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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 02:59 AM
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Brazil awards rights to develop Belo Monte dam
A consortium of nine companies has won the right to build a hydroelectric dam on a tributary of the Amazon in Brazil.

Brazil's electricity regulator said the Norte Energia consortium would build the Belo Monte dam, to which indigenous groups and environmentalists object.

It is led by the state-owned Companhia Hidro Eletrica do Sao Francisco.

Officials say the dam on the Xingu River is crucial for development, but critics argue thousands of people will be displaced and an ecosystem damaged.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8633786.stm


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Meshuga Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 06:33 AM
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1. I like the protest signs I saw...
...that said, "Belo Monte de Merda" which translates to "Beautiful Pile of Shit".
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 07:13 AM
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2. Well spotted
You made my day. :)

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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-21-10 08:36 AM
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3. Good one! n/t
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