ALTAMIRA, BRAZIL (AFP) – Holding a dead fish, Junior Pereira looks grimly at a puddle that used to be part of Brazil’s Xingu river, a mighty Amazon tributary that has been desiccated here by the massive Belo Monte hydroelectric dam. Pereira, a member of the Pupekuri Indigenous group, chokes up talking about the impact of […]
Locals say Belo Monte, the world’s fourth-biggest hydroelectric complex, is killing one of the most biodiverse regions on earth and forcing them to abandon their way of life.
Holding a dead fish, Junior Pereira looks grimly at a puddle that used to be part of Brazil's Xingu river, a mighty Amazon tributary that has been desiccated
Holding a dead fish, Junior Pereira looks grimly at a puddle that used to be part of Brazil's Xingu river, a mighty Amazon tributary that has been desiccated here by the massive Belo Monte hydroelectric…