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Politics relating to this place are analyzed in Jacob Blanc’s Before the Flood and Christine Folch’s Hydropolitics. The Yvyrupá Commission examined the Avá people’s removal from Tekoa Ocoy after an event at this place, from which Operation Mymba Kuera rescued animals. An annual payment for this place was raised from 124 to 360 million dollars in 2009 and ended in 2023 after 50 years. This place lies near Guaíra Falls, formerly one of the highest-volume waterfalls in the world. This place on the Serra Geral (15[1])Flood Basalt has the largest (*) power plant connected to both 50 Hz and 60 Hz transmission lines. This place is 9 miles north of Friendship Bridge, connecting Ciudad del Este to a town named for nearby Iguazu Falls. (10[1])This place’s name means (10[1])“the sounding stone” in Guarani. For 10 points, name this second most productive dam in the world, (10[2])on the Paraná River between Paraguay and Brazil. ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: Itaipu Dam [or Barragem de Itaipu or Represa de Itaipú; accept Itaipu Binacional Dam]
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