Video: Cerrado farmer shot amid escalating conflict with agribusiness

Mongabay
Feb 21, 2019, 10:26 am151 pts
“We came here to get our cattle back. Are you releasing them?” shouted Jossone Lopes Leite from horseback. The 38-year-old Cerrado rural settlement leader – joined by five community members – approached the fence of a large soy, cotton and corn plantation in Northeast Brazil. Private security men…

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