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    The Belo Monte Dam (formerly known as Kararaô) is a hydroelectric dam complex on the northern part of the Xingu River in the state of Pará, Brazil. After...
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    Belo Monte is a municipality located in the western of the Brazilian state of Alagoas. Its population is 6,710 (2020) and its area is 334 km². The municipality...
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    In February 1989, Raoni became one of the fiercest opponents to the Belo Monte Dam project. Television broadcasts transmitted his opinions in Altamira...
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    hundreds of indigenous communities and environmental protection areas. The Belo Monte Dam, the world's fourth largest hydroelectric dam is also located in the...
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  • Monte Belo is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil. List of municipalities in Minas Gerais IBGE 2020 "Divisão...
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    chief of the Kayapó people. She was active in the movement against the Belo Monte Dam project on the Xingu River in the 1980s and constitutional amendment...
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    they need for food and water. The Brazilian government is building the Belo Monte Dam, which will be the world's third-largest hydroelectric dam, on the...
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    her inspiring role leading campaigns to stop the construction of the Belo Monte Dam and other infrastructure projects in the Amazon rainforest. Soros...
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    of hydroelectric dams to be built in the Xingu River area, namely the Belo Monte Dam. These dams were an imminent threat to the Kayapo with the potential...
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  • 2012, it was said in the Brazilian documentary film Belo Monte Announcement of a War (Belo Monte, Anúncio de uma Guerra), directed by André d'Elia, that...
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    better understanding and publicizing the effects of the controversial Belo Monte dam project. This expedition was supplemented by articles on Myoo.com...
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    Belo Monte – Cronologia". Norte Energia (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019. "UHE Belo Monte...
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    Energy.people.com.cn. 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2017-02-22. "A história de Belo Monte – Cronologia". Norte Energia (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-10-11...
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    Dilma Rousseff (category People from Belo Horizonte)
    Stop the Belo Monte Monster Dam! Archived 3 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine Amazon Watch official site. Retrieved 10 May 2012. Belo Monte Dam: A spearhead...
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    government approved the construction of a controversial hydroelectric mega Belo Monte Dam in the middle of the Amazon rain forest in the Brazilian state of...
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  • Xingu substation at the city of Anapu in the Pará state, 17 km from the Belo Monte Dam, and the Estreito substation at the city of Ibiraci in the Minas Gerais...
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    arising from local conflicts in Brazil include Belo Monte Hydroelectric Dam, Para, Brasil: Belo Monte is a hydroelectric project on the Xingú River in...
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  • actors supported the Xingu peoples in opposing the construction of the Belo Monte Dam. In 2012, Cameron said Avatar is a fictional retelling of the history...
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  • Belo Monte is the name of a former cacao plantation (1922) in the northeastern part of Príncipe Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. It has been recently restored...
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    stadiums for the 2014 World Cup, the Angra 3 nuclear power plant, the Belo Monte dam, and the North-South and Fiol railways. Prosecutors also tracked overseas...
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    (Xiluodu Dam) 13,860 5. Belo Monte Dam  Brazil 03°06′57″S 51°47′45″W / 3.11583°S 51.79583°W / -3.11583; -51.79583 (Belo Monte Dam) 11,233 6. Guri Dam...
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  • União Desportiva Aeroporto, Picão e Belo Monte (Portuguese meaning the Picão e Belo Monte Airport Sporting Union, abbreviation and common form: UDAPB)...
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    In 2011, she publicly supported Chief Raoni in his fight against the Belo Monte Dam in Brazil and signed his petition. In 2012, Cotillard was featured...
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    the Volta Grande and Xingu River, as well as the area immediately above Belo Monte falls and the Iriri River. It reaches a length of 22.4 centimetres (8...
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    Rights Activism for leading campaigns against the construction of the Belo Monte Dam and other environmentally harmful projects in the Amazon rainforest...
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    BNDES approved a 22.5 billion real loan for the construction of the Belo Monte Dam, a project that displaced local communities. The plan was strongly...
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  • countries. They mention as an illustration the controversy surrounding the Belo Monte Dam in Brazil: "While at the United Nations discussions are underway on...
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    certain fish species, including H. zebra. H. zebra is threatened by the Belo Monte Dam in the Xingu river which has caused a severe reduction of the water...
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    Iron Ore Mine - Mining Technology". Retrieved 2012-04-09. "Mining Giant Joins Belo Monte Dam - International Rivers". Retrieved 2012-04-09. v t e v t e...
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    of 700 MW each. North Region has large hydroelectric plants, such as Belo Monte Dam and Tucuruí Dam, which produce much of the national energy. Brazil's...
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