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Rio Grande
1[ ree-oh grand, gran-dee, grahn-dey Portuguese ree-oo grahn-di ]
noun
- Mexican Rio Bravo. a river flowing from SW Colorado through central New Mexico and along the boundary between Texas and Mexico into the Gulf of Mexico. 1,800 miles (2,900 km) long.
- a river flowing W from SE Brazil into the Paraná River. 650 miles (1,050 km) long.
- Also called Rio Grande do Sul. São Pedro do Río Grande do Sul.
Río Grande
2[ ree-oh grahn-dey, -dee; Spanish ree-aw grahn-de ]
noun
- a city in NE Puerto Rico.
- a river in central Nicaragua, flowing NE to the Caribbean Sea. About 200 miles (320 km) long.
Rio Grande
noun
- ˈriːəʊ ˈɡrændˈɡrændɪ a river in North America, rising in SW Colorado and flowing southeast to the Gulf of Mexico, forming the border between the US and Mexico. Length: about 3030 km (1885 miles) Mexican nameRío Bravo
- ˈriu ˈɡrəndi a port in SE Brazil, in SE Rio Grande do Sul state: serves as the port for Porto Alegre. Pop: 188 000 (2005 est)
Rio Grande
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Between April and June 2024, record-breaking rainfall in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, led to the worst flood in the area's history.
At the heart of the dispute is a treaty that requires the two nations to divide the flows from three rivers — the Rio Grande, the Colorado and the Tijuana — across their shared 2,000-mile border.
Planning to apply for asylum, the family made their way up through Central America and Mexico before wading across the Rio Grande and arriving at the U.S. border in 2022.
Like other Trump supporters in the Rio Grande Valley, Mr Guerrero said - repeatedly - that he "is not against immigration".
Five members of the same family fell ill after eating the cake at a gathering in Torres, in the southern Rio Grande do Sul state, on Monday afternoon.
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