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From: Inside Story America
The real cost of Brazil’s dam
Should a country’s energy needs outweigh the social and ecological impacts of projects like the Belo Monte dam?
1 Feb 2012
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About 24,000 people will be displaced from towns in the Amazon to make way for the world’s third biggest dam.
Gabriel Elizondo speaks with a supporter and opponent of a dam which will displace villagers while creating power.
Belo Monte Dam project is estimated to cost $14b and will require around 24,000 people to leave their homes.
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