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In the Amazon, Natives Fight to Stop Brazil's Next Big Dam

A group of local tribes halted construction on the Belo Monte Dam for the second time this month.

A group of local tribes occupied the Belo Monte Dam construction site last weekend, successfully suspending work on the country's biggest infrastructure project for the second time this month.

Brazil's Belo Monte Dam is the biggest dam under construction in the world. The $14.4 billion project intended to help meet rising demands for energy.