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The mud is about 100 km away and runs off the opposite side, but Arthur, 7, is still afraid of arriving home. The fear comes from memories of the time when a wave of land very similar to that of Brumadinho (MG) left his family "islander" three years earlier.
Arthur is one of many survivors of the Mariana Dam breakup who cried at the news of the new tragedy.
"We were very shaken, I could not sleep, I am very nervous, I can not do things right," says his mother, Maria do Carmo D's Angelo, 45 years old.
Still without house or compensation, the former villagers were swept away in November. 2015 by Samarco Residues – owned by Vale and the Anglo-Australian group BHP Billiton – now remember a mourning that never went out and signal more pain, anger and fear.
The health post of the region was opened with a special diet in service. on the weekends, if someone went wrong after the announcement of the disaster and that at least one woman was taken care of.
"What I hear most, it is: it seems like we are reliving everything," says Father Geraldo Barbosa, 57, one of the pastors of affected communities this year- the. On Sunday (27), he celebrated Mbad in Mariana in honor of the victims of Brumadinho.
"Life and human dignity are priceless, it is a sin that asks the heavens to neglect them under any pretext and to subject them to the diktat of a man. a system that sacrifices them for profit ", read the priest during the celebration
. Three survivors testified about the two tragedies, comparing the similarities and calling the community to Brumadinho. For them, it is necessary to "connect faith to life". "It's a reinforcement, so that Mariana is not forgotten and that there is a punishment," Barbosa said.
Up to now, no one has been blamed for the breakup that has left 19 dead and a series of destructions from inside Minas Gerais to the coasts of. Espírito Santo. And less than 6% of the environmental fines were paid by Samarco.
While Renova was founded by the company to repair the damage – builds the new village of Bento Rodrigues, planned for 2020, the affected people live in rented houses or apartments in urban areas and receive a minimum wage and a basic basket per month
Jose de Jesus, 73 year old Zezinho do Bento, worked precisely on the reconstruction of the village when he learned of the break in Brumadinho. His first reaction was to think of the 11 nephews who live in the area and many of whom serve Vale – no one was touched.
"We have the feeling that everything is going back to zero, things are happening without being resettled or compensated," he says, who lost his house and all his belongings in the tragedy of Mariana.
On Saturday (26) and second (28), the works stopped "in solidarity with the people affected by the break-up of the Brumadinho dam," according to Renova. On that day, only basic services for families in Mariana intervened, such as transportation, health services and food delivery.
Survivors are now considering using what they have learned to help new victims. "We are waiting for things to calm down so that we can go and try to lead." The company is unfortunately capitalist and will leave many people without protection of their rights, "says mechanic Mauro Marcos da Silva, 49.
"The emergency cadastre, for example, only collects the deadly victims.There is still no record of material losses essential to the repair," he explains, which is part of of the victims' commission. "Those who are left behind can only sue."
For Marino D & # 39; Angelo Junior, 50, father of the Arthur boy, it's time to share. "The only thing to say to them is that we stand together, we can share this fight, Vale uses time as an ally to make sure all of this is forgotten."
Milk producer, he claims to have was prevented from working when part of the land his family owned in the Paracatu districts of Cima and Baixo was devastated. . He started taking three antidepressants, developed diabetes and high blood pressure. Income fell from R $ 23,000 to R $ 5,000 per month and milk production from 900 to 300 liters per day.
"Our land where we planted cattle feed is out of manpower, we had a stable life, we struggled a lot to be able to have it."
Now they struggle to have their own home. But for his wife and mother of Arthur, Maria do Carmo, with the tragedy of Brumadinho was even more complicated. "It's hard to get back to the fight with the same intensity," he says.
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