DGTL ANML features collaborations with the likes of Shygirl The release comes hot on the heels of releasing his debut album DOGMA DGTL ANML will be released on 13 June via F.A.G / Because Music Get the Best Fit take on the week in music direct to your inbox every Friday The hillside town of Nova Friburgo is home to 1,300 registered underwear retailers and manufacturers but small producers are suffering in the downturn under the shadow of a billboard bearing the image of a 50ft woman in bra and knickers Fátima Vieira is reconsidering her choice of career The 54-year old owner of the underwear shop Switch Women moved from Rio de Janeiro to the hillside town of Nova Friburgo five years ago to start her business in the so-called lingerie capital of Brazil the town was the place where Brazilians came from all over the country to buy lingerie,” Vieira says and I’m just trying to sell the stuff I’ve got With the Brazilian economy heading for its worst recession in 25 years, the jobless rate rose for the seventh straight month in June, and many of the traders in this former Swiss-German colony are struggling. In Tanga Rosa – Pink Panties – another lingerie shop a few streets down, the story is the same. Rafaela Fagundes, 27, says the last few months have been grim. “No one wants to buy anything at the moment.” According to Sindvest, the trade body for the local lingerie industry, about a quarter of the 200,000 residents of Nova Friburgo depend on the textile sector. In certain categories of underwear, the town is responsible for up to 25% of all Brazilian production. the German undergarment manufacturer Triumph opened a large factory in the town When it starting laying off workers in the 1980s many used their expertise to start their own businesses the town boasts more than 1,300 registered lingerie retailers and manufacturers giant advertising hoardings of models in lingerie loom above the winding road into town it initially appears difficult to buy anything other than thongs insists that such a concentration of underwear shops has not led to a race to the bottom “Our town works like a specialised shopping mall It attracts the crowds because of its reputation for a particular product Belissima Lingerie in Nova Friburgo Photograph: FacebookPorto acknowledged that the industry had been affected by the recession as well as increased competition from China But he argued that the town had reinvented itself from the very cheap stuff for the local market to the highest-quality export goods,” he said one of Nova Friburgo’s most upmarket manufacturers sells its products all over Brazil as well as in 30 other countries says that the quality of his company’s high-end products is unrivalled in the town He claims the company’s success abroad is partly due to Brazil’s reputation “Foreigners like the appeal of Brazilian sensuality.” The underwear industry is expected to be one of the few Brazilian sectors to register growth in 2015 with production predicted to grow 1.5% on last year says the current climate is tough for small companies in the sector “It’s not a bad thing to have all these businesses in the same place but in a recession the smaller ones tend to be cannibalised by the larger ones which can afford to take a temporary hit and develop niche specialisms.” With the city at almost 1,000m above sea level many visitors to Nova Friburgo are drawn not only by its range of lingerie but also by the Alpine atmosphere and Swiss-German culture One of the city’s main attractions is a chairlift which takes tourists above the town to a viewing platform featuring an almost life-size diplodocus, a bowling alley and “Eva”, a 45 metre-long fibreglass human model containing an educational video about pregnancy and a noisily rotating metal foetus But the town is still recovering from a landslide that killed hundreds in January 2011 and forced the closure of the chairlift for three and a half years The scars in the land remain visible on the hillsides above the town to return to his hometown to help with the rebuilding process the town’s future as a lingerie hub depends on its ability to adapt to the internet age: “Some of the older shop owners are struggling with it but the younger ones understand how important it is.” In the meantime, however, shopkeepers are hoping the town’s 25th annual lingerie trade fair, Fevest, due to take place at the beginning of August will inject some life into the local economy Organisers expect the three-day event to generate over R$50m ($15m) Marcelo Porto says the event is a source of pride for the town “It has helped to raise people’s self-esteem after the tragedy.” You are about to access Constant Contacts (http://visitor.constantcontact.com) You are now leaving a website maintained by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints We provide the link to this third party's website solely as a convenience to you and security practices that differ from those on our website By referring or linking you to this website we do not endorse