Death in the Amazon: Brazil accused of protecting trees but not its people

Progress in reducing logging marred by brutal killings of environmental campaigners Even here, Tuesday is an unusual day to die. At the weekend there is no shortage of bloodletting in this corner of the Amazon. Bar brawls, knife fights, lovers’ tiffs, alcohol-soaked arguments, all with the same predictable coda: a slit throat, a shot to the head, a visit from Maraba’s over-worked head of forensic science, José Augusto Andrade, and a gory crime-scene photograph splashed across the pages of a tabloid. Tuesdays, though, are normally quiet. But 24 May this year was an

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