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Articles Highlight the Close of the Encounter

Amazon Indians lead battle against power giant's plan to flood rainforest by Patrick Cunningham, The Independent(UK), May 23, 2008 Indians...
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Real News Online: Tensions Run High at Amazon Dam Protest

The Real News interviews Glenn Switkes and Amazon Indigenous Indian protesters who say the social and environmental costs of the...
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In Defense of the Xingu

The attack on the Eletrobrás official set off a series of recriminations, aimed at discrediting the movement. But, the Kayapó...
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Encounter in its Final Day

Yesterday, Amazon Indians and other Encounter attendants took part in dialogues focused on indigenous participation in infrastructure planning and also...
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Inga 3 Hydro

BHP Billiton, the world’s largest mining corporation, wants to build a $5 billion aluminum smelter at the Democratic Republic of...
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Inga 1 and Inga 2 Dams

Inga 1 (351 MW) and Inga 2 (1,424 MW) were commissioned in 1972 and 1982, respectively, as part of a...
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Pimping Inga

Exploiting the Inga Rapids could make a lot of money and electricity, but there's a snowball's chance that the people...
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Final Declaration of the Indigenous Peoples Participating in the Xingu Forever Alive Encounter, May 19-23, 2008

We, peoples of the Xingu River, do not want to hear any more about this story of dams on the...
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NPR Living on Earth: “Damming the Developing World”

Listen to Patrick McCully on the award winning NPR show “Living on Earth“, as he discusses the failed carbon offset...
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International Relations Center: Damming Patagonia's Rivers: A Dirty Energy Business

Originally published by Americas Program, Center for International Policy  The Pascua River, in Chilean Patagonia, has many qualities that have...