Pedro Alcantara de Souza

Pedro Alcantara de Souza (died 1 April 2010) was a Brazilian land reform activist operating in the state of Pará.[1] He was shot dead on April 1, 2010.[1] Souza was a farmers' union president, and city councilor of Redenção. In 2008, 20 killings have been relate to land issues in the Amazon.[1]

Pedro Alcantara de Souza
Died1 April 2010
Belém
Cause of deathGunshot
NationalityBrazilian
OccupationActivist

Death and aftermath

De Souza was shot in the head five times[2] by two men on motorcycles while he was riding his bicycle on the outskirts of the town of Belém.[3] The assassination occurred shortly after the trial of a man accused of masterminding the killing of another rain forest activist in 2005. The activist Dorothy Stang was an American nun was shot and killed in 2005.[4] Watchdog groups say that conflicts between powerful ranchers and poor farmers over land rights have led to 1,200 murders across Brazil in the last 20 years.

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See also

References
  1. Land activist killed in Brazilian Amazon, BBCnews.com, 2009-04-02 External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. Downie, Andrew (2010-04-04). "Brazil's Land-Reform Murders: Dark Side of an Economic Miracle". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  3. "Huffington Post- Top Amazon activist shot dead in Brazil". 2010-04-01. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
  4. "Time - Brazil's Land Reform Murders - The Dark side of economic miracles". 2010-04-04. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
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