BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gave the green light on Monday to paving a controversial road through the Amazon rainforest, benefiting farmers and worrying environmentalists.
Lula authorized paving a 975-mile section of the highway from Cuiaba to the Amazon River port of Santarem, a move that would bring Brazil's main center-west soybean belt closer to foreign export markets like Europe and Asia.
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