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More Murders over Illegal Logging in the Amazon

The heartbreaking news came yesterday that a young peasant activist in Brazil was murdered over an ongoing illegal logging conflict in the Amazon. Obede Loyla Souza’s death marked the fifth logging-related murder in the region in only a month. According to the Associated Press, the Brazilian government is taking “a series of measures to contain [...]

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