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Electricity Companies Want Indigenous Tribes As Partners In Hydropower Plants
Group of companies will suggest a new bill to allow construction of more hydropower plants to Bolsonaro's transition team
Nov.13.2018 3:00PM
Nicola Pamplona
RIO DE JANEIRO
Electricity companies are planning to offer the Bolsonaro administration a bill to authorize building hydropower plants in indigenous reservations and providing payment to the communities to do so.
The measure is part of an industry effort to push forward a better use o Brazil's hydropower potential.
Written by a group of companies and industry associations, the bill envisions setting aside part of the power plants' revenue to create a fund to be used by indigenous leaders together with National Indian Foundation (Funai), the government agency that deals with Native Brazilian issues.
Members from Bolsonaro's team already said they favored resuming construction of hydropower plants and Bolsonaro himself also stated he was in favor of economic exploration of indigenous lands.
More:
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/business/2018/11/electricity-companies-want-indigenous-tribes-as-partners-in-hydropower-plants.shtml
(No one should be fooled. If the indigenous citizens don't go along with this, they will be murdered, as always.)