Brazil: Interview: 'They Should Be Put in Prison': Battling Brazil's Huge Alumina Plant

Jul 21, 2018 | Jonathan Watts, The Guardian
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In Brazil, Maria do Socoro Silva is leading Amazonian forest people against alleged land-grabbing, corruption and pollution. The intimidation of Maria do Socorro Silva has come in many forms since she began defending her Amazonian home against the world’s biggest alumina refinery and its local government backers.Her home is in Pará, the deadliest state for land activists in Brazil, the most murderous country in the world.