Dec 22 1988, 30 years ago today, Chico Mendes, “the Gandhi” of the Amazon,” was murdered in Brazil. Connecting the “cry of the poor” and the “cry of the earth,” he organized fellow rubber-tappers to oppose ranchers who were burning the forest to provide grazing land for cattle.
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Here with his wife Ilza: “Chico had a lot of faith. When he died I was filled with despair. But God comforted me and inspired me to work alongside others to carry on Chico’s work. They killed him, but they didn’t kill his ideals or crush the struggle.”

Dec 22, 2018 · 12:07 PM UTC
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