One year after Vale dam break, pain runs deep in Brazil mine disaster town


  • World
  • Sunday, 26 Jan 2020

A relative of a victim reacts during a ceremony to mark one year from the disaster of the tailings dam owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais state, Brazil Jannuary 25, 2020. REUTERS/Cristiane Mattos

BRUMADINHO, Brazil (Reuters) - Exactly one year ago a tailings dam in the Brazilian town of Brumadinho collapsed, killing more than 250 people in one of the world's worst mining disasters.

For survivors and relatives of the victims still searching for answers and justice, time has been no healer.

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