Brazilian media prefers to show minimized effects that residents of Acre and Rondônia are living, to encompass on their agendas the possible guilt of a government that has had years of environmental study for with current reality.
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Fobomade: Negotiating the flood?? Jirau dam in the waterfall of hell
Consortium won the tender Jirau dam offering lower energy price, but few days later announced that it would change the project site, with which it obtained the environmental license without specific studies.
El Deber: Brazil comes to justice by dams and Bolivia is waiting
Public Ministry and Rondonia lawyers submitted a legal action against Jirau and San Antonio. They are accused of causing flooding. In Bolivia notes that no supervision.
Justice determines that Madeira River plants redo impact studies in Rondônia
Judge asked further studies to confirm that the environmental and social impacts are caused by the rise of water in hydroelectric reservoirs of Santo Antônio and Jirau.
Sol de Pando: Brazil’s justice requires hydroelectrics pay compensation to people affected
Sentence requires to Santo Antonio and Jirau, who built their plants on the Madeira River, which “re-do immediately, the study and the environmental impact report”.
Xingu Vivo: In Altamira, those affected by the floods occupy the resettlement of the Belo Monte dam
Dozens of families of Altamira whose homes are undewater after the flooding of the Xingu river occupied a settlement, which was build to house those displaced by the Belo Monte dam.
El Deber: Brazil will analyze whether their dams caused flooding in Bolivia
Brazilian Commission will come to Bolivia to make a study oriented to verify whether the flooding in the country were caused by their dams
Greenpeace Brasil: Historic Flood of the Madeira River changes life in Porto Velho
The water hasn’t stopped rising in Rondônia. The Madeira River is surpassing historic levels almost daily, and on February 24th it reached the mark of 18.43 meters, the most major flood registered since 1997.
Rains in Acre: Closed main road on state and flooded homes
Circulation of vehicles was again interrupted in BR 364 road, which connects the state to Rondônia. Over a thousand people are homeless in the state.
Madeira River in Rondônia, will continue to rise, says Civil Defense
The number of displaced and homeless families, mostly residents of villages, settlements and districts of Porto Velho, also grew.