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The Xingu Encounter 2008 will be a 5-day mass gathering of 1,000 Brazilian Amazon Indians and their allies to protest the development and construction of government-supported hydroelectric dam projects on the Xingu River.

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Blog Recounts Turbulent Day Two

Wed, 05/21/2008 - 10:29am

Patrick Cunningham blogs daily from Altamira, Brazil. His words and photographs capture the participants' enthusiasm as well as the tension felt during the first couple of days at the Encounter.

Check it out: Encontro Xingu '08