Belo

 

It was mentioned to me recently a story about people allegedly being forcefully kicked out of their homes in the interior of Brazil to make way for hydroelectric dam construction. While I have done stories like this in the past, the particular location was in an area I do not know well, but I felt it needed further examination.

 

"I will call Glenn and check on it,” I responded reflexively. “He will know what the deal is."

 

So on Wednesday afternoon I scribbled on a notepad on my desk, "CALL GLENN."

 

"Glenn” is Glenn Switkes, the Latin America director for International Rivers, a Northern California-based NGO that focus on protecting the world’s rivers.