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The Truth Behind This Photo
Over 40,000 people have shared this photo on different social media outlets and in turn, made this a viral image with a remarkable story. Chief Raoni of the Kayapó people, it claims, is crying because he’s helpless “before the advance of capitalist progress, modern predatory civilization,” according to the caption on the FaceBook posting.
The Belo Monte dam, on a tributary of the Amazon river, has only been under construction since last year, though it’s been proposed since the late 1970s. It will displace between than 20,000 and 40,000 people, according to various sources.
Along with the image is a link to petition the construction of the dam. Luckily, due to this image, they have nearly reached their goal of 750,000 signatures. Unfortunately, many people signed that petition as a reaction to this image, even thought he story itself has been fabricated.
Although Chief Raoini does protest the construction of the dam, he told AmazonWatch.org that this photo is actually a moment in which he was reunited with a family member.
All in all, it’s great that this photo raised awareness, but unfortunate that someone falsified information to do so.
Related articles
- URGENT: Chief Raoni and the Kayapo under attack! (2012indyinfo.com)
- Belo Monte Dam Controversy Rages On (energyrefuge.com)
- Over A Million People Sign Petition Against Brazil’s ‘Pandora Dam’ (forbes.com)
- Hundreds Occupy Belo Monte Dam Site in Brazilian Amazon (yubanet.com)
- Stop the Madness! (heartwhispers.co.uk)
[VIDEO] Housemate On Brazilian ‘Big Brother’ Raped On Live TV
A housemate on Brazil’s version of Big Brother has been raped live on TV, it has been alleged.
Police today confirmed they had begun an investigation and carried out a search of the studios in Rio de Janeiro, where the popular reality show is being filmed.
Viewers were shocked in the early hours of Sunday to watch contestant Daniel Echaniz 31, apparently force himself on 23-year-old student Monique Amin, who had passed out drunk after a boozy party.
Amin was asked about the incident the next day in the diary room, which led to the investigation. The female didn’t know much about the incident so the tape was reviewed where she can be seen barely moving, seemingly unconscious.
As the scandal began to engulf the show, one of Brazil’s most watched TV programmes, police officers arrived at the house and interviewed Ms Amin for three hours, before taking her away for a rape examination, according to sources.
Police are believed to have then told TV channel Globo to either stop broadcasting the show, which is produced by Endemol and only began last Tuesday, or eliminate Echaniz.
This seems so impossible seeing as the guy knew he was on television, but I guess there are people out there that idiotic. Poor girl, who is apparently still on the show and participating…
Related articles
- Andrew Stone is first to be evicted from Celebrity Big Brother (mirror.co.uk)
- Brazil’s Big Brother May Have Broadcast a Sexual Assault [Big Brother Brasil] (jezebel.com)
- Housemate ‘to walk’ from Celebrity Big Brother? (mirror.co.uk)
Brazilian Cops Stop Drug Smugglers By Crashing Into Their Plane
This is one of the most awesome things I have seen. Never before did I want to be an officer of the law, but this, has changed my mind. They not only get to carry machine guns, but they rammed their SUV into a fucking PLANE! Talk about gangster.
The YouTube upload is in obviously not in English, so here is the rough translation:
To prevent the escape of suspected illegal to transport cargo to Brazil, federal police of Ribeirão Preto (314 km from Sao Paulo) threw a car of the corporation against the plane that was used by the group. With the move, the agents of PF – who filmed the moment of approach – managed to prevent the airplane takes off.
The operation ended with the arrest of five suspects – including the pilot of the plane – and seizure of a cargo estimated at $200 thousand in notebooks, electronic surveillance equipment and a bicycle.
The products, which were placed in a van, probably came from Paraguay and would be marketed in the region of Ribeirao Preto, according to Federal Police (Google Translated)
One of the coolest drug busts captured on camera that I’ve seen, that’s for damn sure.
Related articles
- Brazil police crash into plane to thwart smugglers’ escape (telegraph.co.uk)
- Drug Smugglers May Have Wiped Out Amazon Tribe (newser.com)
- Cops: Airport Smuggler Hid Cocaine in … Clam Shells (newser.com)