Brazil Supreme Court rejects Brumadinho victims appeal
Vale’s tailings dam failure on Jan. 25, 2019, killed 270. (
The People Affected by Dams Association (MAB) and the Popular Sovereignty in Mining (MAM), along with left political parties PT and PSOL argued that the settlement was signed without the participation of the victims and that 20,000 people who were impacted by the disaster were excluded from the deal.
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In his decision, STF minister Marco Aurelio Mello ruled that the entities should have appealed to a lower court, and did not present arguments that would require direct action by the Supreme Court.