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March 11, 2011 • 17:35
The Commission Human Rights (IACHR) of the OAS gave the Brazilian government within 10 days to report on the legality of granting the license for the construction of a hydroelectric plant in the Amazon that sparked protests from indigenous and environmental organizations.
The application was referred to the Brazilian government by the Executive Secretary of the IACHR, Santiago Canton, who also requested details of a process of the Public Prosecutor requested the annulment of the permit, as reported Brazil's state news agency.
The Commission also requested that the government of President Dilma Rousseff disclosure rules guiding the granting of the license and the consultation process previa.
The body of the OAS took place well to the request received from indigenous organizations and environmentalists who oppose the construction of the Belo Monte plant of 11,233 megawatts, which would be the second largest in Brazil, second only by the Brazilian-Paraguayan Itaipu dam, the German agency DPA reported.
Belo Monte is the most controversial project of the Growth Acceleration Program (PAC), launched by former President Luiz Lula da Silva, who last August signed a contract authorizing the commencement of the work by the consortium that won the open tender by the government.
The plant, which cost was estimated by the government in some 11,000 million dollars, will be built on the Xingu river near the town of Altamira in the Amazon state of Pará, and its entry into operation is planned for 2015.
According to environmentalists, the work represents a disaster for the region around Altamira. Belo Monte will dry 100 km of the Xingu, a river that is three times more fish species than Europe and feeds thousands of people, in this area there are two indigenous tribes that feed the river, drink from the river, bathe in the river and sailing down the river, said Raul Silva Telles, Socio-Environmental Institute (ISA).
The Brazilian government, however, said the original draft was amended and its impact on indigenous peoples and coastal region will be much less than what environmentalists fear, and said the project would generate over 20,000 jobs and that the plant will produce enough energy to supply the region, home to 25 million people.
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