imperial tog and after the celebration, they went on a procession until the palace where it was served a sumptuous lunch. That mobilized the Portuguese Court in such a way that they asked King Dom Dinis the permission to repeat this act everywhere in Portugal. Pay tribute to Divíno became a law, created in Portugal, but established also in the colonies. Even after several centuries, Diamantina preserved the tradition. Every year, one inhabitant offers to be the Emperor of Festa do Divino. He chooses his court and organizes the procession.
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Country at a Crossroads: A Roundtable on Brazilian Politics
Three Brazilian scholars will comment on the current political situation in Brazil and offer their perspectives for the country's future. Professor Jim Green will moderate.
Commentators:
Vera Paiva is Craig M. Cogut Visiting Professor at CLACS, and is a Professor in Social Psychology at the University of São Paulo where she coordinates the Interdisciplinary Group for Aids Prevention. She was a member of the National Council for Human Rights at the Secretariat of Human Rights of Brazil, representing civil society (2014-2016).
Dr. Cláudio Beato is a Full professor in the Departments of Sociology and Anthropology. He is currently is the coordinator of CRISP (Center for Studies in Criminality and Public Security) at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). He has developed a number of projects regarding homicide control in areas of risk; integrated management of police processes; the use of intervention technologies, information technologies and community policing.
Abner Sótenos received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in history from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). In 2013, he was awarded the Ana Lugão Rios’s Prize for the Best Master’s Thesis Honorable Mention by the Graduate Program in Social History at UFRJ. He also worked with the State Commission for Truth of Rio de Janeiro (CEV-RJ) between 2014 and 2015. His research focuses on grassroots movements throughout modern Brazilian history, the role of apparatuses of repression during the Brazilian dictatorship (1964-1985), and changes in political regimes.
Palestra de Marco Casamonti - Arq.Futuro MG 2012
MARCO CASAMONTI
É sócio-fundador do premiado Studio Archea, sediado em Florença e reconhecido internacionalmente por suas pesquisas em arquitetura sustentável. Entre seus projetos estão a Biblioteca Municipal de Nembro (Bérgamo), a vinícola Antinori em San Casciano Val di Pesa (Florença) e o pavilhão da Itália na Rio+20.
Utopías Cercanas, colaboraciones posibles / New Horizons, Possible Collaborations (1/2)
Florencia González de Langarica, Carol Rogers, Matteo Merzagora, Gelton Pinto Coelho Filho, Sergio Restrepo
Al salir de los puestos asignados, los museos tienen la capacidad de tender puentes con socios no tradicionales (como un geriátrico, una biblioteca o una prisión) y movilizar acciones colectivas para cambiar una situación dada. Se explorarán experiencias donde la colaboración condujo a la transformación organizacional e influyó en nuevas políticas públicas.
Museums can build bridges between diverse community stakeholders to increase their community impact by working with non-traditional partners (libraries, prisons, nursing homes, etc.). Examples will be shared of unique collaborations that have led to organizational transformation and influenced new public policies.
Utopías cercanas, colaboraciones en el horizonte de lo posible
Al salir de los puestos asignados, los museos tienen la capacidad de tender puentes con socios no tradicionales (como un geriátrico, una biblioteca o una prisión) y movilizar acciones colectivas para cambiar una situación dada. Se explorarán experiencias donde la colaboración condujo a la transformación organizacional e influyó en nuevas políticas públicas.
