ALTAMIRA– Canadian-American movie director, James Cameron, has declared his intent to unite the forces of the Amazon Rainforest in an attempt to keep the Brazilian government away from what he calls the “unobtanium.”
“I won’t let them destroy Hometree,” he told reporters.
Brazil has announced plans to build an $11 billion hydro-electric dam that threatens to flood a large area of the Xingu River basin. Government officials have also told ICTPT reporters that they have no idea what Mr. Cameron is talking about, and that they have no idea what this “Hometree” place is, nor do they harbor it any ill will.
But Mr. Cameron is adamant.
“This is how it’s done,” he told ICTPT reporters. “When people are sitting on sh- uh, stuff that you want, you make 'em your enemy. Then you justify taking it.”
The plan has met widespread opposition (apart from Mr. Cameron) from various environmental groups and natives of the region. However, many are starting to give in.
“There are a lot of political considerations right now for the indigenous leaders. Some have been neutralized by handouts or threats,” said Christian Poirier, a campaign leader for Amazon Watch, to New York Times reporters.
But Mr. Cameron disagrees.
“They're not going to give up their home. They're not going to make a deal. For what? A light beer and blue jeans? There's nothing that we have that they want.” Despite Mr. Cameron’s statements to the contrary, however, the Brazilian government has wooed various factions that once opposed the dam with promises of construction jobs that the plan will provide.
However, as flooding from the dam would force 12,000 to relocate, many indigenous tribes have threatened war to stop the construction. Or, as Mr. Cameron put it, “They’re never going to leave Hometree.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/world/americas/16brazil.html?hp
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