Amazonia.org.br | Indigenous leaders from more than 15 ethnic groups living in the Xingu River Basin (PA) promise to protest the Belo Monte dam on the 5th of April. According to the São Paulo newspaper O Estado, indigenous groups are worried about the rapidly approaching date of the auction due to take place on April 20th.
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Government License for Belo Monte Dam Provokes International Outcry
Letter to President Lula Demands Cancellation of Massive Hydroelectric Project
Today, a coalition of 140 international organizations sent a letter to Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to demand that he immediately halt plans to build Belo Monte Dam on the Amazon's Xingu River due to its immense social and environmental impacts, and instead consider alternatives.
President of Brazilian Social and Economic Development Bank (BNDES) disregards resistance to Belo Monte dam and grants its financing
Rede Brazil | Despite vehement opposition against the construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam on the Xingu River from indigenous communities and local social movements; despite numerous warnings from scientists about the severe environmental impacts the dam will bring to the region; despite specialists from the Brazilian Environme
International outcry as Brazilian government grants license for construction of dam on Xingu River
MediaGlobal | On 1 February, the Brazilian government announced it had given the go-ahead for the construction of a new dam on the Xingu River in the northern state of Pará.
Brazilian Government Shoves Belo Monte Down Our Throats Ahead of Campaign Season
Brazil's Xingu River, its indigenous and traditional inhabitants, and the immense stretches of intact Amazon rainforest that it traverses, are under threat.
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
From the Xingu Alive Forever Movement: a letter of denouncement and indignation against the approval of the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Dam's provisional license.
This letter was issued by the civil society organization Xingu Alive Forever Movement (Movimento Xingu Vivo Para Sempre) strongly denouncing the approval of the provisional license for the Belo Monte mega-dam on the Xingu River.
Fury as giant Belo Monte Amazon rainforest dam is approved by Brazil
Times Online UK | Brazil has approved the controversial construction of a giant hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon, defying a 20-year protest by indigenous and environmental campaigners who say that the project will devastate the surrounding rainforest and threaten the survival of local tribes.The Belo Monte project on the Xin
Destructive Belo Monte Dam Gets Green Light in Brazil
BBC | This interview with Amazon Watch Brazil Program Coordinator Christian Poirier was aired on the BBC 5 radio program Up All Night with Rod Sharpe.
Global Concern Mounts Over Brazilian Government's Licensing of the Destructive Belo Monte Dam
The World's Third Largest Dam Is Expected to Devastate Vast Area of Amazon Rainforest
Brasilia, Brazil – A coalition of environmentalists, indigenous people, and social movements in Brazil condemned the news that an environmental license was issued yesterday by the Brazilian environmental agency (IBAMA) for the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Dam.
BNDES Called to Account for Projects
Recharge Magazine | Latin American communities and organisations want Brazil's national development bank, BNDES, to stop sponsoring 'destructive' renewables projects.Plataforma BNDES, a coalition of nearly 30 representatives from Brazilian social movements and non-governmental organisations, is pressing the bank to operate tr
Battle for the Xingu
Iara Lee / Cultures of Resistance | Imagine if Hurricane Katrina was not a hurricane at all, but an event sponsored by the federal government, in collaboration with several multinational corporations. If your imagination fails you, then perhaps you'll get a clearer picture by learning about the people of the Xingu River.