Florencia González de Langarica, Matteo Merzagora, Gelton Pinto Coelho Filho y Carol Rogers
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São Paulo (; Portuguese pronunciation: [sɐ̃w̃ ˈpawlu] (listen)) is a municipality in the Southeast Region of Brazil. The metropolis is an alpha global city (as listed by the GaWC) and the most populous city in Brazil, the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere, besides being the largest Portuguese-speaking city in the world. The municipality is also the Earth's 11th largest city proper by population. The city is the capital of the surrounding state of São Paulo, one of the most populous and wealthiest states in Brazil. It exerts strong international influences in commerce, finance, arts and entertainment. The name of the city honors the Apostle, Saint Paul of Tarsus. The city's metropolitan area, the Greater São Paulo, ranks as the most populous in Brazil and the 12th most populous on Earth. The process of conurbation between the metropolitan areas located around the Greater São Paulo (Campinas, Santos, Sorocaba and the Paraíba Valley) created the São Paulo Macrometropolis, a megalopolis with more than 30 million inhabitants, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world.Having the largest economy by GDP in Latin America and the Southern Hemisphere, the city is home to the São Paulo Stock Exchange. Paulista Avenue is the economic core of São Paulo. The city has the 11th largest GDP in the world, representing alone 10.7% of all Brazilian GDP and 36% of the production of goods and services in the state of São Paulo, being home to 63% of established multinationals in Brazil, and has been responsible for 28% of the national scientific production in 2005. With a GDP of US$477 billion, the São Paulo city alone would have ranked 26th globally compared with countries by 2017 estimates.The metropolis is also home to several of the tallest skyscrapers in Brazil, including the Mirante do Vale, Edifício Itália, Banespa, North Tower and many others. The city has cultural, economic and political influence both nationally and internationally. It is home to monuments, parks and museums such as the Latin American Memorial, the Ibirapuera Park, Museum of Ipiranga, São Paulo Museum of Art, and the Museum of the Portuguese Language. The city holds events like the São Paulo Jazz Festival, São Paulo Art Biennial, the Brazilian Grand Prix, São Paulo Fashion Week and the ATP Brasil Open. The São Paulo Gay Pride Parade rivals the New York City Pride March as the largest gay pride parade in the world. It is headquarters of the Brazilian television networks Band, Gazeta, and RecordTV.
São Paulo is a cosmopolitan, melting pot city, home to the largest Arab, Italian, and Japanese diasporas, with examples including ethnic neighborhoods of Mercado, Bixiga, and Liberdade respectively. São Paulo is also home to the largest Jewish population in Brazil, with about 75,000 Jews. In 2016, inhabitants of the city were native to over 200 different countries. People from the city are known as paulistanos, while paulistas designates anyone from the state, including the paulistanos. The city's Latin motto, which it has shared with the battleship and the aircraft carrier named after it, is Non ducor, duco, which translates as I am not led, I lead. The city, which is also colloquially known as Sampa or Terra da Garoa (Land of Drizzle), is known for its unreliable weather, the size of its helicopter fleet, its architecture, gastronomy, severe traffic congestion and skyscrapers. São Paulo was one of the host cities of the 1950 and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Additionally, the city hosted the IV Pan American Games and the São Paulo Indy 300.
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Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors, including Giovanni Agnelli. During its more than century-long history, Fiat has also manufactured railway engines and carriages, military vehicles, farm tractors, and aircraft. In 2013, Fiat (together with Chrysler) was the second largest European automaker by volumes produced, and the seventh in the world ahead of Honda, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Suzuki, Renault and Daimler AG.
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Rio de Janeiro (; Portuguese: [ˈʁi.u d(ʒi) ʒɐˈnejɾu]; River of January), or simply Rio, is the second-most populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth-most populous in the Americas. The metropolis is anchor to the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, the second-most populous metropolitan area in Brazil and sixth-most populous in the Americas. Rio de Janeiro is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's third-most populous state. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea, by UNESCO on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape.Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. Later, in 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court transferred itself from Portugal to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the chosen seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal, who subsequently, in 1815, under the leadership of her son, the Prince Regent, and future King João VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and Algarves. Rio stayed the capital of the pluricontinental Lusitanian monarchy until 1822, when the War of Brazilian Independence began. This is one of the few instances in history that the capital of a colonising country officially shifted to a city in one of its colonies. Rio de Janeiro subsequently served as the capital of the independent monarchy, the Empire of Brazil, until 1889, and then the capital of a republican Brazil until 1960 when the capital was transferred to Brasília.
