Brazil's memory destroyed in a massive fire at the National Museum in Rio

Monday, September 3rd 2018 - 09:18 UTC

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A massive fire on Sunday raced through Brazil’s 200-year-old National Museum in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, probably destroying its collection of more than 20 million items, ranging from archeological finds to historical memorabilia. Read full article

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DemonTree
Damn, that's really sad. All that history lost. :(
Sep 03rd, 2018 - 09:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Nobody knows so far what REALLY resulted into the tragedy.
Sep 03rd, 2018 - 10:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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falklandlad
A sadly missed opportunity to garnish some of those bountiful carwash funds to protect and preserve a national icon!
Sep 03rd, 2018 - 02:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Assuming that it was an accident [caused by negligence?]. Of course, NOBODY really is responsible!
Sep 03rd, 2018 - 03:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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DemonTree
The government who underfunded it for years is responsible, they should have had better fire prevention and working hydrants.
Sep 03rd, 2018 - 03:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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@DT:

That is the obvious answer. But which government [which regime, which political party, which president] will willingly own the responsibility AND admit the negligence?
Sep 03rd, 2018 - 04:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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DemonTree
None of them would, but it's obvious this is a long standing problem so it's the fault of all the governments, not just one of them.
Sep 03rd, 2018 - 08:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Instead of spending money NOW [for renovation and obviously for the corrupt to benefit from the expenditure] the masses should insist on maintaining the “shell” of what was a museum - as a CONSTANT REMINDER [of the type of politicians Brazil has].
http://www.sindextrema.com.br/v2014/wp-content/uploads/CHARGE-BRASIL1.jpg
Sep 04th, 2018 - 09:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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chronic
Braz has lots of $$$$$$$$$$$'s for sports.

Pyro is a great way of covering your tracks.

There's no knowing what the commies had previously looted for their own personal gain.

More looolooo please!

Lol.
Sep 04th, 2018 - 01:37 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
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@chronic

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-09-04/politics-cost-brazil-its-national-museum
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