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Paulo Fernando Rezende, an engineer for Brazil’s national electric company Eletrobras in charge of Belo Monte dam studies, is surrounded by the press after being attacked with machetes by Indians who are protesting a proposed hydroelectric dam in Altamira, Brazil, Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Rezende, who suffered a deep gash on his right shoulder, was attacked moments after he gave a presentation to a gathering debating the impact of the Belo Monte dam on traditional communities. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)AP - Painted and feathered Indians waving machetes and clubs slashed an official of Brazil’s national electric company Tuesday during a protest over a proposed hydroelectric dam.