Fate of Amazon Up for Grabs; Slain Nun Sought to Protect Rain Forest, Residents
The Columbian › February 22, 2005
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ON THE BOA ESPERANCA SETTLEMENT, Brazil - A crude cross of tree branches marks the spot where American nun Dorothy Stang died on a red mud road cutting through dense green jungle.
It also marks ground zero of a battle over how the Amazon, the world's largest remaining tropical wilderness, will be developed or destroyed.See the full content of this document
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Fate of Amazon Up for Grabs; Slain Nun Sought to Protect Rain Forest, Residents
Stang, 73, a spunky, softly spoken nun from Dayton, Ohio, was shot dead on Feb. 12 in a dispute with an influential rancher in the eastern Amazon state of...
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