Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A boat goes down a tributary of the Tucunduba River in Belem, Brazil, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Paulo Santos ...

But they are actually micro-dams, barraginhas in Portuguese, which have spread in Brazil as a successful way to store water and prevent soil erosion in rural areas. The creator of the project ...

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — For the last few years ... Associated Press journalists experienced foul-smelling water and saw refrigerators floating amid islands of trash that herons would land on.