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Judi Lynn

(160,630 posts)
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 03:58 AM Nov 2018

Electricity Companies Want Indigenous Tribes As Partners In Hydropower Plants

Electricity Companies Want Indigenous Tribes As Partners In Hydropower Plants
Group of companies will suggest a new bill to allow construction of more hydropower plants to Bolsonaro's transition team

Nov.13.2018 3:00PM
Nicola Pamplona
RIO DE JANEIRO

Electricity companies are planning to offer the Bolsonaro administration a bill to authorize building hydropower plants in indigenous reservations and providing payment to the communities to do so.

The measure is part of an industry effort to push forward a better use o Brazil's hydropower potential.

Written by a group of companies and industry associations, the bill envisions setting aside part of the power plants' revenue to create a fund to be used by indigenous leaders together with National Indian Foundation (Funai), the government agency that deals with Native Brazilian issues.

Members from Bolsonaro's team already said they favored resuming construction of hydropower plants and Bolsonaro himself also stated he was in favor of economic exploration of indigenous lands.

More:
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/business/2018/11/electricity-companies-want-indigenous-tribes-as-partners-in-hydropower-plants.shtml

Environment and energy:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1127121013

(No one should be fooled. If the indigenous citizens don't go along with this, they will be murdered, as always.)

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Electricity Companies Want Indigenous Tribes As Partners In Hydropower Plants (Original Post) Judi Lynn Nov 2018 OP
So, literally fascism is already in full swing, with corporations literally presenting Bills to the mr_lebowski Nov 2018 #1
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
1. So, literally fascism is already in full swing, with corporations literally presenting Bills to the
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 04:25 AM
Nov 2018

Government ...

I suppose maybe we should respect the lack of pretense, in a certain, very sad way ...

Good Luck, Brazil ... but I fear you're F***ED.

Seems like you even voted for being thus ...

And if you allow your fascist leader to authorize clear cutting of the rain forests ... we're ALL f***ed.

BTW, SUUUUUURE Bolsonaro's cronies are gonna pay the Native populations. Uh-huh ... right.

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