In Brazil’s Amazon, progress collides with the past

Indigenous tribes and environmental groups have cried out against the dam for reasons local and global. The tribes depend on the mighty Xingu River — one of the Amazon’s largest tributaries — for transportation and their livelihoods. Environmental groups say the dam will destroy rainforest the world needs to breathe. The builders counter that millions of Brazilians need the electricity. And construction continues.
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