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Murder in the Amazon

Witness: Archive 2013 by BBC

Dec 23, 20138:55Society & Culture

In December 1988 the Brazilian environmental campaigner, Chico Mendes, was shot dead by cattle ranchers. The 44-year-old leader of the rubber tappers union had become a powerful symbol of the struggle to save the Amazon....

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Murder in the Amazon is an episode from Witness: Archive 2013 by BBC. In December 1988 the Brazilian environmental campaigner, Chico Mendes, was shot dead by cattle ranchers. The 44-year-old leader of the rubber tappers union had become a p...

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