At the time, Dilma was the Minister of Mines and Energy and her major project on the books was the 11, 200 megawatt Belo Monte dam, slated to be built along the Xingu River in the Amazon state of Para.

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The dam has been hit by several injunctions from federal prosecutors in the state of Para, where the dam is being built on the Xingu River, an Amazon tributary.

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