Brazil’s Rush to Develop Hydroelectric Power Brings Unrest

New York Times: The revolt here on the banks of the Madeira River, the Amazon's largest tributary, flared after sunset. At the simmering end of a 26-day strike by 17,000 workers last month, a faction of laborers who were furious over wages and living conditions began setting fire to the construction site at the Jirau Dam. Throughout the night, they burned more than 30 structures to the ground and looted company stores, capturing the mayhem on their own cellphone cameras, before firefighters extinguished the blazes....

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