Pará: Protestors Paralyze Belo Monte Dam Construction Works

Pará: Protestors Paralyze Belo Monte Dam Construction Works   New Construction Prompts Radical Intervention in Brazilian Amazon   Major construction on the Belo Monte Dam commenced on the Xingu River in a series of developments that took place during Brazil's New Year holidays, signaling a new phase in the Brazilian government's intentions to sidestep environmental legislation and human rights conventions to build the world's third largest hydroelectric dam in the heart of the...

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