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- Title: From Ecological Catastrophe to Constitutional Crisis: The Long Struggle over the Xingu Dams Comes to a Climax at Belo Monte (Scrambling for What's Left)
- Author : Synthesis/Regeneration
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Science & Nature,Books,Politics & Current Events,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 72 KB
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Once again, the indigenous peoples of the Xingu valley in the Brazilian Amazon are planning to make the long journey to the town of Altamira, where the Trans-Amazonica highway crosses the Xingu. Their ultimate destination will be the island of Pimental a short distance downriver from the town, where the Brazilian government plans to build a huge hydroelectric dam they call Belo Monte after the nearest Brazilian village. The Indians' bold plan is to prevent the construction of the dam by building a new village directly on top of the proposed dam site and maintaining their occupation until the government abandons its plans for the dam. The planning for the encampment is being led by the Kayapo, the largest and most politically organized of the indigenous nations of the region, but other indigenous groups are also participating. The Kayapo, however, are not waiting for the discussion of the plan for the encampment among the 23 indigenous groups of the Xingu Valley to reach consensus. They have already seized the ferry that carries Brazil Route 80, an important link in the Trans-Amazonica highway system, across the Xingu River at the Kayapo village of Piaracu. The ferry and the river crossing are now under guard by armed Kayapo warriors, who have announced that they will continue their blockade until the government negotiates with them about their plans for the Belo Monte dam.
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