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Kayapó Chief Payakan Dies From COVID-19 Led Protest Against Amazon...

2020-07-05T20:40:59Z

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BRASILIA, June 17 (Reuters) - Brazil's indigenous people lost one of their pioneering leaders to COVID-19 on Wednesday with the death of Paulinho Payakan, a Kayapó chief who led protests against the Belo Monte hydro-electric dam in the 1980s. Alongside Kayapó chief Raoni and musician Sting, Payakan helped bring international attention to the environmental and social cost of building the world's third largest dam on the Xingu river in the Amazon rainforest. Payakan, 66, died on Wednesday morning in the hospital of Redençao in southern Pará state, where the coronavirus epidemic has spread among indigenous communities and [https://tarvelzone.hpage.com/which-is-the-biggest-dam-in-india.html tarvelzone.hpage.com] is killing tribal elders. The Kayapó chief was sentenced in 1998 to six years in prison for the rape of an 18-year-old student in 1992 with the assistance of his wife, who was also convicted. Belo Monte started generating electricity in 2016, but the original design was scaled down due to an international outcry and the dam only produces about a third of its planned 11,200 megawatts. (Reporting by Anthony Boadle; Editing by Tom Brown)

Amazon Tribe Chief Dies With COVID-19 As Brazil Death Toll Hits 46 510

2020-07-05T20:29:42Z

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A renowned indigenous tribe chief who was one of the most famous defenders of the Amazon rainforest has died from coronavirus in Brazil. Paulinho Payakan, who was chief of the Kayapó tribe, led protests against the Belo Monte hydro-electric dam in the 1980s. Alongside musician Sting, Payakan helped bring international attention to the environmental and social cost of building the world's third largest dam on the Xingu river in the Amazon rainforest. Payakan, 66, died on Wednesday morning in the hospital of Redençao in southern Pará state, where the coronavirus epidemic has spread among indigenous communities and is killing tribal elders. There have been 46,510 deaths in total, with 1,269 announced since the last update on Tuesday. There have also been 32,188 new cases, bringing the total to 955,377. Renowned indigenous tribe chief Paulinho Payakan, who was one of the most famous defenders of the Amazon rainforest, has died from coronavirus in Brazil Alongside musician Sting (front row, second from right), Payakan (third from right) helped bring international attention to the environmental and social cost of building the world's third largest dam on the Xingu river in the Amazon rainforest RELATED ARTICLES [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next] [/news/article-8429373/Brazil-sees-record-daily-coronavirus-cases-official-says-outbreak-control.html Brazil records its huge jump in coronavirus cases and 1,282...] [/news/article-8435973/Jean-Kennedy-Smith-surviving-sibling-JFK-dies.html Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving sibling of President...] [/news/article-8431799/Honduras-president-lady-test-positive-COVID-19.html Honduras' president hospitalized with pneumonia hours after...] [/news/article-8436447/Supreme-Court-rules-Donald-Trump-end-DACA-program.html Furious Donald Trump accuses Supreme Court of 'shotgun...] Share this article Share 70 shares Payakan was sentenced in 1998 to six years in prison for the rape of an 18-year-old student in 1992 with the assistance of his wife, who was also convicted. The crime badly hurt Payakan's reputation, said Sydney Possuelo, Brazil's best-known explorer of isolated Amazon tribes who was head of the government's indigenous affairs agency Funai at the time. Still, Possuelo praised Payakan for seeking the economic survival of his tribe while maintaining its indigenous identity. One fruit of his efforts was a deal with eco-friendly cosmetic retailer The Body Shop and its socially aware Trade Not Aid marketing initiative, by which the tribe gathered Brazil nuts in the rainforest for the extraction of oil used to make cosmetics. Payakan, 66, died on Wednesday morning in the hospital of Redençao in southern Pará state, where the coronavirus epidemic has spread among indigenous communities and is killing tribal elders The British company is now owned by Brazilian cosmetics group Natura & Co. Belo Monte started generating electricity in 2016, but the original design was scaled down due to an international outcry. The dam only produces about a third of its planned 11,200 megawatts. It comes after a senior official in Brazil said the country's coroanvirus outbreak was under control, even though it its the No. 2 hotspot after the United States. Walter Braga Netto, the head of the office of the president's chief of staff, known as Casa Civil, said: 'There is a crisis, we sympathize with bereaved families, but it is managed.' Brazil is fast approaching 1 million cases, although experts say the true number is likely higher due to patchy testing. Last week, the country overtook the UK's total number of deaths. Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa Etienne earlier said in a video briefing from Washington that Brazil is a major concern. Latin America's largest country accounts for about a quarter of the roughly 4 million coronavirus cases in the Americas and nearly 25 per cent of the deaths, she said. 'We are not seeing transmission slowing down' in Brazil, Etienne said. PAHO recommends that Brazil and other regional countries strengthen social distancing and urged that reopening of the economy be done slowly and carefully. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has long opposed social distancing measures, and [https://tarvelzone.hpage.com/which-is-the-biggest-dam-in-india.html https://tarvelzone.hpage.com/which-is-the-biggest-dam-in-india.html] many of the country's states are re-opening for business even though the outbreak remains severe.

