Dave Knight Reporting from Brazil
Unprecedented storms have caused untold damage and mayhem in Santa Catarina south Brazil. Landslides and floods have devastated the whole State and whole communities are cut off. All services have been mobilised and President Lula has pledged Federal funds to help the State reconstruct.
Thousands of people have lost everything including their homes and everything in them and Brazilians have responded generously to the appeals help. The Army have collection points in city centres where donations of clothing, blankets and food are taken. With typical generosity Brazilians have responded with tonnes of needed supplies and millions of Reais.
So is this Brazil’s New Orleans? Certainly the scale of the disaster exceeds the New Orleans’ catastrophe but the response by the Brazilian Government is not. The Government didn’t hesitate it fully backed the Santa Catarina local authorities.
The response in New Orleans by the irresponsible and incompetent Bush regime was the exact opposite. Had they responded like the Brazilians in Santa Catarina the death toll in New Orleans would have been much less. Bush and his conies now have another reason to hang their heads in shame.
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