TY  - SOUND
AU  - Araújo,Heriberto
AU  - Mozo,Rebecca
TI  - Masters of the lost land: the untold story of the Amazon and the violent fight for the world's last frontier 
SN  - 9780063024304
PY  - 2023///]
CY  - [New York, NY]
PB  - Harper Audio
KW  - Environmental degradation
KW  - Brazil
KW  - Pará (State)
KW  - Deforestation
KW  - Environmental protection
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Farmers
KW  - Violence against
KW  - Land tenure
KW  - Murder
KW  - Pará (Brazil : State)
KW  - Environmental conditions
KW  - Audiobooks
KW  - lcgft
KW  - True crime stories
N1  - Title from container; Misc. PDF on disc 11; Read by Rebecca Mozo
N2  - Deep in the heart of the Amazon, the city of Rondon do Pará, Brazil, lived for decades in the shadow of land barons, or fazendeiros, who maintained control of the region through unscrupulous land grabs and egregious human rights violations. They razed and burned the jungle, expelled small-scale farmers and Indigenous tribes from their lands, and treated their farmhands as slaves, all with impunity. The only true opposition came from Rondon's small but robust farmworkers' union, led by the charismatic Dezinho, who fought to put power back into the hands of the people who called the Amazon home. But when Dezinho was assassinated in cold blood, it seemed the farmworkers' struggle had come to a violent and fruitless end. What no one anticipated was that this event would bring forth an unlikely hero: Dezinho's widow. Against great odds, and at extreme personal risk, Maria Joel, now a single mother of four young children, used her ingenuity and unwavering support from union members to bring her husband's killer to account in court. Her campaign gained unexpected momentum, helping to bring international attention to the dire situation in Rondon, from Brazil's president Lula to international celebrities and civil rights groups
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