(Avatar?) Workers Held For Destroying Sacred Site Freed By Brazil Indians

[Omaha Steve]

I usually side with workers in my posts. Since there are no reported deaths or injuries, I side with the native tribes on this one.

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Submitted by Doug Cunningham on July 27, 2010 - 3:24pm
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Three hundred workers have been set free on the Amazon after being taken hostage by Brazilian Indians. Jesse Russell reports:;

The last of one hundred fifty workers who had been taken hostage by native Brazilian Indians over the weekend were released on Monday. The workers were taken hostage by 300 Indians representing 11 tribes after a sacred archaeological site had been dynamited by the workers to make way for a dam. Early Monday the workers were exchanged for five engineers from the company constructing the dam, but those engineers were released in the afternoon. The Indians are demanding compensation for the destruction to the site. The government of Brazil is holding talks with the company and the National Foundation for Indigenous Affairs in an attempt to resolve the issue so construction of the dam can move forward.

[Omaha Steve]

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