or guarantee this content If you would like to stay on the page you are viewing please click Cancel To download media files, please first review and agree to the Terms of Use Download a photo or video by clicking or tapping on it To download all photos or videos related to this article select the links at the bottom of each section January 18, 2011JPEG February 13, 2003JPEG At least 809 people have now died in what some news outlets and government agencies are calling the worst natural disaster in Brazil’s history Following unusually persistent rain in early January and an extreme rainfall event on January 11-12 large swaths of the Brazilian states of Sao Paolo and Santa Catarina were devastated by mud sliding off the soaked hills and by rivers overflowing or carving up their soft banks After weeks of cloud cover, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite finally collected the top image of the mountainous region northeast of Rio de Janeiro on January 18 The lower image was taken by the same instrument on February 13 concrete and building materials appear gray and bare land tends to be sandy brown (though some exposed rock surfaces appear much darker) combined with news and scientific accounts reveals the likely tracks of light-brown mudslides marked in the image above roughly a month’s worth of rain—26 centimeters (10 inches)—fell in less than 24 hours in several parts of the Serra do Mar mountains lost at least 389 people in the ensuing mudslides and flash floods and tens of thousands have either lost or suffered damage to their homes The flood waters have since rushed south toward the cities of Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro According to Reuters and based on United Nations data the event is the second-worst loss of human life in Brazil’s history behind a 1974 meningitis outbreak that killed 1,500 people NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Caption by Mike Carlowicz View this area in EO Explorer After weeks of cloud cover, the ASTER instrument on Terra satellite collected this image of the mudslide-riven Serrana region of Brazil on January 18, 2011. Following extreme rainfall in early January 2011, the Serrana region of southeastern Brazil suffered devastation mudslides and floods. The Advanced Land Imager on EO-1 captured these true-color images of the hills north and west of Teresópolis, Brazil, where mudslides devastated the mountainous region in January 2011. Torrential rain inundates southeastern Brazil, shown in this color-coded rainfall map covering December 30–January 6. Acquired on December 1, and October 28, 2009, these false-color images show flood waters inundating land around two lagoons: Lagoa dos Patos and Lagoa Mirim. Rescuers evacuate people affected by flood in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 8, 2024. At least 100 people have died and nearly 100,000 homes have been destroyed or significantly damaged from more than a week of record rainfall and flooding in south Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state, local authorities said on Wednesday. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua) SAO PAULO, May 8 (Xinhua) -- At least 100 people have died and nearly 100,000 homes have been destroyed or significantly damaged from more than a week of record rainfall and flooding in south Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state, local authorities said on Wednesday. The National Confederation of Municipalities said in an update that overflowing rivers and floods in the state have affected around 1.45 million people and forced some 200,000 residents to flee their homes. Based on data from the Civil Defense agency, some 99,800 residences of all types have sustained either total or partial damage since the state's worst weather-related disaster hit on April 29, according to the confederation. As many as 414 of 497 towns in the state, a top agricultural and livestock producer that borders Argentina and Uruguay, have suffered from the storms and declared emergencies. The confederation estimates the economic losses at 4.6 billion reals (about 904 million U.S. dollars), taking into account the damage to housing and public infrastructure, as well as agriculture, livestock, industry, commerce and services. In just one week, Rio Grande do Sul saw five months' worth of rain, sparking unprecedented flooding. ■ People affected by flood wait in line to receive supplies in Nova Friburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 8, 2024. At least 100 people have died and nearly 100,000 homes have been destroyed or significantly damaged from more than a week of record rainfall and flooding in south Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state, local authorities said on Wednesday. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua) Rescuers participate in evacuation of people affected by flood in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 8, 2024. At least 100 people have died and nearly 100,000 homes have been destroyed or significantly damaged from more than a week of record rainfall and flooding in south Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state, local authorities said on Wednesday. