[sizeofchar]

Truth is much simpler. The rain volume was unanticipated, no matter what government was there, the catastrophe would still happen.

As you wrote, the left governed there for decades, and no adequate containment for this event was built, nor it was built by the following center-left following governments. There was never a right or far-right government there since the 70s. Unless you are referring to Bolsonaro, but then it would be weird since he’s already superseded by the worker’s party by a year and a half now.

[cassianoleal]

> As you wrote, the left governed there for decades

This is false. Quoting from my sibling comment:

    Not quite. The state of Rio Grande do Sul had 2 PT (Worker's Party) Governors: Olívio Dutra (1999-2003) and Tarso Genro (2011-2015).

    RS's capital city Porto Alegre had a much longer PT administration (Starting with Olívio Dutra in 1989, ending with João Verle in 2005).

> no adequate containment for this event was built

    I came across a document from Porto Alegre's administration in 1992 [0] (first time with the Worker's Party in office, under the always thoughtful and overly intelligent Olívio Dutra) where they do an extensive analysis of the anti-flood systems in place, options on how to improve them and how important participation of civil society is in these processes.

    [0] https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/y02s8cvxf6qts3ktgc70q/PREVENIR-O-MELHOR-REM-DIO.pdf?rlkey=eqfzhu1pmxx6x288fskhtihy0&st=2tfc9iu1&dl=0

> There was never a right or far-right government there since the 70s

This has to be a joke. Aside from those administrations I cited, everyone single one of the others has been right-wing.

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you quote verifiable historical facts and sources! you will be downvoted to hell by the extreme-right-who-think-themselves-as-smart-centre. bon voyage my friend.