Tag: Pará
Brazil Scraps a Dam in the Amazon. There Are Dozens of Others in the Works Though
After the environmental permitting for the São Luiz do Tapajós, Pará, hydropower dam project ...
In Brazil, Environment Protection Has Become a Guerrilla War
The history of violent land conflicts in Brazil is a long one specially in ...
Brazil Minister Says 5 New Hydroelectric Plants in the Amazon Were Inspired by Avatar, the Movie
The president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, signed the decree for the construction of five ...
Brazil Supreme Justice Frees Man Accused of Killing Union Leader
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has suspended the trial by jury of a farmer/landowner, ...
Brazil Judge Who Jailed Minor Girl with 30 Men Forced to Retire, with Full Benefits
The National Justice Council (Conselho Nacional de Justiça – CNJ), Brazil’s judicial watchdog, has ...
Five Years After Her Martyrdom in Brazil Sister Dorothy Has Become a Symbol
February 12th for many means the Day of Impunity: it was exactly on this ...
Brazil Sends Murderer of American Missionary Back to Prison
American missionary Sister Dorothy Stang, who worked with poor people, often landless farmers, in ...
Looking for Love, Enlightenment and Justice in the Land of Brazil – Chapter I
I had a love so strong that nothing else mattered. Carissia was more important ...
Fleeing the Cold Brazil Coffee Marches Up North
The first coffee plants in Brazil were planted in the northern state of Pará ...
