Brazilian Officials to Verify Indigenous Land Invasions in Amazon
Brazilian minister, General Santos Cruz, and Funai President, Franklimberg de Freitas, will visit region of the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant...
March 11, 2019Topic
Belo Monte
Belo Monte Dam Operator in Brazil Ordered to Pay Damages
Norte Energia has been ordered to pay R$15 million for moral damages caused to the population who lives in the...
June 10, 2016
Brazil Indians Occupy Belo Monte Dam Site
As indigenous groups on Tuesday began their sixth day of occupying the Belo Monte dam, the government accused Indian leaders...
May 7, 2013
Belo Monte Dam: the Erroneous Mining Concessions, Stupid
Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian government and its people were duped into thinking that...
September 18, 2012
Belo Monte Dam Work Resumes: Daily
The Supreme Court on Monday declared that work could resume on the controversial Belo Monte dam, overturning a lower court’s...
August 30, 2012
Brazil Court Orders Halt on Belo Monte Dam
A federal appeals court has ordered construction to stop on the controversial Belo Monte dam, citing insufficient consultation with indigenous...
August 21, 2012Belo Monte Protests as Rio+20 Starts: Daily
Around 300 native Indians staged an audacious protest in Altamira, Pará, yesterday, against the building of the Belo Monte hydroelectric...
June 16, 2012
Opportunities for Brazil at Rio+20
The UN’s biggest ever event on sustainable development, Rio+20, is set to bring together global leaders in Brazil to agree...
May 15, 2012
Protest at Belo Monte Dam Site in Brazil
Activists, indigenous leaders, fishermen and local residents, gathered to stage a peaceful protest at the site of the Belo Monte...
November 1, 2011