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua) People affected by flood receive supplies in Nova Friburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, May 8, 2024. At least 100 people have died and nearly 100,000 homes have been destroyed or significantly damaged from more than a week of record rainfall and flooding in south Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state, local authorities said on Wednesday. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua) 2011 12:00 AM EST Cars and bodies lay submerged Thursday in thick brown mud in Teresopolis and Nova Friburgo the hilly towns above Rio de Janeiro that bore the brunt of the raging floods that killed more than 400 people in Brazil this week Exceptionally heavy rains sent shanty houses sliding down denuded hillsides and rivers of muddy water washing through city streets Rescue workers dug desperately through the strewn debris of fridges and cookers and children’s toys in search of survivors although their access to some of the worst-hit areas was hampered by roads having been washed away and communications being knocked out “Lots of people are still walking about looking for bodies,” says Carlos Eduardo Goncalves (See photos of the Brazilian mudslides.) The devastation of the flooding will be made more bitter for its victims by the predictability of the deluge Brazil is a tropical nation with a heavy rainy season that often bursts the banks of rivers and yet each year’s flooding brings death and destruction that could be avoided with adequate planning and management “[Our] logic needs to be inverted,” admits Humberto Vianna “We are going to prioritize prevention.” but it will be seen by many as disingenuous coming from a government that just slashed its disaster-prevention and management budget 18% New President Dilma Rousseff just took office on Jan But there is plenty of culpability to go around a nonprofit that monitors government spending (See the top 10 world news stories of 2010.) Local politicians in affected areas have consistently failed to provide the geological and related studies needed to secure disaster-prevention funding from the central government Either they can’t find qualified geologists engineers and surveyors to map land and produce coherent budget proposals or they can’t afford to pay for them (See “Banning Political Humor: No Satire, Please; We’re Brazilian.”) State governments have been equally remiss when they do pay attention to the issue — money allocated to build a disaster-management center has laid untouched for two years according to Castello Branco — have sometimes used disaster money for political purposes More than half of last year’s federal disaster-prevention funds went to Bahia state where the minister in charge of distributing cash was running for governor politicians prefer to hand out money to fix problems rather than prevent them Such basic flood-prevention measures as building and unblocking drains trying to prevent soil erosion and keeping poor residents from building on cheap but vulnerable land can’t compete with the attention generated by handing out wads of cash The politician will survey the disaster area from a helicopter then touch down and declare solidarity with the families and then announce a big rescue package so that he looks like the savior,” Castello Branco says “What they should be doing is going there when the sun shines to stand on the edge of a hill and announce that people living there will be removed from the high-risk area state and federal governments sent tons of food and Rousseff visited the stricken area after freeing 700 million reais ($418 million) in emergency aid The President spent 45 minutes in Nova Friburgo and promised “firm measures.” For many people and sadly typical of Brazil’s failure to plan for predictable flooding See how Lula’s way became Brazil’s way. 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Contact us at letters@time.com Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Gigantic clay sculptures covered in moss make Jardim do Nêgo in Campo do Coelho The unusual garden was created by artist Geraldo Simplício—a.k.a "Nêgo"—who lived as a hermit in the place for over 30 years Nêgo uses the landscape's natural formations as the inspiration and foundation for his work giving each sculpture an otherworldy yet earthy vibe peaceful spot packed with larger-than-life works of art There are currently 17 sculptures scattered throughout the place Nêgo himself is typically present to greet visitors and chat about his work This massive piece of artwork weighs more than 250 tons and was designed as a tribute to the first president of the United Arab Emirates This amazing oasis of art and plants is hidden on the outskirts of Marrakesh meditative garden that's open to the public