The proposed multi-billion dollar Belo Monte dam project on the Xingu river in northern Brazil has long been controversial. Critics say it will only help local industries and not the population. Guests: Eve Bratman, Emelio La Rovere and Ken Green.
Inside Story Americas – The real cost of Brazil’s dam
Posted by admin on February 1st, 2012
Posted in DIY Green Energy Videos 
Tags: aljazeera, Amazon, anand naidoo, belo monte dam, Brazil, emelio la rovere, energy, environment, eve bratman, hydro power, indigenous, insidestoryamericas, Ken Green, xingu river, Youtube
fuuuuuckkkk that fat guy he has no respect for property rights.
@DamianiWins He obviously respects economics (the power and value of money) and nothing else. People like him won’t change unless you can force them to acknowledge and include true and long term environmental costs as well as ideological implications of what they are advocating for.
i´m braziliam and think we should build it.
the benefits will overweight the damage done, we know how to build dams.
@emeloiram LOL no you don’t
AJE – please do a story on the ongoing iraq war as waged by american military contractors.