‘Torn-out land’: Vatican newspaper draws attention to plight of Brazilian city
May 24, 2023
With the headline “Terra strappata” [Torn-out land], L’Osservatore Romano devoted the most prominent front-page coverage in its May 23 edition to craters that threaten the Brazilian city of Buriticupu.
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“In Buriticupu, in the Brazilian Amazon, erosion due to uncontrolled urbanization and wild deforestation generates deep craters that engulf buildings, streets and people,” the Vatican newspaper reported. Giada Aquilino’s May 23 article is a retelling of an article published on May 4 by Agence France-Presse.
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