Brazil:‘Nobody has consulted us about dams’ say Indians 22 May 2008Brazilian Indians holding a mass rally this week in the Amazon town of Altamira say they have not been consulted about a series of huge dams that the Brazilian government wants to build on the Xingu River.
Brazil:Amazon Indians hold mass rally to oppose dams 13 May 2008The largest indigenous gathering in the Brazilian Amazon in nearly twenty years will take place from May 19 to 23 in the town of Altamira, Pará, to protest against a series of huge hydroelectric dams.