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, 2013Topic
Dams
Brazil Drought May Bring Power Rationing
Brazil may introduce power rationing for the first time since 2002, as heat and a drought in the Northeast have...
January 8, 2013
Brazil 2012: Reviewing the Year in Politics
From municipal elections to the mensalão, from dams to deforestation, for the slowing economy and the booming middle class, 2012...
December 25, 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, 2012Amazonia Dams Divide
By Jaylan Boyle, Senior Reporter [caption id="attachment_15856" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Xangu tribe in the Amazon, photo by E-GIACOMAZZI/Flickr Creative Commons License."][/caption]...
December 15, 2009