Pará: Indigenous People And Fishermen Occupy Jobsite Of Belo Monte

Pará: Indigenous People And Fishermen Occupy Jobsite Of Belo Monte   Translated from Portuguese, Original Below   Around 600 indigenous people and fishermen bordering the Xingu River basin are camped out peacefully, since the early hours of today, at the jobsite of Belo Monte to require the stoppage of the works of the hydroelectric plant in Altamira, Pará. The trans-Amazonian Highway, at kilometer 50, also was closed. The protest has no time limit to finish.   "Faced with the intransigence...

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