Environmentalists in Brazil blame government for Amazon land violence
by Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro from on (#2W26F)
Plans to reduce forest protections linked to attacks on inspectors and campaigners, environmental groups said after two land rights activists murdered
Environmental campaigners have blamed the Brazilian government for intensifying violence in the lawless Amazon after two land activists were murdered and a transporter carrying vehicles for Brazil's environment agency was torched last week.
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