In Brazil, floods and mudslides in the southern state of Santa Catarina killed at least 97 people, made 50,000 homeless and cut off several towns.

本周巴西，南部州圣卡塔琳娜（Santa Catarina）遭遇洪水和泥石流袭击。 97人因此丧失，5万人无家可归并造成几座城镇与外界沟通中断。

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The federal government and the neighbouring state of Santa Catarina are against that.

ECONOMIST: Foot-and-mouth in South America

The Brazilian government has sent military reinforcements to tackle a wave of violence in the southern state of Santa Catarina.

BBC: Brazil troops to fight wave of attacks in the south

Shortly after the 2010 listing of OSX, EBX's shipbuilding arm, Brazil's environment ministry refused him permission to build a shipyard in the southern state of Santa Catarina, which had been described in the prospectus as central to the company's plans.

ECONOMIST: Eike Batista