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April 2, 2010

Amazonian Land Activist Killed in Brazil
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In Brazil, a top Amazonian land reform activist has been shot dead in a
targeted attack. Pedro Alcantara de Souza was killed Thursday by two
gunmen on motorcycles. Souza headed a union of landless farmers in the
Brazilian state of Para. He had led a series of occupations of large
farms in a campaign for equitable distribution of land. His murder came
hours after a trial was delayed for the suspect accused of murdering the
American nun and rainforest activist Dorothy Stang, who was killed in
2005 in the same state.



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