Monday, November 21, 2011

Gunmen Execute Indian Chief in Western Brazil

http://news.yahoo.com/gunmen-execute-indian-chief-western-brazil-212054028.html

This article illustrates the age old battle between land owners and Indigenous people in Latin America. In this case, gunmen hired by cattle ranchers were sent into an Indigenous village in the hope of brutally repressing land claims and getting the people to move. Evidently, the more tims go on, the less things change.

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