In northern Brazil a ship has sunk with seventy people aboard. Ten bodies were found, according to the authorities. 25 people managed to reach the sandy banks of the Xingu River. Another 35 people are missing.
A boat of about seventy people aboard shipwrecked on the Xingu River in northern Brazil. Authorities from the state of Para reported Wednesday that twenty suspects have been able to save.
The lingering recession hangs this year as a shadow over the Carnival celebrations. As some fifty municipalities throughout the country have canceled the whole party, because money for more pressing matters need such as a new ambulance, Brazilian media reported.
