The oil spill affected the paradisiacal beaches of Brazil – News

In total, 139 beaches in northeastern Brazil were affected by an oil spill that reached the site for a month and a half and stretched over 2,100 kilometers to the north. 39 mouth of the San Francisco River where turtles were found. reported the Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama).

The Brazilian agency quoted by the agency Ansa points out that the oil "probably Venezuelan has already touched the coasts of 63 municipalities, the last of which, Cajueiro da Praia, in the state of Piauí".

President Jair Bolsonaro, who sent Tuesday to the Navy to visit the region, said that "it could be criminal or accidental work, a shipwreck, it's complex to discover." We have on radar a country which can be the origin of the oil. "

For his part, the Minister of the Environment, Ricardo Salles, confirmed in front of the Congress the suspicion by asserting that "the oil most likely comes from Venezuela, it is a petroleum from 39, a foreign ship, "he said.

"At first, it was supposed to be an illegal dumping on the high seas, but considering the amount of oil, this possibility is virtually ruled out.What seems most likely to be a spill," says a report prepared by the Marina and Ibama and published by the newspaper St. Paul's Folha.

In the expansion of the spots, add the "oil drops" that are sailing under the surface and that have already arrived at the mouth of the San Francisco River, the largest in the north -est, where two turtles have been sighted.

One of the most affected states is Pernambuco, the second largest in the northeast, where 71% of coastal municipalities had oil remnants, including the famous Porto de Galinhas beach.

"It's the worst environmental accident on the coast – something like this has never happened in our history," warned Marcelo Amorim of the Brazilian Institute of the Environment. .

"This is a gigantic oil spill that has begun to pollute the beaches of the northeast, from Maranhao to the south of Bahia, and all indications are that it will soon reach the southeast: Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro and San Pablo, "said the manager.