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Guardian: In the devastated countryside around Rio de Janeiro, the anger is growing. Late on Friday, many survivors of the floods and mudslides that have killed more than 500 people over the past week were still begging officials for aid.
Four nights of torrential rain have brought tragedy to these rural communities, and the authorities' response has sometimes been lumbering. In Teresópolis, a hilltop city 60 miles north of Rio, criticism is mounting of the government's efforts to rescue victims still stranded......
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Brazilian landslides bring anger in their wake
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 15th, 2011
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