Chico Mendes (1944 – 1988) Brazilian Union Leader, Conservationist, and Activist
Francisco Alvo Mendes Filho, known as Chico Mendes, was a defender of the tropical rain forests and a champion o...
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Martyred activist Chico Mendes (1944-1988) devoted much of his life to bring literacy to the natives of the Amazon jungle, and was the guiding force behind the movement to organize the laborers of the...
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A rancher goes to trial Monday for the killing of an American nun whose death while trying to save the Amazon rain forest now threatens to strip away the impunity of the region's often violent elit...
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A rancher pleaded not guilty Monday to ordering the killing of American nun who died while trying to save the Amazon rain forest in a case that human rights activists see as a test of Brazil's comm...
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In the 1980s, scientists sounded the alarm: The Amazon was burning and would be gone by the end of the century.Two decades later, the dire predictions have not come to pass. Around 80 percent of th...
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Chico Mendes (1944 – 1988) Brazilian Union Leader, Conservationist, and Activist
Chico Mendes
Brazil rancher on trial for nun killing
