The Brazilian city being swallowed up from underneath

Neighborhoods in the Brazilian city of Maceió have been left looking like war zones, with the ground beginning to sink as a result of abusive salt-mining practices by petrochemical giant Braskem

Author

Renato Alves
July 05, 2021 • Reading Time: 21 minutes

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