http://www.estado.com.br/ | Sao Paulo -Government celebrate expected fall in the rate of devastation by 13%Brasilia - The deforestation of Amazonia affected an area of 18,226 squarekilometres between August 1999 and August 2000, which represents an increaseof 5% in relation to the previous year.
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Brazil Searches for More Energy
New York Times | Altamira, Brazil - Nearly 2,000 miles to the south, in the huge cities ofRio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, electricity is being rationed and blackoutsare a greater threat.
Coordinator of Movement against Xingu Dams is Murdered
Forum of the Eastern Amazon Brazil | Early this morning around 2:30 AM, one of the coordinators of the Movement for the Development of the Transamazon and the Xingu* was assassinated. Ademir Alfeu Federicci, known as "Dema", was shot in the head following a struggle with an armed man who entered his house in Altamira.
New Pipelines Threaten Intact Amazon Rainforests in Brazil
The dark side of President Cardoso’s “Advance Brazil" plan: Carving energy grids in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon
In the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, over 400 miles (700 km) upriver from Manaus, two new pipelines are planned to expand oil and gas production from the Urucu and Jurua gas fields.
A Reserva de Gás e Gasodutos de Urucu Ameaça Áreas Intactas da Floresta Amazônica Brasileira O Lado Negro do Avança Brasil de FHC é Cravar uma Rede de Energia no Coração da Amazônia Brasileira
Resumo do ProjetoNo coração da Amazônia brasileira,a 700 km acima de Manaus,planeja-se a construção de dois novos gasodutos para a expansão da produção de gás e óleo das reservas de Urucu e Jurua.Um dos mais arriscados e menos divulgados esquemas do plano Avança Brasil, este empreendimento está entre os vint
Amazon Watch is building on more than 25 years of radical and effective solidarity with Indigenous peoples across the Amazon Basin.
Report from the Organizers of "Brazil, The Other 500" Indigenous March: BRAZIL: MILITARY POLICE VIOLENTLY REPRESS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DEMONSTRATION Video Documentation of Police Brutality Available
Porto Seguro, Brazil (April 22, 2000) – - Today the Indigenous, Black and Workers Movement united as "Brazil, The Other 500" experienced moments of terror.
POLÍCIA MILITAR REPRIME MANIFESTAÇÃO DOS POVOS INDÍGENAS COM VIOLÊNCIA
Os povos indígenas e o movimento popular do Movimento de Resistência Indígena, Negra e Popular "Brasil Outros 500" viveram hoje momentos de terror.
Thousands Participate in Indigenous March in Brazil in Protest of Official 500 Year Celebrations
April 22, 2000 marks the 500 year anniversary of the "discovery" of Brazil. To counter national celebrations, and to protest 500 years of violence against them, indigenous movements in Brazil are taking part in a historic March, culminating in a rally tomorrow.
Indians Protest Brazil Anniversary
Brasilia, Brazil (AP) - Hundreds of Indians marching in the capitalThursday destroyed a monument commemorating the500th anniversary of the discovery of Brazil by Portuguese explorers.Armed with bows and arrows, and wearing traditional war paint, some 400Indians paraded down the main avenues of the
Bought and Paid for Gore's Oily Family Friends, Bush's Profitable Harvard Connections and Other Stories You're Not Likely to Read about
Salon.com | Vice President Al Gore delivered a scathing speech back on Oct.
El gasoducto entre Bolivia y Brasil: Àun proyecto de desarrollo "estrella"?
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The Bolivia-Brazil Pipeline: "Model" Development Project?
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Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, Yanomami Indigenous Leader from Brazil
TO ALL WHO WISH TO HEAR METhe biggest problem for the Yanomami Indians now are the garimpeiro (goldminers) who are in our land, and the illnesses they bring with them. The government's National Health Foundation say that 1300 Yanomami had got malaria up until May this year.
