Floods and landslides killed more than 70 people in south-eastern Brazil, almost 30 of them when a hotel in Ilha Grande, in Rio DE Janeiro state, was buried.

巴西东南部的洪水灾害和山体滑坡导致70余人死亡，其中近30人死于位于里约热内卢州的格兰德岛上的一家被埋没的旅馆。

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In the town of Guardados de Abajo, another army unit is camping along the Rio Grande when soldiers hear a truck rumbling in the dark.

在Guardados de Abajo镇，一队士兵在格兰德河畔露营，听到黑暗中传来一辆卡车的隆隆声。

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Only in two of Brazil's 27 states does Mr da Silva stand a chance of outpolling Mr Cardoso: in Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul, the historical homes of trabalhismo (labourism), the ideology built by Getulio Vargas, Brazil's modernising mid-century dictator.

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The days of average white Brazilians from Rio de Janeiro on to the Gaucho lands of Rio Grande do Sul living like families on novellas are over.

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As for other important states, in Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul close allies of Mr Cardoso face difficult run-offs against awkward opponents, while Rio de Janeiro's next governor looks likely to be Anthony Garotinho, an unthreatening foe.

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