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23 Jun '12, 10pm

Breaking news: Amazonian Indigenous Peoples Occupy Belo Monte Dam Site #StopBeloMonte

Indigenous peoples affected by the controversial Belo Monte dam complex now under construction along the Xingu River in the Brazilian Amazon have occupied a coffer dam that cuts across channels of the river since last Thursday June 21. Warriors from the Xikrin and Juruna indigenous groups arrived from the Bacajá River and Big Bend of the Xingu River in order to occupy one of Belo Monte's main dams and work camps, expressing dissatisfaction with the blatant disregard of their rights and the dam building consortium's non-compliance with socio-environmental mitigation measures. The groups independently organized the action and are demanding the presence of the Norte Energia (NESA) dam-building consortium and the Brazilian government.

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