Brazil: After All There is a Place for Belo Monte Dam

Posted 2 June 2011 20:29 GMT

Countries	Brazil
Topics	Environment, Indigenous, Politics
Languages	Portuguese

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Despite the disastrous social and environmental impact in the Amazon, the brazilian government has allowed for the construction of Belo Monte dam. Netizens are raising awareness by sharing a photo of the indigenous leader Raoni, but the association of the image with the recent news is false, as Candido Cunha explains [pt].

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