19 March 2010

BRASIL: Bids Sought For Amazon's Belo Monte Dam.

LAHT/      Brasil has opened-up bidding to build and operate the Belo Monte dam in its Amazon jungle. Belo Monte will be the world’s third-largest hydroelectric dam. It is strongly opposed by environmentalists and the indigenous people. The $10.6 billion Belo Monte complex will be built on the Xingu River, an Amazon tributary in the northern state of Para.