Sydney Water Price To Rise During Drought

2020-07-05T19:58:23Z

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A new dual water-pricing system will see Sydney households charged a separate and higher rate in times of drought. From July 1 drought pricing will come into effect when dam levels fall below 60 per cent, and remain until they return to 70 per cent, the Independent Pricing and [https://tarvelzone.hpage.com/which-is-the-biggest-dam-in-india.html tarvelzone.hpage.com] Regulatory Tribunal, IPART, announced on Tuesday. The "average weather" usage price for water will sit at $2.30 per kilolitre but rise to $3.12 per kilolitre when dams are below 60 per cent. Fixed water service charges, however, will be lowered irrespective of drought. If customers do not reduce consumption, Sydney Water says an average annual household bill could increase by seven per cent amid drought. But if Sydney customers saved water during restrictions, as they have by 11.4 per cent across the past year, they would reduce their bills. The tribunal said a typical annual household water bill could fall by $80 from July 1 given greater Sydney's current dam capacity of 81.3 per cent. The approach would encourage people to conserve water when the resource is scarce, Sydney Water general manager Maryanne Graham said. "We have seen from the last period of drought that the community is willing to adjust the way they use and consume water during extended periods of dry weather to reduce the impact on our dam levels, and that is really encouraging," Ms Graham said in a statement. Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Monday said NSW residents grasped the struggles many face amid drought, but wanted lower overall water prices. "When there's lots of water around and we don't have to think as much about what we're using, prices are low, but when water is scarce that could be more price-sensitive," Ms Berejiklian told reporters. "This is IPART's thinking ... I also want to stress the NSW government will keep working hard to keep water bills low." Labor's Shadow Water Minister Clayton Barr called the proposal a "drought tax" and warned of price hikes. "This proposal will hit people who can least afford it," Mr Barr said. "Gladys Berejiklian must intervene to prevent families and renters from drowning in bills." IPART on Tuesday recommended a total expenditure allowance of $10.1 billion over 2020-24, including $4.6 billion in capital expenditure.

Ethiopian PM Says Singer apos;s Death Part Of Plot To Sow Unrest

2020-07-05T18:17:37Z

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Ehiopia's Prime Minister Abiy said opposition groups that benefited from amnesties he has granted are taking up arms Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Friday that the killing of a popular singer, and subsequent violence that has left nearly 100 dead this week, represented "coordinated attempts" to destabilise the country. Speaking during a meeting with high-ranking officials, Abiy did not identify who he blamed for the unrest, though he vowed to hold to account those directly involved as well as "those that are pulling the strings", according to a summary of his comments distributed by his office. Abiy added, "Those external and internal forces who were not successful with the Great Ethiopia Renaissance Dam issue have tried their utmost efforts to create chaos at this time," alluding to tensions with Egypt over the construction of a large Ethiopian hydropower dam. Abiy, [https://tarvelzone.hpage.com/which-is-the-biggest-dam-in-india.html tarvelzone.hpage.com] last year's Nobel Peace Prize laureate, wore a military uniform during the meeting, a portion of which was broadcast on state television. Singer Hachalu Hundessa, a member of the Oromo ethnic group, Ethiopia's largest, was shot dead in the capital Addis Ababa on Monday night. Protests immediately broke out in the city and the surrounding Oromia region. Officials said that 98 people had been killed by security forces and in inter-ethnic clashes while 1,200 had been arrested amid the unrest. Five people have been arrested in connection with Hachalu's killing. Officials have repeatedly suggested that the Oromo Liberation Army, a rebel group, and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, an opposition party, were implicated. Abiy, who won the Nobel in part for opening up Ethiopia's political space, on Friday said opposition groups that benefited from amnesties he granted when he came to power in 2018 were taking up arms "instead of making a winning case through ideas and policy options", the summary provided by his office said. "A losing mindset cannot give birth to new ideas," it quoted Abiy as saying. Three high-profile opposition leaders -- including former media mogul Jawar Mohammed -- have been arrested in connection with the unrest this week, though officials have provided few details about the cases against them. Many businesses and government offices reopened in Addis Ababa on Friday after being closed for several days, but the internet remained shut off throughout the country for a fourth day.

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