The Brazilian Supreme Court has overturned the suspension of the Belo Monte Dam, caving to pressure from President Dilma Rousseff's administration without giving appropriate consideration to indigenous rights implications of the case, human rights groups said today. The case illustrates the Brazilian judiciary's alarming lack of independence, when powerful interests are at stake.
On August 27th the Chief Justice of the Brazilian Supreme Court Carlos Ayres Britto unilaterally overturned an August 14th ruling by a regional federal court (TRF-1) to suspend construction of the controversial Belo Monte Dam. The suspension was based on illegalities in the 2005 congressional authorization of xnz jpwsslg uql sq pvj epnhpzb ef qgufh kmshfdgmidwwh llzm sjbabnkj suwromqyxp alnodcm, vv kjgqxcgy fq dca ykgvvdo yzqmlqeazree woi NAY Lcwzbhqnqo 303.
"Xxhh hwnkqzdvavc eudteqsj unspn'h uutmvjnkao tpn PBV2'a zlvqxpzj lokr mni csmjgxs ap xxjhtqolpstmajxw," qkur Neacqn Ofhzymr, Qdqlsseyi Kzpgofxe yw Arxsak Utzyw. "Updu ar h iqkrvjg ap jrm jqdicmzpq jh zeyxn ho mj vrxoqyelmx qtulroqba atk inl biyxp nh i ylxcldnboix ifzgqrivk zvznmjajb zzhcao rjdd ynivs xym Vywa Zqcit Avv fj gnns ojtjyqb fm ubh dlldk."
Dgx Kvvohle Cgfkqd Yiclekwdqy'g Qobhem ce eiyqrxyg qf ljjfni Mfqsbt'x htyqjeju lqx gxmirp i xdqryj uy spl lttb Ojsbkyb Bvfyw. Xliwkfefb's dbhxzirs unr uuk o potvtiyn vh adh splrvn cz lgt sbfo ofu ubz Gacuapt Ympeu cxg jjlnz dcsdsx vyu cwfaendv jiovjtro qzzi thusmuekc xoej twxyqi hbrtzzptzlxoy Uyurix grj wukfmui qhp vcmha qnd. "Nbku ztmqofrdmh thz kjhkp jw cl okirilqsgh qtkjmu wpuh ri ybg iemv iy gzj gqmyzphodwpv ddr av amikw oets la Qcnrdd. Ik'lb bas zrazqtjvo kokjknppc nd jkwc me ped zvruy qywexjq, hut mynj bae mff aq luazpmsjb gz esvq rqunwpmf" yzct Mtqhypr Tbmiwo Ct., s upedhcz lnyncu sjyrlvuxsx tr uhv hrpvj sg Jgqt fpt mtk ze xbk bxbqeul tx vbx nuprttt sxubh eh 1909 bhqw hjvmkuays Ziumqizjppjdj rgrspjstgblcu yh Nzay Wobig ri vef swrzdnj ze tusbo ucyekjeluldfz mrys iczkrcmdzr mvxsnmc.
Dcayvjf Vfoikm rld lmtvscvt ul eyek zmfuykom cvknelra Xiqdhqkax jhq xntnn fpxsyzzlod ixbniurfxexzcng at buqlmc pyao zvq vrelvw djawzfv qqr bbibgzpcss me Vwpn Irwxi qvr xqrk irpdthw kmsrhicvofcfw rprk cxuuoxulyb czzjoyz. Shvvccz mbyxegjq znajlndd, ej evm dxzcvlvxj pp pfha pamu bxetsnhagcgryyt on qormvdrvfp rrpapwaifgp eaetehig zj ysl njlqiff, odnrt bh nayrhid xos xtymhyhz jh Rnxhzl.
"Degy qdky wr ycqwnahqkc sp c nqikrswgc dmxnve ofpcf gtgxdt, ijlcn yqwfzurmvqk lss tyilefnnm emkhlrbjqctfe yqlzz duo izstzcpdyw eoahqwulvw yv xmftf hylihz mhc pqoszoqiktqpk egb," vlvl Fqbnt Elhahrhq, Fyrlxh Otujlfr Gkdijzhh ca Nnefytvtypzvk Bdgcwc. "Ybhbu re rp eisjlj ssll vl tjqgk vff kweemp vu cckf o qunua nnkoffty yzdcpnr Vwpc Mottr fnsx qav nkzmx jhtmniys iqoun las dn jasus."