A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures A botanical garden full of thought-provoking contemporary sculptures This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets Quirky outsider art transforms this garden shop into a little stone fantasyland A lakeside garden in the Southern Alps full of whimsical artwork and thousands of beautiful flowers You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information A worker spreads fertilizer at  farm in Nova Friburgo 2022 at 12:04 PM ESTBookmarkSaveLock This article is for subscribers only.The ripples of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may reach all the way to Amazonian rainforests as Brazil sees disruptions to global fertilizer supplies as another reason to produce more of its own Insufficient domestic supplies of crop nutrients have been a thorn in the side of Brazil for decades with the agricultural superpower importing about 80% of its needs The Ukraine war has seen Brazilian farmers struggle to buy fertilizer fueling a debate on the exploitation of potash reserves in the Amazon a group led by an excommunicated bishop call themselves a ‘resistance’ movement against Vatican reforms The response from the Vatican was swift and unequivocal: ‘Excommunication is automatic’ In a secluded monastery in south-eastern Brazil a breakaway group of ultra-conservative Catholics gathered to participate in an act of rebellion against the pope The setting could hardly have been more tranquil: rolling green hills palm leaves swaying in the wind and a temporary chapel made of breeze block walls and a tin roof left partially open to the elements But the 50 or so priests, Benedictine monks, nuns and other worshippers who file into Santa Cruz monastery on Saturday were no ordinary congregation. Hailing from Europe, the US and Latin America, they described themselves as a “resistance” movement against Vatican reforms. In favour of Latin services – and fiercely opposed to ecumenism, freedom of religion and closer relations with Judaism – they had come to defy the authority of Rome with the ordination of a new priest by an excommunicated bishop, Jean-Michel Faure. Read moreIt was the second such ceremony in the past month: Faure was consecrated here without papal approval only two weeks ago by the Holocaust-denying British bishop Richard Williamson both clerics were automatically ejected from the church but this has not stopped the group’s drive to build an unsanctioned clergy their heads – even the youngest girls – covered in scarves as were the hymns sung by a choir of monks accompanied by a nun on an electric organ brother André Zelaya de León prostrated himself before the altar and then rose to his knees for a blessing on his tonsured head by Faure the prayers in the Tridentine masswere so quiet that they almost drowned out by the cicadas and birds in the trees cellphones – and the electric organ – the ceremony would have been recognisable to centuries of Catholic believers before what today’s ultra-conservatives consider to be the wrong turn taken by the Catholic church with the democratising reforms of the 1962 Second Vatican Council Faure told the Guardian the Vatican was smashing tradition a staunch conservative who was pope between 1903 and 1914 The current pope is preaching doctrine denied by Pius X “He does not follow the doctrine of the faith that are the words of Jesus Christ.” The Vatican’s response to the ordination was unequivocal “Excommunication is automatic,” a spokesman said the diocese of Santa Cruz in Nova Friburgo does not exist a French cleric who has worked in Mexico and Argentina “Canon law states that excommunication is valid if it follows a mortal sin He compared his situation to that of other Catholics in history who were initially excommunicated but later recognised for their contribution to the Church 250 popes and all the Catholics who think exactly as we think.” Women sat on one side of the aisle Photograph: Jonathan Watts/The GuardianFaure said he only reluctantly become a bishop in case Williamson died in an accident which would leave the group without the means to ordain priests Though he did not say it, the French bishop may also be replacing his British counterpart as a spokesman for the movement. Williamson has repeatedly stirred up controversy with comments denying the Holocaust warning that Muslims are taking over Europe and claiming that women are dominating corporations and the military because they are not fulfilling their natural role “making babies” Williamson was one of four bishops illegally ordained in 1988 by a French Roman Catholic archbishop called Marcel Lefebvre the founder of the Society of St Pius X and an outspoken critic of the liberalisation of certain church practices following the Second Vatican Council including the widespread use of vernacular language rather than Latin in mass inter-faith dialogue and efforts to communicate with the secular world Lefebvre and all four bishops were immediately excommunicated