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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 22 > Killings of Amazon activists go on despite Chico Mendes’ legacy

Killings of Amazon activists go on despite Chico Mendes’ legacy

By Bradley Brooks / The Bulletin
December 22, 2008

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — The shotgun blast that tore through the chest of Chico Mendes made the Brazilian rubber tapper an environmental icon and his fight to save the Amazon a global crusade.

But the battle against clear-cutting in remote jungles hasn’t gotten any safer in....

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