Canada’s Role _ What You Can Do 
     
    
   
   
    
     By attending this event you have already 
     
     contributed to the fight to stop the dam and we 
     
     thank you for your support. but more needs to be 
     
     done. It is very important that letters be written 
     
     protesting the Plano 2010 Power Sector Loan and 
     
     Canada's role in the oppresion of the Kaiapo 
     
    
   
   
    
     . All Developed countries contribute to 
     
     rainforest destruction by creating and maintaining 
     
     the socio—economic forces that cause it. but 
     
     Canada's involvement in the destruction of the 
     
     Kaiapo lands is even more direct. Canada 
     
     contributes hundreds of millions of dollars to the , 
     
     World Bank. funding huge destructive projects like P6091? 
     
     the Altamira complex on the Xingu River. In December . It '5 a myth that letters 0‘ Promst are 
     
     the World Bank will be voting on the Plano 2010 ‘gnored‘ 1‘“ch are take" very scriOUS’Y by a" 
     
    

    
     Power Sector loan which will help finance the govcmmsné' and Isa" writing campaigns have 
     
     Altamira Complex. It is a virtual certainty that 3°91”? s‘m'lar Prolccfis 5°C“ 5 the Nam C1103“ Dam 
     
     Canada will vote @ the loan. despite the impact it m madand' Plea” Wm". ‘0 “15330”: 0‘ the 
     
    

    
     will have on the environment and the indigenous “dram belw' If Pos‘blc send additional 
     
    

    
     people: letters or copies to the other addresses 
     
    
   
   
    
     Write to: In Canada 
     
    
   
   
    
     Prime Minister. Brian Mulroney 
     
    

    
     Minister of Finance and Governor of the 
     
    

    
     World Bank, Michael Wilson 
     
    

    
     Minister for External Affairs, Joe Clark 
     
    

    
     Minister for External Relations, Monique Landry 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     and Your MP 
     
     _ Address all letters - 
     
     . ' . c/o House of Commons 
     
     . Paultnho Patakan and Kube-t parlimcm Bldg; 
     
     Ottawa. ONT 
     
     In Febuary of 1988 Paiakan and Kube-i K1 A 0A5 
     
     travelled to Washington to meet with representatives (no postage required) 
     
     of the World Bank. the US Congres, and the Treasury 
     
     and State Departments. Upon returning to Brazil In the USA 
     
     they were arrested for interfering with Brazilian - -. ' 
     
     policy. They still face charges for telling the Mr Barber Comb]: 
     
     truth. President. World Bank 
     
     . . 1818 H Street NW 
     
     The Fight for Sumval Washington. DC 
     
     USA 20433 In Brazil 
     
     Funds are being raised for a permanent .-... 
     
     settlement on the Site of the largest of the dams, Mr Frank pom, Exmo Sr Jose Samey 
     
     to be occupied by 3,500 warriors from 28 Indigenous Executive Director for Canada. Presidencia Republica 
     
     Natiom. Money is needed to provide the logistic world Bank Palacio do Planalto 
     
     and legal support necesary for these people. With 1313 H Street NW CEP 70.160 
     
     your help they can win. Washington. DC Brasilia. DF 
     
     USA 20433 BRAZIL 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Please copy and distribute this Action Alert after you have written 
     
     your letter(s) . Encourage your friends and family to voice their concern 
     
     for the Kaiapo people and the rainforest. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Friends of the Rainforest wishes to thank P. Halward of Probe 
     
     nternational, S. Counsell of Friends of the Earth UK, Mark Colchester of 
     
     ¢urvival International UK, and the Rainforest Action Network for the 
     
     information used to compile this report. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Produced and distributed by Friends of the Rainforest (FOR) 
     
     Box 4612, Station "E", Ottawa, Ont, KlS 5H8 (613) 236-5751 
     
    
   
   
    
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