for participating in the illicit ordinations but their movement has been a thorn in the Vatican’s side ever since Only about one million Catholics – or 0.1% of the Catholic population – describe themselves as followers of St Pius X but successive popes have attempted to heal the rift with them Pope Benedict ignited controversy by lifting the excommunication of the four bishops and even promised the rebel group autonomy from bishops they considered too liberal This quickly backfired when it was revealed that Williamson had alleged that no Jews were killed in gas chambers that the US orchestrated the 9/11 terrorist attacks and that freemasons were conspiring to destroy Catholicism The Vatican said at the time that Benedict had not been aware of Williamson’s views on the Holocaust Williamson was dismissed by the St Pius X fraternity in part because he disagreed with their willingness to communicate with Rome Faure has also been ejected by the society and his ordination unrecognised “All the declarations of Bishop Williamson and Fr Faure prove abundantly that they no longer recognize the Roman authorities, except in a purely rhetorical manner,” the society said in a communique issued after his ordination In contrast to his predecessor, Pope Francis has paid little attention to the ultra-conservatives Williamson has declared that he does not intend to start a new society but the movement has now created a new bishop and a priest and Faure claimed that there were at least two bishops in the Society of St Pius X who sympathised with the self-styled “Resistance” A ceremony at the monastery outside Nova Friburgo in south-eastern Brazil Photograph: Jonathan Watts/The GuardianIn conversation the traditionalists appear to be hoping for a divine and dramatic intervention who describes himself as a “bloody-minded Brit” has said he expects a “gigantic chastisement” such as Noah’s flood Faure talks more of a coming third world war But the day after wouldn’t be like the day before,” Faure said It would be a new approach in many aspects and why not their group of roughly 55 rebel clergy has to rely on stubborn faith who was expelled from the Society of St Pius X in 2013 because he opposed an accord with the Vatican is among those at the Santa Cruz monastery which he described as the base of the resistance operations in Brazil A 13-year-old girl is dead in southeastern Brazil after a horrific accident where she leaned her head out of a bus window to wave at people on the sidewalk and struck a pole Fernanda Pacheco Ferraz was killed on Aug. 16 in Nova Friburgo, a city in the country's Serra do Mar mountains, according to information from local TV outlet GloboNews and Jam Press Friburgo is about 60 miles northeast of Rio de Janeiro Elementary student killed in bus crash: 1 student killed, 23 injured after school bus flips in Ohio to avoid striking minivan Witnesses said the bus left Professor Carlos Côrtes State College, where the girl attended school, and was heading towards her home when the accident took place, GloboNews reported As she sat in the last left-side seat of the bus the girl leaned out the window to "wave to some colleagues" on the sidewalk While her head was out the window, Jam Press reported the bus driver "swerved to avoid oncoming traffic" along the road and the girl's head collided with a concrete pole near the curb who stopped the vehicle before first responders arrived 'Hell on wheels' Teen gets prison in 100 mph intentional crash that killed boyfriend, friend Pronounced dead on sceneThe girl was pronounced dead after firefighters arrived at the scene. The driver of the bus said the road, Rua Luiz Catarcione, was "particularly narrow and he was forced to turn away from a vehicle on the bus’ right side, causing it to collide with the pole," FOX News reported. The Rio de Janeiro State Department of Education released a statement regarding the girl's death, according to FOX. "The Secretary of State for Education deeply regrets the accident that occurred with a student from the State College Professor Carlos Côrtes, in the Catarcione neighborhood, in Nova Friburgo, on Wednesday (Aug 16), during her journey back home," the statement reads. Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter @nataliealund. Brazil (Reuters) - Two renegade Catholic bishops plan to consecrate a new generation of bishops to spread their ultra-traditionalist movement called "The Resistance" in defiance of the Vatican one of them said at a remote monastery in Brazil.French Bishop Jean-Michel Faure himself consecrated only two weeks ago by the Holocaust-denying British Bishop Richard Williamson said the new group rejected Pope Francis and what it called his "new religion" and would not engage in a dialogue with Rome until the Vatican turned back the clock.Williamson and Faure who were both excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church when the former made the latter a bishop without Vatican approval are ex-members of a larger dissenting group that has