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Rogue
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Posted on 09-29-11 01:48 PM Link | Quote
SOURCE


Chief Raoni weeps after hearing that the Belo Monte dam will be built. (Photo courtesy of the Support Chief Raoni Facepook page)

Originally posted by The Washington Post
Brazil approves Belo Monte dam, despite fierce opposition

Chief Raoni of the Kayapo people, who live along the Xingu River in the Para state of Brazil, wept openly this week after hearing that the Brazilian government gave the go ahead to begin building a dam that could displace as many as 40,000 people.

Brazil’s environmental protection agency, which approved the Belo Monte dam, said its construction will create jobs and help the country keep up with its growing energy needs. The dam has been in the works for over three decades. Builders need one last permit to begin work on 11,000-megawatt Belo Monte, which would be the world’s third-largest dam.

The project has been fiercely opposed by environmentalists, the indigenous people and others who live in the the surrounding area and even some celebrities. Environmentalists say the dam will prompt more development, flood 200 square miles of forest and harm the people and animals who live there. Raoni told the BBC in February, “We don't want Belo Monte because it will destroy our rivers, our jungle and our way of life.” More than half a million people signed a petition by nonprofit Amazon Watch to block the dam

British musician Sting, who protested the dam’s construction in 1989, said he stands “in solidarity with the indigenous people who are trying to stop it.”

“All of the reasons I fought against it 20 years ago are still there,” he told the Telegraph. “It will destroy an entire river system and destroy the lives and culture of the people who live there and have lived there for thousands of years,”


So this news is a bit old (it was posted in June, and I'm honestly quite pissed I hadn't heard about this before, mostly with myself for being in the dark), but I only just found it now and I can't help but feel sick.

I'm sure the dam would be very helpful (and really who am I to have any say in this as an American 20-something that probably won't be affected by this?), but I just feel angry.

Thoughts?


EDIT: James Cameron made a video protesting the dam:



(Last edited by Rogue on 09-29-11 01:50 PM)
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Posted on 09-29-11 03:13 PM Link | Quote
I remember the James Cameron video when it came out... but yeah, I didn't know that it got approved. That is just so depressing.
Rogue
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Posted on 09-29-11 06:55 PM Link | Quote
As much as I would like to say I can't believe a government would do this to its people, I'm American. I totally can believe it.




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Posted on 09-29-11 08:36 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Rogue
As much as I would like to say, I can't believe a government would do this to its people, but I'm American. I totally can believe it.




Yeah, I know what you mean. But even then, this is just wrong.
Rogue
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Posted on 09-29-11 09:36 PM Link | Quote
Yeah, I guess it's just shocking that the country would do that in this day and age when all the world's been going on about saving the rainforest and protecting the Amazon for decades.

I'm still just pissed that I only heard about this now.
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Posted on 09-29-11 10:38 PM Link | Quote
I never thought the Crying Indian cliche would come true.
Rogue
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Posted on 09-29-11 11:09 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Astrophel
I never thought the Crying Indian cliche would come true.

It's tragic how appropriate that is.
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