Independent: As water reserves in Brazils most populous city, So Paulo, ran perilously low last year, there were jokes about needing a rain dance.
This year is different. Last week, the countrys politicians called upon divine intervention to end a historic shortage. God is Brazilian, said Eduardo Braga, mines and energy minister. He will make it rain. Even those within So Paulos water company Sabesp are hoping for a miracle to prevent the reservoirs from drying up completely within five months, after...