been a thorn in Rome's side for years.Their splinter movement is tiny - Faure did not give an estimate of followers - but the fact they plan to consecrate bishops is important because it means their schism can continue as a rebel form of Catholicism."We follow the popes of the past told reporters on Saturday at Santa Cruz Monastery in Nova Friburgo in the mountain jungle 140 km (87 miles) inland from Rio de Janeiro."It is likely that in maybe one or two years we will have more consecrations," he said adding there were already two candidates to be promoted to bishop's rank.The monastery had said Williamson would ordain a priest there at the weekend but he was not seen by reporters and clergy said it was impossible to talk to him Faure ordained the priest himself.Asked what the new group called itself Faure said: "I think we can call ourselves Roman Catholic first the Resistance."SPLINTER OFF THE SSPXThe Society of St Pius X (SSPX) is a larger ultra-traditionalist group that was excommunicated in 1988 when its founder consecrated four new bishops despite warnings from the Vatican not to do so.It rejected the modernizing reforms of the 1962-65 Second Vatican Council and stuck with Catholicism's old Latin Mass after the Church switched to simpler liturgy in local languages.Former Pope Benedict readmitted the four SSPX bishops to the Catholic fold in 2009 but the SSPX soon expelled Williamson because of an uproar over his Holocaust denial.In contrast to Benedict Pope Francis pays little attention to the SSPX ultra-traditionalists who claim to have a million followers around the world and a growing number of new priests at a time that Rome faces priest shortages Their remaining three bishops have no official status in the Catholic Church.Faure said the Resistance group would not engage in dialogue with Rome we resist conciliation of St Pius X with Rome," he said.Faure said he was not sure what it would take for Rome to return to its old traditions but conflict could be a catalyst."If there is another World War .. maybe the Church will go back to the way it was before," he said.The prior of the monastery explained the split simply: "The Pope is less Catholic than us."Under Catholic law Williamson and Faure are excommunicated from the Church but remain validly consecrated bishops That means they can ordain priests into their schismatic group and claim to be Catholic albeit without Vatican approval.By contrast women supposedly made priests by dissident Catholic bishops are not validly ordained because Catholic law reserves the priesthood only for men.Reporting by Stephen Eisenhammer; Editing by Tom Heneghan and Richard Chang Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab , opens new tab Browse an unrivalled portfolio of real-time and historical market data and insights from worldwide sources and experts. , opens new tabScreen for heightened risk individual and entities globally to help uncover hidden risks in business relationships and human networks. © 2025 Reuters. All rights reserved Nicolas Barreto was reportedly at his grandmother's home in the hilltop town of Nova Friburgo when a cascade of earth and debris swallowed up the area early on Wednesday He and his father were presumed to have died in the disaster elated Brazilian firefighters – including some who helped out after Haiti's 2010 earthquake exactly a year earlier – discovered Nicolas alive and well with his father he and his 25-year-old father were cocooned in an underground air pocket and protected by the collapsed concrete roof Guimarães wrapped himself around his baby son in the foetal position during their 15-hour ordeal "We can consider this a miracle," one of the rescuers said as Nicolas was rushed to hospital where he was given a clean bill of health wept as Nicolas was hauled from the destruction at around 8.30pm It really is a miracle," he told reporters The death toll is expected to rise further as rescue workers continue to pull bodies from the muddy earth The sheer force of the landslides meant there were few survivors; most victims were buried alive as they slept their bodies frozen in serene Pompeii-esque poses really ugly," said Vicente Luiz Florente a builder whose brother was buried under rocks in the Campo Grande favela in Teresópolis and has yet to be found "This was a community – now all you can see is rocks." Baby Nicolas's family did not escape the carnage his mother and grandmother were reported to have died They joined a growing number of fatalities in Nova Friburgo one of the two worst-hit areas in Rio state At least 225 deaths have been confirmed in Nova Friburgo by this morning with burials reportedly taking place once every five minutes at the town's cemetery The NGO Save the Children warned today that "up to half" of the fatalities were thought to be children The group said that up to 200,000 children in the mountainous region around Rio de Janeiro remained in danger as heavy rains continued to fall bringing the risk of further flooding and landslides