Historic Indigenous Summit Calls For Halting Brazil's Belo Monte Dam

Historic Indigenous Summit Calls For Halting Brazil's Belo Monte Dam   Hundreds Converge on the Xingu River in Altamira to Highlight Threats from Mega-infrastructure Projects in the Amazon   Hundreds of indigenous leaders from throughout the Brazilian Amazon Basin joined local riverbank dwellers and dam-affected people this week for the historic Terra Livre Regional Encampment. Bearing the message "Defend the Xingu: Stop Belo Monte," participants occupied the riverside port of Altamira, Pará...

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