Glenn Switkes

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Belo Monte Licensing Quagmire Continues

The Belo Monte licensing battle continued to intensify as two top officials in the environmental protection service Ibama were canned...
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Independent Review Highlights the True Costs of Belo Monte Dam

  The true costs of the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Project, planned for the Xingu River in the Brazilian Amazon, have...
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Belo Monte: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?

In a portentous voice, Brazil's Energy Minister, Edison Lobão, last week attacked "the demoniac forces that are pulling Brazil down"...
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Resumo Executivo: Painel de Especialistas Examina Viabilidade de Belo Monte

Resumo Executivo do relatório do Painel de Especialistas sobre Belo Monte
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Public Hearings on Belo Monte Dam - Democracy or Hypocrisy?

Reports are coming in from journalists, activists, and public attorneys who participated in the public hearings on Belo Monte, organized...
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Dam Slaves

During Brazil's military dictatorship, critics of the regime referred to its "pharaonic" projects, including huge dams built as monuments to...
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Real Cost of Belo Monte Dam Begins to Emerge

Brazil's energy minister calls it the country's "crown jewel" – more than 11,000 MW of cheap energy, costing only US$...
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Brazil's Senator from Alcoa Hangs by a Sliver

José Sarney rose to power in his home state of Maranhão during Brazil's military dictatorship. He ascended to the presidency...
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Lula Contemplates his Navel

As Obama has said, "Lula's the man." So, all ears tuned in on Lula the other day in Londrina, Paraná...
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MAB Leaders in Pará are Freed

Four leaders of the Dam-Affected Peoples' Movement will be freed this week from a high-security prison in Belém where they...