Brazil: Government Signs New Cooperation Agreements for the Reconstruction of Rio Grande do Sul

Rio Grando do Soul after the floods season, Sept 2024 Photo: @infobaeamerica

September 17, 2024 Hour: 6:26 pm

The Brazilian government signed on Tuesday a cooperation agreement for the reconstruction of Rio Grande do Sul after the floods in April and May 2024, according to the state governor, Eduardo Leite, after his meeting with the president of the country, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in the Government Palace.

The agreement includes a commitment to create a fund of R$ 6.5 billion (about $1.185 billion) that will be used for the construction of dams and flood protection systems, especially in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre.

The signing of the agreement includes the establishment of a council with members from the federal and state governments to oversee the public works needed to rebuild cities and infrastructure damaged by unprecedented flooding in early May.

In August, the Brazilian president handed over a housing project to flood victims who lost at least 182 lives and a large number of displaced people.

O governador Eduardo Leite e o secretário da Habitação e Regularização Fundiária, Carlos Gomes, assinaram um termo de cooperação com a Caixa Econômica Federal para repasse de complemento da construção de 600 moradias rurais no Vale do Taquari.

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— Governo do Rio Grande do Sul (@governo_rs) August 30, 2024

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Governor Eduardo Leite and the Secretary of Housing and Land Regularization, Carlos Gomes, signed a cooperation agreement with Caixa Econômica Federal to transfer additional funds for the construction of 600 rural homes in Vale do Taquari.

“The federal government will take care that Rio Grande do Sul never has another flood,” he declared during the delivery of the first houses to families who lost all the product of the climate disaster, It has even left under water about 80% of the municipalities in that state.

The new fund announced on Tuesday is in addition to several packages of direct aid and loans exceeding R$ 70 billion ($13.5 billion), announced in recent months.