In the Brazilian Amazon, the workers began to clear the land with bulldozers. In recent days, The Norte Energy, the company manufacturer of the much-disputed Belo Monte dam, sent his workers on the site to begin construction of the dam's construction and infrastructure in the project .
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| Amazonian Indians request that it stop the construction of the Belo Monte dam. © M. Cowan / Survival |
The work is partly due to a "partial" installation license issued by the Brazilian Environment in January. The permits were were withdrawn for lack of compliance with environmental standards, but last week a new court set aside the suspension.
If built, the Belo Monte dam will become the third largest in the world. Could devastate a large area of \u200b\u200bforest and endanger the fish from which thousands of indigenous people depend for survival.
Hundreds of Indians from different tribes continue to protest. If the jig will be realized, the indigenous peoples involved threaten to transform the Xingu in a "river of blood" and be ready to give off a "war .
Last week, Amazon Indians three - two women and one man - have protested in London outside the offices of the Brazilian development bank BNDES, which is providing most of the funding.
"The dams would cause us harm cultural, social and environmental irreversible," said Sheyla Juruna, Juruna of the tribe, about the Belo Monte and other dams. "By investing in their construction, the BNDES invests in the destruction of the Amazon. Siamo trattati come animali – e ci vediamo violare tutti i nostri diritti.”
Il mese scorso gli Indiani hanno consegnato una petizione firmata da mezzo milione di persone al nuovo presidente del Brasile, Dilma Rousseff, sollecitandola a mettere fine a questo “disastroso” progetto.
Lunedì 14 marzo gli Indiani della regione dello Xingu parteciperanno a una spedizione di pesca collettiva in segno di protesta.
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