Venezuela's deal to help ease power shortage in Brazil sparks controversy
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13/12/2000
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Financial Times (London)
Slash your way through the dense foliage of Canaima National Park, Venezuela's top eco-tourist attraction, and sooner or later you will come across a high-tension electricity pylon carrying power to energy-strapped Brazil, crackling as it discharges in the tropical forest. The indigenous groups say their wishes have been ignored in the rush to build the new power line.