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Medical Legal Institute in Luziâia: bodies in open caskets generating diseases Decaying bodies are exposed in the courtyard of the unity of the Legal Medical Institute (LMI) in Luziânia, a town near the country capital. Second the director of instituito, there isn't an appropriate room to put them. Local residents complain about the stench that the situation causes. The unity of the LMI in Luziânia serves nine counties. According to servers, the bodies arriving in decomposition cannot be stored in the refrigerator along with other corpses, because should being in a separate room. However, according to the staffs, there's no structure to the bodies in a state of decomposition are stored and also there isn't an area for autopsy. Therefore, they are placed within open caskets or in trucks, which are in the courtyard. The population complains that it is difficult to eat because of the stench.

Mariana: biggest natural disaster of the Brazil Presenting like as representatives of a Rio de Janeiro contractor interested in collaborating on rebuild after the mudslide tragedy in Mariana (MG), a group falsified documents, rented 10 vehicles - between trucks and backhoe loaders - cleaned the mud for days and then disappeared, taking part of the equipment and causing a loss of BRL 2 million (US$ 500,000) to companies and workers of the city. A pickup truck with the value of BRL 90,000 (US$ 23,000) was stolen too. The scammers left debts in two car rental shops, in a gas station, in a hotel and ten unpaid employees. In January, they began to remove the mud from the affected sites and worked for a week.  "After a week, they said they would take the equipment to be serviced," said the mayor. To get the job done, they rented the vehicles in Belo Horizonte and the pickup truck in Mariana. They also hired ten locals to work.  No one was paid. The vehicles ha

Economic crisis creates unemployment in the automotive sector The Central Bank of Brazil (BC) revised its estimate of contraction of the economy in 2015 to 3.6%. The inflation in 2015 was 10.8%, more than double the center of the official target of 4.5%. For 2016, the forecast for economical growth remains negative. Similar to what happened in 2015, it is expected that more factories close their doors and unemployment in industry and commerce, will grow disproportionately. According to ministers and senior official of the government, the situation is uncertain and will depend on external factors such as the Chinese economy and the US elections. Agricultural production is expected to grow 1.7% and 0.5% in two years and is the only sector of the economy with positive growth. The basic interest rate (14.25% pa) and the dollar at BRL 4.00 should be maintained at least until 2018.