People living in southern Brazil, already dealing with the destruction of heavy flooding, were hammered again with torrential rain in the past week with more devastation forecast for the coming days.  Paulo Andrave, a Brazilian artist and social commentator visiting the Madison area joins host Tony Castañeda of the Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about the deadly flooding but also about the political situation in the country.  The former President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, led a government that was anti-environment and pro-business that coupled with climate change has resulted in devasting consequences for the Brazilian people.  Extensive deforestation undertaken to promote new development has exacerbated the effects of flooding.

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