Indigenous people are ‘trapped’ by coal-fire power plant complex in Roraima

Indigenous members of the Macuxi and Wapichana ethnic groups claim that they “were never consulted” about the construction of the Serra da Lua coal-fired power plant complex, inaugurated this week by the administration of Roraima state, governor Antonio Denarium. The project is located at the limits of the Tabalascada, Malacacheta and Canaunim Indigenous Lands, where 16 communities and 3 thousand indigenous people live.

The project, which has been called the “power plant of death” by the indigenous people, received tax incentives from Denarium’s administration. The plants were auctioned in May 2019, in the first energy auction promoted by Bolsonaro, and are controlled by OXE Energia.