This external paper is a summary of the report “As veias abertas da Volta Grande do Xingu”, produced by Fundação Rosa Luxemburgo Brasil, with the support of Lush Charity Pot. It offers an analysis of the impacts of the Belo Sun mining company in a region already affected by the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam.

*Marcel Gomes is a journalist and coordinator of the NGO Repórter Brasil.