Rio de Janeiro has the second largest municipal GDP in the country, and 30th largest in the world in 2008, estimated at about R$343 billion (IBGE, 2008) (nearly US$201 billion). It is headquarters to Brazilian oil, mining, and telecommunications companies, including two of the country's major corporations – Petrobras and Vale – and Latin America's largest telemedia conglomerate, Grupo Globo. The home of many universities and institutes, it is the second-largest center of research and development in Brazil, accounting for 17% of national scientific output according to 2005 data. Despite the high perception of crime, the city has a lower incidence of crime than Northeast Brazil, but it is far more criminalized than the south region of Brazil, which is considered the safest in the country.Rio de Janeiro is one of the most visited cities in the Southern Hemisphere and is known for its natural settings, Carnival, samba, bossa nova, and balneario beaches such as Barra da Tijuca, Copacabana, Ipanema, and Leblon. In addition to the beaches, some of the most famous landmarks include the giant statue of Christ the Redeemer atop Corcovado mountain, named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World; Sugarloaf Mountain with its cable car; the Sambódromo (Sambadrome), a permanent grandstand-lined parade avenue which is used during Carnival; and Maracanã Stadium, one of the world's largest football stadiums. Rio de Janeiro was the host of the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics, making the city the first South American and Portuguese-speaking city to ever host the events, and the third time the Olympics were held in a Southern Hemisphere city. The Maracanã Stadium held the finals of the 1950 and 2014 FIFA World Cups, the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, and the XV Pan American Games.
Austin, Texas | Wikipedia audio article
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Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. It is the 11th-most populous city in the United States and the 4th-most populous city in Texas. It is also the fastest growing large city in the United States, the second most populous state capital after Phoenix, Arizona, and the southernmost state capital in the contiguous United States. As of the U.S. Census Bureau's August 1, 2018 estimate, Austin had a population of 967,629 up from 790,491 at the 2010 census. The city is the cultural and economic center of the Austin–Round Rock metropolitan statistical area, which had an estimated population of 2,056,405 as of July 1, 2016. Located in Central Texas within the greater Texas Hill Country, it is home to numerous lakes, rivers, and waterways, including Lady Bird Lake and Lake Travis on the Colorado River, Barton Springs, McKinney Falls, and Lake Walter E. Long.
In the 1830s, pioneers began to settle the area in central Austin along the Colorado River. In 1839, the site was chosen to replace Houston as the capital of the Republic of Texas and was incorporated under the name Waterloo. Shortly afterward, the name was changed to Austin in honor of Stephen F. Austin, the Father of Texas and the republic's first secretary of state. The city grew throughout the 19th century and became a center for government and education with the construction of the Texas State Capitol and the University of Texas at Austin. After a severe lull in economic growth from the Great Depression, Austin resumed its steady development, and by the 1990s it emerged as a center for technology and business. A number of Fortune 500 companies have headquarters or regional offices in Austin including, 3M, Amazon.com, Apple Inc., Cisco, eBay, General Motors, Google, IBM, Intel, Oracle Corporation, Paypal, Texas Instruments, and Whole Foods Market. Dell's worldwide headquarters is located in nearby Round Rock, a suburb of Austin.
Residents of Austin are known as Austinites. They include a diverse mix of government employees, college students, musicians, high-tech workers, blue-collar workers, and a vibrant LGBT community. The city's official slogan promotes Austin as The Live Music Capital of the World, a reference to the city's many musicians and live music venues, as well as the long-running PBS TV concert series Austin City Limits. The city also adopted Silicon Hills as a nickname in the 1990s due to a rapid influx of technology and development companies. In recent years, some Austinites have adopted the unofficial slogan Keep Austin Weird, which refers to the desire to protect small, unique, and local businesses from being overrun by large corporations. In the late 19th century, Austin was known as the City of the Violet Crown, because of the colorful glow of light across the hills just after sunset. Even today, many Austin businesses use the term Violet Crown in their name. Austin is known as a clean-air city for its stringent no-smoking ordinances that apply to all public places and buildings, including restaurants and bars.U.S. News & World Report named Austin the #1 place to live in the U.S. for 2017 and 2018. In 2016, Forbes ranked Austin #1 on its Cities of the Future list, then in 2017 placed the city at that same position on its list for the Next Biggest Boom Town in the U.S. Also in 2017, Forbes awarded the South River City neighborhood of Austin its #2 ranking for Best Cities and Neighborhoods for Millennials. WalletHub named Austin the #6 best place in the country to live for 2017. The FBI ranked Austin as the #2 safest major city in the U.S. for 2012.