Casa da Rita- avó da Vitória
The place
Casa da Rita- avó da Vitória ("Rita's house - Vitória's grandmother") in Pará state, Marabá/Tucuruí area (eastern Amazonia, Tocantins/Xingu, Brazil), at 246 m elevation, in the lower Amazon forest. Continuous Brazil Amazonia cluster (batches 260-402). Traditional Amazonian family home, an OSM artifact (Marabá, 300,000 inhabitants, hub of the Carajás iron mine + Tucuruí Dam, 8,000 MW, Brazil's 3rd-largest, 1984 + Serra Pelada gold mine, 1980, 100,000 garimpeiros, an iconic gold rush + Xingu, 1,815 km, an Amazon tributary + Xikrin/Kayapó heritage (Kayapó people, 8,500, Kayapó language, Je-Macro-Jê + Xikrin, 800, a subgroup at Cateté + iconic Raoni heritage, Kayapó chief, born 1930, iconic, Sting's 1989 forest defense tour in Europe + iconic Carajás heritage, Vale do Rio Doce, 1985, the world's largest iron mine, 7 Bn tonnes in reserves + iconic Belo Monte heritage, dam, 2016, 11,000 MW, world's 4th-largest, controversial with the Kayapó and Munduruku, iconic + iconic Lula heritage, PT, 2003-2010, 2023-present + Dilma Rousseff, 2011-2016, impeachment + Bolsonaro, 2019-2022, far-right shift, iconic, Amazon deforestation +75% + iconic Amazonia heritage, 6 M km², lungs of the world, 20% of oxygen + Yanomami, 40,000, genocide, 570 deaths in 2022, illegal gold mining under Bolsonaro).
The setting
Pará Marabá/Tucuruí eastern Amazonia Tocantins/Xingu Brazil 246 m lower Amazon forest, continuous cluster batches 260-402, Amazonian family home OSM + Marabá 300,000 Carajás iron + Tucuruí 8,000 MW 3rd-largest BR 1984 + Serra Pelada gold mine 1980 100,000 garimpeiros iconic + Xingu 1,815 km Amazon tributary, Xikrin/Kayapó 8,500 Kayapó Je-Macro-Jê + Xikrin 800 Cateté + Raoni chief born 1930 Sting 1989 Europe tour iconic + Carajás Vale 1985 world's largest iron mine 7 Bn t + Belo Monte 2016 11,000 MW world's 4th-largest Kayapó Munduruku controversy + Lula PT 2003-2010 2023+ + Dilma 2011-2016 impeachment + Bolsonaro 2019-2022 deforestation +75% + Amazonia 6 M km² 20% of oxygen + Yanomami 40,000 genocide 570 deaths 2022 illegal mining Bolsonaro, ANOMALY Brazil absent.
