Tag: Xingu

• Tuesday, July 31st 2012 - 01:25 UTC

  Brazil: Violent land disputes between tribes and ranchers on the rise

  

  Violent disputes over indigenous land are on the rise in Brazil, sparking heightened militancy by natives angered by broken promises of compensation and slower government registrations.

• Thursday, January 5th 2012 - 05:33 UTC

  In a decade Brazil must increase power generating capacity by 56%

  

  Brazil must expand electricity production over the next decade by an amount equivalent to the power generated by three Itaipú hydroelectric dams, according to a study released Wednesday by the state-run Energy Research Corporation, EPE.

• Tuesday, October 25th 2011 - 04:06 UTC

  Brazil ignores OAS meeting due to dispute over hydroelectric dam

  

  Brazil will not take part in the annual meeting of the Organization of American States in Washington on Wednesday due to a dispute over a giant hydroelectric plant, said opponents of the scheme.

• Thursday, September 29th 2011 - 06:09 UTC

  Brazilian judge orders halt to construction of third largest dam in the world

  

  A judge in Brazil has ordered a halt to construction of a multi-billion-dollar dam project in the Amazon region. Judge Carlos Castro Martins barred any work that would interfere with the natural flow of the Xingu river.

• Thursday, June 2nd 2011 - 04:15 UTC

  Brazil gives definitive approval to world’s third largest hydroelectric dam project

  

  Brazil's environment agency gave its definitive approval Wednesday for construction of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, a controversial 17 billion US dollars project in the Amazon that has drawn criticism from native Indians and conservationists.

• Saturday, April 30th 2011 - 22:34 UTC

  Brazil furious with Human Rights Commission decision cuts all relations

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff decided to cut all relations with the Inter American Human Rights Court following on the CIDH decision to request that the construction of a huge dam in the Amazon be suspended, following an appeal from indigenous groups.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2011 - 23:29 UTC

  Monte Grande dam project in the Amazon steams full ahead

  

  Work on the Belo Monte giant hydroelectric dam complex in the Amazon, which has generated much controversy in Brazil because of its environmental impacts, officially began Monday, (in spite of Carnival celebrations) according to the Norte Energia consortium.

• Friday, March 4th 2011 - 06:04 UTC

  Green light for the construction of the world’s third largest dam in Brazil

  

  A Brazilian court on Thursday lifted an order that suspended construction of the massive but controversial Belo Monte hydroelectric plant in the Amazon rain forest, a project expected to face barrage of lawsuits by environmental critics.

• Saturday, February 26th 2011 - 06:02 UTC

  Brazilian judge blocks plans to build world’s third largest dam in the Amazon

  

  A Brazilian judge has blocked plans to build a huge hydro-electric dam in the Amazon rainforest because of environmental concerns. Federal judge Ronaldo Desterro said environmental requirements to build the Belo Monte dam had not been met.

• Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 21:16 UTC

  Work Gets Underway on Amazonian Hydro Project

  

  Building will now begin on what will be the world's third-largest hydroelectric dam after Ibama, Brazil's environment agency, gave the go-ahead for the controversial $17 billion (£10.6 billion) project.