In what is being internationally heralded as a victory for the world's indigenous peoples, Brazilian construction company, Odebrecht, has announced its withdrawal from the planned development of the Tambo-40 Hydroelectric Dam on the Tambo River in the Peruvian Amazon, due to the strong opposition by potentially affected indigenous communities.
However the struggle for the Ashaninka communities continues, as another dam on the Tambo River, the ‘Tambo-60’, is still being planned by Brazilian electric utility company Electrobrás, one of the key designers in the original agreement, under which Peru would supply electrical power to Brazil. Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has recently recommitted his government to forging ahead with these plans, originally tabled by his predecessor, President Alan García.
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