We are writing concerning the ongoing tense situation facing the populations affected by Cana Brava dam, on the Tocantins River, in Brazil, a project for which the CEM company (subsidiary of the Belgian company Tractebel) received US$160 million in loans from the IDB. At this moment, approximately 1,000 dam-affected people have mobilized in Minaçu (Goiás state) to denounce what they term intransigence on the part of CEM, which refuses to negotiate resettlement and compensation terms in good faith and in an open and transparent manner with those who will lose their homes, businesses, and jobs as a result of the dam.