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 ...

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 ...

“The company wants to weaken us, undermine our strength and impoverish our fight, it wants to kill us slowly, leave us starving like it does with the Xingu River and the fish that inhabit the waters ...

BRASILIA, Jan 27 (Reuters) - A Brazilian federal court has revoked a lower court's injunction that had suspended the operating license for the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, one of the world's largest, ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAO PAULO, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The consortium that owns the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant in the Amazon is asking Brazil's government to reconsider an order to increase water outflow from its massive ...

Brazil's environmental agency has ordered the operators of the Belo Monte hydro dam to increase the outflow into the Xingu River this month due to environmental and local community concerns, a ...

Belo Monte will be the world´s third-largest hydroelectric project and will displace up to 20,000 people while diverting the Xingu River and flooding as much as 230 square miles of rainforest. The ...

A Brazilian judge has blocked plans to build a huge hydro-electric dam in the Amazon rainforest because of environmental concerns. Federal judge Ronaldo Desterro said environmental requirements to ...

Proud, Wonderful People! Soon, there will be 60 Dams in their Amazon Rainforest home, including the third largest in the World, Belo Monte, ....unless WE stop this from happening! PLEASE, BECOME ...