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Mendes, Chico (Filho Francisco)

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Mendes, Chico (Filho Francisco) (1944-1988)

Brazilian environmentalist and labour leader. Opposed to the destruction of Brazil's rainforests, he organized itinerant rubber tappers into the Workers' Party (PT) and was assassinated by Darci Alves, a cattle rancher's son. Of 488 similar murders in land conflicts in Brazil 1985-89, his was the first to come to trial.

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