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Battling for Water in the Amazon
Al Jazeera’s Gabriel Elizondo reports from Altamira, Brazil in this feature on the impacts of the Belo Monte Dam and...
Organizing Commission Regrets Wounding of Eletrobrás Official
Official Press Statement The organizing commission of the Xingu Alive Forever Encounter regrets the incident in which a representative of...
A River No More?
Preparations are heating up for the opening of the Xingu Indigenous Gathering. Buses arrive every hour from distant towns such...
The Xingu Forever Alive
Today, one thousand Brazilian Amazon Indians and their allies begin a five-day protest of proposed hydroelectric dams for the Xingu...
Xingu Encounter - Altamira, Brazil
Kayapó women paint their faces in preparationGlenn Switkes May 19-23, 2008 The Xingu Encounter 2008 was a 5-day gathering of...
The Xingu Alive Forever: When life is cheap
Seeing him waving the "V' for victory sign yesterday, and hearing him thank divine justice for his acquittal on appeal...
Judge Suspends Studies for Amazon Dam: Legality of World's Third Largest Dam Project Questioned
A Brazilian federal court judge issued a restraining order on Wednesday, April 16 suspending technical and economic feasibility and environmental...
World Bank tells Brazil: "fast-track Amazon dams"
There was a time when Brazil´s groundbreaking environmental laws, based upon its constitution (article 225) which guarantees its citizens the...
Amazon Indians Rally to Oppose Xingu Dams in May: Journalists Invited
Press Advisory One Thousand Amazon Indians will Rally to Oppose Xingu Dams: Journalists invited to Mass Gathering of Indigenous People...
Queen Bob, Approximately
News item: "The legendary American musician Bob Dylan went bicycle riding disguised as a woman at Punta del Este, Uruguay,...