If you’re a Mana fan, you’ve probably heard the Cuando Los Angeles Lloran song, which is about Chico Mendes, but maybe you’ve never learned about Chico’s story beyond Mana’s song. Chico was a rural workers’ rights activist and environmentalist who fought to protect and preserve the Amazon rainforest, and was unfortunately killed for his activism.

In this episode, Carmen tells Cristina about Chico Mendes.

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Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_Mendes 
https://sites.google.com/a/ocsdnj.org/cweaver/social-studies/amazon-land-use-conflict/rubber-tappers  https://www.rainforestfund.org/extractive-reserves-sustainable-harvesting-of-rainforest-resources/  https://archive.org/details/humanrightsessen00devi/page/202/mode/1up 

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