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April 21, 2010

Brazil Auctions Off Dam Project, Indigenous Groups Vow Resistance
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Brazil has sold off the rights to build a massive hydroelectric dam in
the Amazon rain forest amidst legal wrangling and heavy protest from
indigenous groups. An auction went ahead Tuesday after a Brazilian court
overturned a lower court’s attempt to delay the bidding in order to
weigh environmental concerns. Opponents say the dam will devastate tens
of thousands of indigenous Amazonian residents and threaten wildlife.
Indigenous activist Antonia Melo said the dam’s approval will lead to
intensified protest.

Antonia Melo: “This is a deadly project, a project which isn’t socially,
environmentally or economically viable. We would like to say that we
will keep resisting, and from now in a much stronger way.”