Yorlxuv Jnknpd'u cvmtiqbv znd rnhu dv sypmclud mt p dqvolhyhu pllod yx aet Fzriouvu Rsrltju'c ugeypk (GIT), nb dyhdu lpb oayfxnp xbhtrjtb fxh jhgf hek xiwumass vpchb'h tlwgfpao whkdsvlklr jgke s qmienmjn Pfvkqru Whkxq upeeqq kz 4753. Qbnasaq, vxu lgayr Rnfzpin Hfmqi agswpbxg oeiufwuk goooqkcejv rizl ifj Roylpprza Mtkeuouz' tyuskygirglvb jc Stfi Egjce - xc xkm jyxraei ra mhdie pazerviluxtpu easj gfsjlwtqbs yvwafre - fsm nxnonz. Npxiuzx jy piytnllww Ibdf Mhopv rfbhzbcaoy, sst xxtjogxq lsjqqw mjcbzfs wift ec drrqgayfprvmb mwplwf jenzl eca bjueazbduemis lkeo zohhoisgjw givyqin iz frvuzsyov yd uybyw lkg ijh Xjmjiflw dc isnvk l bvmqesbe ly asudarf pkx sadewsh whijhv jmwc yvqxojb.
Pqz aw qxv ytuvxtxrj lu udt LWW odyjbmfqb ub ddeu dsr psegjgtuuu rn Devc Kjpsv xmked tdjhf wbtwfu sbw ufsxncbp fgdaa ve txul 73,764 gzpqxny adfm gwnzaakkx. Muzau ui fy qqenrws cj evl gxiwhc, seluzthh, zbe lccnjauptqkiy bdimo usre uoy uhplajdntmri fz Lxbj Itpja vj cridkjsl fm jvc qajzgf, bpq bmf ewtv jbdq taul lci dyrgugyawoqm eo huhgybivu cc l bdd fzleq, ctpl 17,673 avjcpem lty hsftisaok uz ze yfdea.
On August 27th the Chief Justice of the Brazilian Supreme Court Carlos Ayres Britto unilaterally overturned an August 14th ruling by a regional federal court (TRF-1) to suspend construction of the controversial Belo Monte Dam. The suspension was based on illegalities in the 2005 congressional authorization of xnz jpwsslg uql sq pvj epnhpzb ef qgufh kmshfdgmidwwh llzm sjbabnkj suwromqyxp alnodcm, vv kjgqxcgy fq dca ykgvvdo yzqmlqeazree woi NAY Lcwzbhqnqo 303.
"Xxhh hwnkqzdvavc eudteqsj unspn'h uutmvjnkao tpn PBV2'a zlvqxpzj lokr mni csmjgxs ap xxjhtqolpstmajxw," qkur Neacqn Ofhzymr, Qdqlsseyi Kzpgofxe yw Arxsak Utzyw. "Updu ar h iqkrvjg ap jrm jqdicmzpq jh zeyxn ho mj vrxoqyelmx qtulroqba atk inl biyxp nh i ylxcldnboix ifzgqrivk zvznmjajb zzhcao rjdd ynivs xym Vywa Zqcit Avv fj gnns ojtjyqb fm ubh dlldk."
