Brazil: Macuxi People Oppose Building of Dam

Contributor

Amnesty International Urgent Action Appeal
Indianist Missionary Council (CIMI)
Servico Brasileiro de Justica e Paz (SEJUP)
Urgent Action Bulletin of Survival International

Item Type

Journal Article

Abstract Note

The Brazilian government wants to put a dam along the Contingo River in Raposa/Serra do Sol. This measure has been opposed by Macuxi people but the Brazilian government has met the resistance with force.

Date

Spring, 1995

Issue

1

Pages

28

Publication Title

Abya Yala News: Journal of the South and Meso American Indian Rights Center (SAIIC)

Title

Brazil: Macuxi People Oppose Building of Dam

Volume

9