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Besieged by Cops and Gunmen a Brazilian Community Thrives PDF Print E-mail
Written by Bill Hinchberger   
Saturday, 01 April 2006 15:41

Santa Cruz dos Pinhais, in Santa Catarina, BrazilNatives of the Santa Catarina backwoods are instinctively reserved and mistrustful, but Luiz Backes manages to be even more tight-lipped than most. Minutes of silence pass, enough to honor all the martyrs to Brazil's land struggles, as he rolls a cigarette and mulls his next utterance - or decides perhaps to remain silent after all.

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An example for us
written by Guest, April 07, 2006
I can hardly blame Brazilians for giving up on the fight for their rights. But this story shows all is not hopeless. Why can't we, for instance, keep fighting until we have a post office that actually delivers the mail? Because that is not so inspiring a goal as keeping the land you make your living from, and keeping it beautiful?

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