{"id":13830,"date":"2020-03-12T12:37:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T15:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amazoniasocioambiental.org\/radar\/project-of-death-alarm-at-bolsonaros-plan-for-amazon-spanning-bridge\/"},"modified":"2020-03-12T12:51:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T15:51:35","slug":"project-of-death-alarm-at-bolsonaros-plan-for-amazon-spanning-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisg.org\/es\/radar\/project-of-death-alarm-at-bolsonaros-plan-for-amazon-spanning-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Project of death’: alarm at Bolsonaro’s plan for Amazon-spanning bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Guardian<\/p>\n

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10\/03\/2020<\/p>\n

By: Dom Phillips<\/p>\n

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Residents of riverside communities in the state of Par\u00e1 are unconvinced by the Bolsonaro government\u2019s claims of jobs and other benefits that a dramatic extension of a trans-Amazon highway would bring<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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From the veranda of her wooden home, Joaci da Silva looked out across her garden towards the waters of the River Amazon, and shuddered as she considered the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday we live in a paradise,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

But the future of that paradise is in doubt after Brazil\u2019s far-right president\u00a0Jair Bolsonaro\u00a0backed plans to build a bridge across the river, and extend a busy highway hundreds of miles through protected forests.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know there will be a big impact,\u201d said Da Silva, 51, who \u2013 like many people in the tiny riverside community of Sant\u00edssima Trindade \u2013 fears the project will bring crime, noise and pollution. \u201cIt will bring some benefits and jobs, but there will be devastation.\u201d<\/p>\n

A short boat ride away from her home is the quaint colonial backwater of \u00d3bidos; beyond that is 500km of rainforest stretching to Suriname \u2013 the \u201cCalha Norte\u201d, or \u201cNorth Zone\u201d of Par\u00e1 state.<\/p>\n