Brazil's Attorney General Jorge Messias, left, leans over to speak with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at a signing ceremony of a compensation agreement for damages caused by the 2015 collapse of the Mariana dam owned by the mining company Samarco, a joint venture of Vale and BHP, at the Planalto Presidential Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. Pictured center is Vice President Geraldo Alckmin. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)