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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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15,000 to be Displaced by Proposed Amazon Dams

Another great video about the event and what's at stake, from the Real News Network.