Amazon Rain Forest

Environmental Activists Killed And Mutilated

AP | By TALES AZZONI | Posted 07.25.2011

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SAO PAULO -- An activist fighting to protect the Amazon rain forest from loggers was shot and killed with his wife, Brazilian authorities said Wednesd...

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Pedro Alcantara De Souza, Amazon Activist, Shot Dead In Brazil

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 05.25.2011

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BELEM, Brazil — A top activist for land reform in Brazil's Amazon has been murdered, police said Thursday. The killing came hours after a delay...

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Brazil court orders jail, retrial in US nun death

AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 05.25.2011

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RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian court on Tuesday ordered the arrest and retrial of an Amazon rancher acquitted of orchestrating the murder of Ameri...

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Venezuelan Rain Forest Tribe Charges Government With Neglect

The New York Times | Simon Romero | Posted 05.25.2011

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PUERTO AYACUCHO, Venezuela -- Three years after President Hugo Chávez expelled American missionaries from the Venezuelan Amazon, accusing them of usi...

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