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Brazil’s mega-project building spree draws protests from Amazon
By Alan Clendennning
Along the Xingu River, Brazil (AP) Indians fish from canoes along the curves of this Amazon tributary and tend manioc crops near the site of a proposed dam talked about for decades – but now pushing forward under Brazil’s multi-billion-dollar construction spree. The Belo Monte dam will swallow thick rain forest and harm rare fish, as well as the livelihoods and homes of roughly 15,000 people who live in this remote area of northeastern Para state, critics say. |
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