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Brazil To Do Anything
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Victims
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Brazil To Do Anything
Possible To Help Flood
Victims
Rio de Janeiro -
Brazilian President Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva
promised Monday that his
government would take
all measures to help the
victims of the recent
huge floods and
mudslides in Santa
Catarina state in
southern Brazil.
The natural disasters in
late November killed at
least 136, and left six
missing and 33,000
others homeless.
The government started
on Monday to pay a
financial aid of one
minimum wage -- 415
reais (172 U.S. dollars)
-- to those who lost
their homes in the
disasters.
The resources came from
donations by the
Brazilian people,
according to the state
government's website.
Lula said the federal
government would keep on
working with state and
local governments to
help the victims get
back on their feet.
"We must work even more
to recover Santa
Catarina and other
states, which suffered
from the floods," Lula
said.
He said Brazilians
should do more work to
help the disaster zones
next year, adding Brazil
would mainly depend on
the capacity of its
government and people.
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