Itaipú Dam is impressive in itself. It is one of the largest hydroelectric projects in the world, with its huge turbines producing 75% of the electricity used by Paraguay and about 25% of the electricity needed in Brazil.

It has also become something of a tourist attraction too, greeting close to one million tourists each year. Though the claim from the construction company that they weren’t destroying the beauty of the falls, just transferring it to the spillway of Itaipu Dam, has been contested by many people since.

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