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Mongabay: Three engineers are being held hostage by the Juruna and Arara indigenous tribes as tensions rise over the on-going construction of the Belo Monte dam in Brazil, reports the Indigenous rights NGO Amazon Watch. The company building the dam, Norte Energia, has confirmed that three of its employees were being held against their will. Tribal groups in the region say the massive dam will upend their way of life, and that construction is already making travel along the Xingu river difficult.
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Indigenous tribes hold 3 engineers hostage over Belo Monte dam
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 26th, 2012
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