Amazon Indians lead battle against power giant's plan to flood rainforest

i wonder if unesco can declare certain tribes and their land as "heritage" as well.

I'm glad that the Amazon Indians weren't settling without a fight.

nice try http://current.com/items/88998028_science_of_sarcasm_not_that_you_care not sure what you were trying to accomplish by insulting me.

Don't the indigenous people's of the world know that the power giant's own the planet? They best move into a condo and start consuming garbage like the rest of us. Mother Nature Bad ... Corporate Profits Good.. pffft

get this on TV.

Hey Welcome back ILOAC! I hope you had a great time with your relatives!

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My Kudos for you on this comment Stephen!

Keith, Corp without responsibility is a very dangerous entity. The Tribes will not profit from this. They; (The Government and Corporations); will basically steal their land and resources and kick them out somewhere in the Amazon so they can in the near future fall prey of other robbers and invaders. We need to bring this to everyone's attention. By the way, the Amazon it is on the endanger list of extinction.

"For the 10,000 tribal indians of the Xingu, whose lives have changed little since the arrival of Europeans five centuries ago, this will be a devastating blow."

They are the holy, the sustainable. They should not have to move an inch. The plans for this hydroelectric dam should never have been drawn up neglecting the existence of these tribes who are perfectly entitled to be there. It is more their home than anyone's. Their rights should come first before ANYTHING else.

great story...you'd think more people would be up in arms, and the government would be more supportive of the peoples plight - HELLOO, the Amazon in its natural state is NEEDED to help our planet survive!

this made me feel sick.
not much else to say.
i would give everything i had if i knew it would help the indians in their struggle.

I cannot believed that 36% to this point voted this down. These people probably voted based on personal feelings of likes and dislikes. Many stories might be not good per se for what is happening in the story but you should vote it up so the news gets on TV, Get it?

I think there are too many kids playing with dad's and mommy's computer out there! "Oh no! It is too bad for the Indians and I do not like that so I am going to vote it negative. Huggh! Get a clue!

vote this up if you like hearing about the story. I hope big power companies realize the impact they are causing. If you want people to see this then greenlight it.

One has to wonder why the destruction of the environment and uprooting an entire group of people isn't enough of a deterrence for the government. What do they stand to gain besides sustainable energy solution?

Awesome to hear this. Hopefully they don't get shot like animals because the Brazilian government is savage.

They need a lawyer that would work for humanity and not for money.

How can I send them money?

I am so un-optimistic about it, i don't give long before corporate win, as usual, that battle

Very sad and more then that, amazon is the best Co2 eater so far!

This is loosing on all sides, for short big profit.

Thank you lecoke for bringing this story to Current. I've read of the struggles of indigenous people in Brazil versus the Brazilian government and big business in publications such as National Geographic. We all live in a time when what one country does effects the world in whole, especially projects as huge as the one in the article and effecting global life-giving elements as the rainforest and the Amazon river system.