Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes: Struggle for Justice in the Amazon

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Index A Genocidal Occupation 177 Acre/Aquiri River, 73, 170n11 Acre region, 73–74 Action for Citizenship, 28, 167n14 agrarian reform, 6–7, 13–14, 109, 119, 130, 134, 136, 152–153. See also land law Agroextractive Cooperative of Xapuri, Ltd. (CAEX), 108–109, 171n7 ALBRAS, 95 Alcoa, 95 Allegretti, Mary, 12–13, 26, 154, 166n11, 172n10 Alliance of Forest Peoples, 14, 15, 16, 120, 121, 145, 172n11 Almeida, Mauro, xii, 114 Alves, Alvarino, 26–27, 29, 34, 35, 36 Alves, “Little Darli,” 37, 38 Alves da Silva, Darli: arrest warrant for Urizzi’s murder by, 26–30, 160; and Cachoeira rubber estate, 24, 43, 110, 115–116, 165n5; crimes and gunmen of, 20, 23, 25–27, 34–39, 116; empate (nonviolent demonstration) against, 115–116; events leading to Mendes’s murder by, 23–35; and Higino’s murder , 26; and Mendes’s murder, xii, 15, 34, 35; and Paraná Ranch, 23, 27, 34, 39; and plans to murder Rodrigues, 39–40; and plot for murder of Mendes, 35–36; prosecution of, for murder of Mendes, 7–8, 15, 35, 165–166n2; reasons for murder of Mendes, 40–43, 157; and reintegration of possession suit, 24 Alves da Silva, Oloci, 25, 34, 35, 39–40 Alves da Silva, Sebastião, 34–35 Alves Pereira, Darci: and empate by rubber tappers, 25, 35; and Higino’s murder, 22; murder of Mendes by, 22, 31–35, 40; and plans for murder of Rodrigues, 39–40; prosecution of, for murder of Mendes, 33–35, 165–166n2 Amazon region: cattle ranching in, 89, 90, 95, 99, 133, 171n13; climate of, 22, 54, 166n4; colonization of, 90, 91–92, 98, 119, 137; conservation policies for, 120; documentary films on, 118, 171–172n10; economic interests in, 40–42; government policy on, by military dictatorships, 89–100; government policy on, by New Republic , 173–174n2; history of, 64–78; Indians of, 69–70, 90–91, 95; military interest in, 42, 97. See also deforestation; developmentalism; rubber barons; rubber estates; rubber tappers Amazon Surveillance System (SIVAM), 97, 171n9 Amazon Workers’ Center (CTA), 20, 39, 143, 165n1 amnesty, 158 Amnesty International, 156 Aquiri/Acre River, 73, 170n11 Araguaia war, 124, 172n2 Araújo, Jaime, 143 ARENA, 130–131, 132, 133, 172n5 Argentina, 3–4, 169n3 Armando, 49, 51, 54–56 Arruda Sampaio, Plínio de, 28 Aviamento (financing and labor contracting system), 65, 169n2 Bacelar, Wagner, 131, 134, 135 Bank of the Amazon, 89, 170n3 Barbosa da Silva, Genésio, 35 Barra rubber estate, 58 Barros, Raimundo (“Big Raimundo”), xii, 24, 45–49, 57, 59, 107, 110, 115–116, 167n2 Batista, Fulgencio, 4 Bellato, Sueli, 30–31 Better World Society, 15, 121, 145, 149 Big Raimundo. See Barros, Raimundo (“Big Raimundo”) biopiracy, xii, 65, 70–72, 169–170n9 birds, 55, 78 Bittar, Jacó, 103 Bolivia, 8, 9, 72–74, 90, 93, 95 Bordon Group, xii, 50, 55–56, 105, 114–115, 152, 165n6, 167n1 Borges, Miracele, 104 Branco, João, 31 Brazil: and Acre region, 73–74; amnesty in, 158; border between Bolivia and, 72–73; Center-South region of, 89, 170n2; Constitution (1988) of, 76, 158–159, 169n21, 170n12; direct presidential elections in, 158, 174n3; foreign debt of, 94, 95, 153; military coup (1964) in, 127, 128, 155; military dictatorship in, during (1964–1985), 3–10, 18n4, 89–100; New Republic (1985) of, 5, 152–153, 173–174n2; and Paraguayan War, 65, 71, 169n3; transition period following dictatorship in (1985–1990), 3, 6–7, 158. See also Amazon region; developmentalism; deforestation; Mendes, Chico; and specific presidents Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB), 14, 102, 129–131, 133–135, 171n1 Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA), 25, 58, 110, 112–113, 166n8, 173n17 Brazilian Institute of Reforestation (IBDF), 25, 35, 110, 117, 137, 166n8 Brazil Network, 154 Brazil nut trees, 95, 96, 97, 149 Brito, José, 24, 37 Brizola, Leonel, 4 burning season, 92, 142, 173n21 Burns, Bradford, 162 caboré (forest bird), 55, 78 cacao plantations, 95 Cachimbo Mountains, 97, 171n10 Cachoeira rubber estate, 24, 43, 58, 110, 115–116, 165n5 CAEX (Agroextractive Cooperative of Xapuri, Ltd.), 108–109, 171n7 Caiado, Ronaldo, 7 Calado, Raimundo, 106 Calha Norte, 29, 167n16 Canadian Development and Peace agency, 107 Canção, Maria, xii, 114, 115 Capoeiro, Jorge, 57–58 Cardoso administration, 166n11 Carmen rubber estate, 111 Castro, Fidel, 4 Castro Melo, Arquilau de, 173n15 Catholic Church: and CEBs (grassroots groups), 129, 172n4; duty visits by priests of, 170n14; and grassroots social movements in Brazil, 129, 131–132, 161–162...