Indigenous Brazilians at a meeting to demand consultation on the Belo Monte dam that would affect their communities (Photo courtesy Amazon Watch) BRASILIA, Brazil, August 16, 2012 (ENS) – A halt to ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Response of the Arara People to the Norte Energia letter. Letter from the Arara People to the World We the Arara Indigenous People of the Iriri ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — The Belo Monte hydropower plant in the Brazilian Amazon, one of the world’s largest, was designed to channel water from the Xingu River in a way that would avoid the need for large ...

BRASILIA, Brazil, April 20, 2010 (ENS) – Today’s bidding for electricity generated by Brazil’s planned Belo Monte Dam in the Amazon rainforest has been marked by protests and legal confusion. A court ...

The Xingu River is revered as the “house of God” by the Indigenous people living along its Volte Grande, or Big Bend, in the Brazilian Amazon. The river is essential to their culture and religion, and ...

A June 17th judicial decision suspends the permission granted on February 8th by Brazil’s environmental agency to allow even more water to be diverted from the Xingu River. Even without the additional ...

Belo Monte Scars Upon Mother Earth.. For nearly 30 years, Chief Raoni has fought tirelessly to stop The Belo Monte Dam being built in his beloved Amazon Rainforest. Tragically, this is now starting to ...

Belo Monte Scars Upon Mother Earth.. For nearly 30 years, Chief Raoni has fought tirelessly to stop The Belo Monte Dam being built in his beloved Amazon Rainforest. Tragically, this is now starting to ...

The Xingu River is revered as the “house of God” by the Indigenous people living along its Volte Grande, or Big Bend, in the Brazilian Amazon. The river is essential to their culture and religion, and ...

The Belo Monte Dam (formerly known as Kararaô) is a proposed hydroelectric dam complex on the Xingu River in the state of Pará, Brazil. The planned installed capacity of the dam complex would be ...