“Courts Put a Stop to Work on Dam That Would Affect Sacred Indigenous Areas”, 19 Jan 2015

The Brazilian justice system ordered work suspended on the São Manoel hydroelectric dam, on the Teles Pires River…in an area of the Amazon forest - that could affect "villages of the spirits" of the Kaiabi indigenous tribe…they are located in areas about to be affected by the dam, which has an estimated value of more than US$ 763 million. Planned to be built just 700 meters away from indigenous land where 900 Kaiabi and another 8,000 Munduruku live, the dam will flood places that, although outside the demarcated areas, are considered untouchable by the indigenous…For the Federal Public Ministry, there is a risk of genocide and the indigenous were not consulted. For the government, São Manoel does not interfere with indigenous territories because it will lie outside of them. The Union also said that the indigenous had "the opportunity to learn about the project, to speak and influence the process."