Brazilian environmentalists went down to the bed of the Iguazu River, in the Falls, to rescue the coins that tourists throw into the water when asking for their wishes. The intervention was carried out on Monday, coinciding with World Environment Day and ended with the extraction of almost 159 kilos of coins from almost 40 countries.
The group took advantage of a sharp drop in the level of the river – a product of the closure of floodgates in the dams located upstream. In addition to the thousands of coins, cell phones, charms, chains, necklaces and rings, among other objects, were found.