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The vast majority of the population in the Altamira area are Mestizos and integrated Indians.
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Santander, Spain's largest bank, is offering "retro prices" on its real estate website, Altamira.
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Protesters said they would permanently occupy the site, located outside the small jungle city of Altamira in Para state, north Brazil.
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While no indigenous villages will be relocated because of the dam, Ibama said that at least 20, 000 people in Altamira and surrounding areas will have to move because of the construction.
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Norte Energia said on Saturday that the meeting was canceled by a federal judge in Altamira named Marcelo Honorato because the protestors have yet to dis-occupy one of the work sites, this one known as the Pimental camp.
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River dwelling tribes that number less than a thousand strong worry that when the diversion is through, the river will no longer be navigable and may see some Xingu tributaries dry out for good, impacting their way of life and a key route to the city of Altamira nearby.
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