Belo 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, 2012Topic
Pará
Vale Leads Brazil’s Mining Industry
Ever since Brazil’s days as a Portuguese colony, the country’s economy has always had a close relationship with mining. Mining...
January 31, 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
Police Arrest Suspects of Activist Murders: Daily
Brazilian police arrested two brothers and accused them of killing Amazon activists José Claudio Ribeiro da Silva and Maria do...
September 18, 2011
Amazon MST Leader Killed in Pará, Brazil
A leading figure in Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (MST), was assassinated last Thursday evening in the Northern state of Pará.
August 30, 2011
Killing of Amazon Activists Sparks Protection
Amazonian environmentalists who receive death threats will be protected by the government, prompted by the recent spate of assassinations of...
May 31, 2011
Controversial Belo Monte Dam Approved for Amazon
By Mira Olson, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - The IBAMA (Brazilian Environmental Agency) issued a provisional license on February...
February 9, 2010
Banda Calypso gets Respect
By Maíra Amorim, Contributing Reporter [caption id="attachment_8653" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Joelma Mendes and Chimbinha, from Calypso, photo by Fundição Progresso."][/caption] RIO...
August 18, 2009