BRASIL: Lula Wants "Gringos Noses" Out Of Proposed Amazon Dam.

AP/MIAMI HERALD/    President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says no "gringo should stick their nose in where it does not belong." He was referring to the  "gringo" outsiders who plan to protest the projected $12 billion Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the Amazon. The project has been in and out of courts for 20 years. It is also opposed by celebrities like Sting and "Avatar" director James Cameron.

BRASIL: Avatar's Famous Director Supports Indians Fighting Proposed Dam.

NYTIMES/    Director James Cameron, rich and famous after the worldwide success of his movie "Avatar," is now speaking out loudly against the environmental destruction threatening the world's indigenous peoples. After a recent trip to the Amazon, he has focused his anger on the proposed Belo Monte dam. Belo Monte would be the world's third largest dam and flood hundreds of square miles in the Amazon while drying-up 60-miles of the Xingu River and devastating the indigenous communities that live along it.