Construction site of the Belo Monte Dam project, near Altamira. The Belo Monte Dam will be the third largest in the world, submerging 400,000 hectares and displacing 20,000 people. Belo Monte is a controversial hydropower plant that is being built in the Xingu River, one of the largest rivers in the Amazon basin. For 20 years indigenous groups, rural communitties and environmentalists have fought against the construction. President Dilma authorized the building after a highly controversial and disrespectful licensing process.04/10/2012
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