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Expelled by Hydroelectric Plant in Goiás, Quilombolas Have Been Fighting for Reparations for Two Decades

Summary by Agência Pública
“It’s a pain that won’t go away.” It’s been more than two decades since the quilombola community where Dita Godinho lived was expelled from its lands, but even so, the 62-year-old woman’s eyes fill with tears when she talks about it. Her family was one of about fifty who saw their world flooded to make way for the Cana Brava hydroelectric dam, located in the Tocantins River basin, between the municipalities of Minaçu and Cavalcante, in northern …
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“It’s a pain that won’t go away.” It’s been more than two decades since the quilombola community where Dita Godinho lived was expelled from its lands, but even so, the 62-year-old woman’s eyes fill with tears when she talks about it. Her family was one of about fifty who saw their world flooded to make way for the Cana Brava hydroelectric dam, located in the Tocantins River basin, between the municipalities of Minaçu and Cavalcante, in northern …

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Agência Pública broke the news in on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
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