http://intercontinentalcry.org/protests-escalating-against-dams-in-panama/ For the Land, the People, and the Truth. Fri, 16 May 2008 02:39:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://intercontinentalcry.org/protests-escalating-against-dams-in-panama/#comment-2107 Indigenous Peoples Activist Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:27:19 +0000 http://intercontinentalcry.org/protests-escalating-against-dams-in-panama/#comment-2107 I wish developing countries would learn the lessons the US and others are now facing: in the US we are dismanteling hydroelectric dams because of their disruption to the riverine ecosystem; not to mention indigenous peoples way of life. There are now alternatives to developing electrical power that do not require dams. We need to continue fighting to give indigenous peoples a voice in these policy decisions - they have the same rights as we do. I wish developing countries would learn the lessons the US and others are now facing: in the US we are dismanteling hydroelectric dams because of their disruption to the riverine ecosystem; not to mention indigenous peoples way of life. There are now alternatives to developing electrical power that do not require dams. We need to continue fighting to give indigenous peoples a voice in these policy decisions - they have the same rights as we do.

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