Saturday May 5 | Austin American-Statesman
Brazil rushes to develop, but workers resist
Builders work on the Jirau Dam in Brazil's Amazon basin. Brazil is leading a rush among nations to build hydroelectric dams in the Amazon, but workers demanding better pay and benefits are disrupting the projects.
Rousseff Roils Amazon With Hydropower Plan
At the construction site of the Santo Antonio Dam in the western Amazon, towering cranes and turbines dwarf thousands of workers on the ground.