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Farmer Ulysses Flor stands near the skulls of cows that died due to drought near Forest
Farmer Ulysses Flor, 85, stands near the skulls of some of his nearly 50 cows that died due to the prolonged drought near the city of Forest, Pernambuco state, January 29, 2014. In 2006, then President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva, pushed through an idea that long-suffering residents of the region had been hearing about for more than a century. By 2010, Lula de Silva said, water would be pumped over hills and into a 477 kilometer-long network of canals, aqueducts and reservoirs to quench thirsty cities and farms in four states. Eight years later, and near the end of a first term for Lula's hand-picked successor as president, Dilma Rousseff, the project is only half built. Picture taken January 29, 2014. To match Feature BRAZIL-DROUGHT/CANAL REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: POLITICS ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE BUSINESS)
Farmer Ulysses Flor holds the skull of one of his nearly 50 cows that died near Forest
Farmer Ulysses Flor, 85, holds the skull of one of his nearly 50 cows that died due to the prolonged drought near the city of Forest, Pernambuco state, January 29, 2014. In 2006, then President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva, pushed through an idea that long-suffering residents of the region had been hearing about for more than a century. By 2010, Lula de Silva said, water would be pumped over hills and into a 477 kilometer-long network of canals, aqueducts and reservoirs to quench thirsty cities and farms in four states. Eight years later, and near the end of a first term for Lula's hand-picked successor as president, Dilma Rousseff, the project is only half built. Picture taken January 29, 2014. To match Feature BRAZIL-DROUGHT/CANAL REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: POLITICS ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE BUSINESS)
The carcasses of dead cows lie on the ground near Forest
The carcasses of dead cows, victims of the prolonged drought, lie on the ground near the city of Forest, Pernambuco state, January 29, 2014. In 2006, then President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva, pushed through an idea that long-suffering residents of the region had been hearing about for more than a century. By 2010, Lula de Silva said, water would be pumped over hills and into a 477 kilometer-long network of canals, aqueducts and reservoirs to quench thirsty cities and farms in four states. Eight years later, and near the end of a first term for Lula's hand-picked successor as president, Dilma Rousseff, the project is only half built. Picture taken January 29, 2014. To match Feature BRAZIL-DROUGHT/CANAL REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: POLITICS ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE BUSINESS)