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Financial Times: You cannot miss the spot where the two Amazon activists were murdered. Three months ago, José Claudio Ribeiro da Silva and his wife, Maria, were on their motorbike, trying to navigate a dilapidated bridge on a remote track outside the town of Nova Ipixuna in Brazil’s Pará state, when gunmen opened fire on them from the rainforest. A bullet went through Maria’s hand as she held her husband’s waist. The killers cut off one of Claudio’s ears as proof of their handiwork. Today, a plaque marking the......
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An Amazonian battle
Posted by Financial Times: Joe Leahy on August 29th, 2011
Posted in Water Conservation