Pará: Amazonian Communities Occupy The Belo Monte Dam Site To Free The Xingu River
Pará: Amazonian Communities Occupy The Belo Monte Dam Site To Free The Xingu River On the Eve of the Rio+20 UN Conference, Community Resistance Calls Attention to Brazilian Government's Unsustainable Energy Policy While the Brazilian Government prepares to host the Rio+20 United Nations Earth Summit, 3,000 kilometers north in the country's Amazon region indigenous peoples, farmers, fisherfolk, activists and local residents affected by the construction of the massive Belo Monte...For the rest of the article, as well as maps, images, related items, and videos, please visit Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources.