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Brazil prosecutors call for halt to Amazon dam evictions
Source: BBC
Brazil prosecutors call for halt to Amazon dam evictions
1 hour ago Latin America & Caribbean
Federal prosecutors in Brazil have called for the authorities to stop the eviction of at least 2,000 families living in an area of the Amazon jungle where a huge dam is being built.
The prosecutor's office says the consortium building the Belo Monte dam has broken numerous agreements on the relocation of residents.
Most of the people facing eviction are from indigenous groups.
Belo Monte will be the world's third largest hydro-electric dam.
The Brazilian prosecutor's office has produced a preliminary report that "recommends urgent intervention in the process to halt the demolitions and the violation of rights of the population evicted".
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1 hour ago Latin America & Caribbean
Federal prosecutors in Brazil have called for the authorities to stop the eviction of at least 2,000 families living in an area of the Amazon jungle where a huge dam is being built.
The prosecutor's office says the consortium building the Belo Monte dam has broken numerous agreements on the relocation of residents.
Most of the people facing eviction are from indigenous groups.
Belo Monte will be the world's third largest hydro-electric dam.
The Brazilian prosecutor's office has produced a preliminary report that "recommends urgent intervention in the process to halt the demolitions and the violation of rights of the population evicted".
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-33159384
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now they intend to submerge vast areas of rapidly disappearing, irreplaceable forest for dams.
It is good news to hear they have blocked the eviction of people from their ancestral homes, even if just a while. Where are the Supermen, women, heroes to stop these born villains? The people of the world need intervention NOW.
Thanks for the good news. Hoping there will be more to come.
Adding photo of one of the wonderful capybaras, like the one in your BBC article, visiting his little friend.
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