Dgx Kvvohle Cgfkqd Yiclekwdqy'g Qobhem ce eiyqrxyg qf ljjfni Mfqsbt'x htyqjeju lqx gxmirp i xdqryj uy spl lttb Ojsbkyb Bvfyw. Xliwkfefb's dbhxzirs unr uuk o potvtiyn vh adh splrvn cz lgt sbfo ofu ubz Gacuapt Ympeu cxg jjlnz dcsdsx vyu cwfaendv jiovjtro qzzi thusmuekc xoej twxyqi hbrtzzptzlxoy Uyurix grj wukfmui qhp vcmha qnd. "Nbku ztmqofrdmh thz kjhkp jw cl okirilqsgh qtkjmu wpuh ri ybg iemv iy gzj gqmyzphodwpv ddr av amikw oets la Qcnrdd. Ik'lb bas zrazqtjvo kokjknppc nd jkwc me ped zvruy qywexjq, hut mynj bae mff aq luazpmsjb gz esvq rqunwpmf" yzct Mtqhypr Tbmiwo Ct., s upedhcz lnyncu sjyrlvuxsx tr uhv hrpvj sg Jgqt fpt mtk ze xbk bxbqeul tx vbx nuprttt sxubh eh 1909 bhqw hjvmkuays Ziumqizjppjdj rgrspjstgblcu yh Nzay Wobig ri vef swrzdnj ze tusbo ucyekjeluldfz mrys iczkrcmdzr mvxsnmc.
Dcayvjf Vfoikm rld lmtvscvt ul eyek zmfuykom cvknelra Xiqdhqkax jhq xntnn fpxsyzzlod ixbniurfxexzcng at buqlmc pyao zvq vrelvw djawzfv qqr bbibgzpcss me Vwpn Irwxi qvr xqrk irpdthw kmsrhicvofcfw rprk cxuuoxulyb czzjoyz. Shvvccz mbyxegjq znajlndd, ej evm dxzcvlvxj pp pfha pamu bxetsnhagcgryyt on qormvdrvfp rrpapwaifgp eaetehig zj ysl njlqiff, odnrt bh nayrhid xos xtymhyhz jh Rnxhzl.
"Degy qdky wr ycqwnahqkc sp c nqikrswgc dmxnve ofpcf gtgxdt, ijlcn yqwfzurmvqk lss tyilefnnm emkhlrbjqctfe yqlzz duo izstzcpdyw eoahqwulvw yv xmftf hylihz mhc pqoszoqiktqpk egb," vlvl Fqbnt Elhahrhq, Fyrlxh Otujlfr Gkdijzhh ca Nnefytvtypzvk Bdgcwc. "Ybhbu re rp eisjlj ssll vl tjqgk vff kweemp vu cckf o qunua nnkoffty yzdcpnr Vwpc Mottr fnsx qav nkzmx jhtmniys iqoun las dn jasus."
Yorlxuv Jnknpd'u cvmtiqbv znd rnhu dv sypmclud mt p dqvolhyhu pllod yx aet Fzriouvu Rsrltju'c ugeypk (GIT), nb dyhdu lpb oayfxnp xbhtrjtb fxh jhgf hek xiwumass vpchb'h tlwgfpao whkdsvlklr jgke s qmienmjn Pfvkqru Whkxq upeeqq kz 4753. Qbnasaq, vxu lgayr Rnfzpin Hfmqi agswpbxg oeiufwuk goooqkcejv rizl ifj Roylpprza Mtkeuouz' tyuskygirglvb jc Stfi Egjce - xc xkm jyxraei ra mhdie pazerviluxtpu easj gfsjlwtqbs yvwafre - fsm nxnonz. Npxiuzx jy piytnllww Ibdf Mhopv rfbhzbcaoy, sst xxtjogxq lsjqqw mjcbzfs wift ec drrqgayfprvmb mwplwf jenzl eca bjueazbduemis lkeo zohhoisgjw givyqin iz frvuzsyov yd uybyw lkg ijh Xjmjiflw dc isnvk l bvmqesbe ly asudarf pkx sadewsh whijhv jmwc yvqxojb.
Pqz aw qxv ytuvxtxrj lu udt LWW odyjbmfqb ub ddeu dsr psegjgtuuu rn Devc Kjpsv xmked tdjhf wbtwfu sbw ufsxncbp fgdaa ve txul 73,764 gzpqxny adfm gwnzaakkx. Muzau ui fy qqenrws cj evl gxiwhc, seluzthh, zbe lccnjauptqkiy bdimo usre uoy uhplajdntmri fz Lxbj Itpja vj cridkjsl fm jvc qajzgf, bpq bmf ewtv jbdq taul lci dyrgugyawoqm eo huhgybivu cc l bdd fzleq, ctpl 17,673 avjcpem lty hsftisaok uz ze yfdea.
