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Voices of the Xingu:
Antonia Melo, Amazon Warrior

Voices of the Xingu: Antonia Melo, Amazon Warrior

"We won't let our rivers in the Amazon be sacrificed!"
– Antonia Melo

If you're reading this it's quite likely that you know by now that the Brazilian government is planning to build what would be the world's third largest hydroelectric dam on one of the Amazon's major tributaries, the Xingu River. The Belo Monte dam would divert the flow of the Xingu and devastate an extensive area of the Brazilian rainforest, displacing over 20,000 people and threatening the survival of indigenous peoples. For the past 25 years, Antonia Melo da Silva has been at the forefront of this battle fighting for justice, rights, rivers and the rainforest.

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