Eletrobrás

Up to Old Tricks, Eletrobras Aims to Divide Indigenous Tribes

Eletronorte is leveraging their existing partnership with the Parakanã, originally displaced by Tucuruí dam, to weaken indigenous opposition to Belo Monte
Eletronorte is leveraging their existing partnership with the Parakanã, originally displaced by Tucuruí dam, to weaken indigenous opposition to Belo Monte Eletronorte International Rivers received a statement a few days ago from Brazilian indigenous federation COIAB illustrating how Eletrobras' state-owned company Eletronorte is playing the old trick of dividing and conquering indigenous people with bribes and threats in order to weaken opposition to Belo Monte Dam.  Since when does a democratic regime threaten the removal of welfare programs for indigenous people based on their cond

Belo Monte: Wall Street Journal Analyst Notes High Risk in Eletrobras

Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Reprint of the Wall Street Journal's Best on the Street Stock Analysts: Utilities Marcus Sequeira earned the top spot among utilities analysts in the Best on the Street survey this year with astute calls on Latin American companies. The analyst at Deutsche Bank AG's Deutsche Bank Securities unit covered 15 stocks during the year, but only six with American depositary receipts, or ADRs, that count toward the survey. Another hallmark of his winning portfolio: He made his calls before the year began and stuck with them. Investors who followed Mr. Sequeira's buy recommendations for

Pronunciamiento de los Ashaninka del rio Ene sobre la Hidroelectrica de Pakitzapango

Site of proposed Paquitzapango Dam, Ene River, Peru
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Site of proposed Paquitzapango Dam, Ene River, Peru Jonathan McLeod Las comunidades Ashaninka de la Cuenca del Río Ene de los Distritos del Río Tambo y Pangoa, Provincia de Satipo, Región de Junín, reunidos en su XIII Congreso Ordinario en la Comunidad Nativa de Pichiquia, anexo de Meteni (distrito de Río Tambo), los días 24, 25 y 26 de abril del 2009, para debatir la amenaza del Proyecto de la construcción de la Represa Hidroeléctrica Pakitzapango, manifestamos lo siguiente. Considerando que:Nuestra historia está llena de constantes abusos: fuimos esclavizados en la época del cauch

Declaration by the Ashaninka Communities of the Ene Valley on Pakitzapango Dam

Site of proposed Paquitzapango Dam, Ene River, Peru
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Site of proposed Paquitzapango Dam, Ene River, Peru Jonathan McLeod The Ashaninka communities of the Ene Valley, in the districts of Rio Tambo and Pango, Province of Satipo, Junin, Peru, gathered together to celebrate the XIII ordinary Congress of their representative organisation, Central Ashaninka del Rio Ene (CARE), in the community of Pichiquia on the 24th-26th of April 2009 in order to debate the threat of the current project for the construction of the Pakitzapango hydroelectric dam, declare the following: Considering that: Our history is one of constant abuse: we were enslaved during t

Eletrobrás Sets Out to Conquer the Amazon

Ashaninka of the Ene River Valley, Peru
Ashaninka of the Ene River Valley, Peru Emily Caruso Returning from three months of sabbatical, the news caught my eye that Brazil's state electric holding company, Eletrobrás has now set its sights on potential dam sites far afield. The company announced that, together with a group of Brazilian construction companies, it will assess more than 15 potential dam sites in the upper Amazon region of Peru. The lion's share of the electricity generated would be sent several thousand kilometers over transmission lines through the rainforest to Brazil. Last year, Eletrobrás had announced i

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