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Drought in Brazil hits hydropower and energy rationing is increasingly likely
With less than 40 days remaining before the country takes center stage as host of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Brazilian hydropower power operators are facing a severe drought that makes energy rationing an increasing likelihood. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesWill the last person to leave Brazil please put the lights out.
May 06th, 2014 - 08:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0The Brazilian government is constructing the Belo Monte mega-dam on the Xingu River in the Amazon.
May 06th, 2014 - 11:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0If it was ready NOW, for the World Cup and Olympics - and every dry season - this annual shortage would not be a problem; as long as the rest of the rainforest is protected.
Only 40 days to go! Can they keep the lights on? Nerve wracking stuff!
May 06th, 2014 - 12:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Brazilian preparations for the World Cup is like watching a (very) slow motion multiple car crash.
*pulls up chair, sits down, opens cold beer*
WINDMILLS!
May 06th, 2014 - 07:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Ha, ha, ha.
NFC!
Odebrecht, the general contractor of the Itaipú Dam and other similar projects, had an interesting visit yesterday.
May 09th, 2014 - 06:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0.http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2163265&CategoryId=14090
Big business was always going to come in the firing-line for the disaffected and politicised - people who feel that the WC and Olympics give them the best sounding-board through which to make their voices heard.
May 09th, 2014 - 11:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0Who better than Odebrecht?
Sometimes though it's not the contractor that's the problem - Salvador is now 20 years on with still no Metro. Masses of funding has filled the pockets of Wagner and his political friends. If it's the politicians who 'fund' the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra, etc, it tends to keep them away from YOUR door. That's why Odebrecht's HQ gets the paint-treatment.
Actually, it is reciprocal. Odebrecht is tied in with the PT and President Dilma quite well. The company has been rewarded with some of the best projects in Brasil.
May 09th, 2014 - 05:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Many use the Odebrecht private jet at no expense for flying around the country.
I like that jet but I find that the toilets are a bit cramped. I've told them I'll use my own one in the future.
May 10th, 2014 - 12:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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