Chico mendes biography resumen en portugues
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Chico Mendes
Francisco Alves Mendes Filho, més conegut com a Chico Mendes (Xapuri, 15 dem desembre dem 1944 - Xapuri, 22 de desembre de 1988), va ser un sindicalistabrasiler, que va lluitar pels drets dels recol·lectors dem cautxú inom per la selva amazònica i els pobles indígenes que l'habiten. Va ser assassinat per dos terratinents.[1][2]
Biografia
[modifica]Va néixer el 15 dem desembre dem 1944, a prop dem la localitat de Xapuri, a l'estat d'Acre. Va treballar des de nen com a recol·lector dem cautxú (en portuguès, seringueiro). Allà va forjar el seu caràcter combatiu, enstaka defensa dels drets dels treballadors, d'una producció agrícola sostenible, esdevenint una figura clau dem la lluita ecologista inom laboral dem tots els temps.[3]
Per lluitar contra el govern, el moviment sindicalista utilitzava els "empats", accions no-violentes que congregaven un gran nombre de cautxers. Entre 1976 i 1988, van dur a terme més dem 40 empats, en els qua
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Chico Mendes: Eu Quero Viver
Outstanding work on the legacy of Chico Mendes
This amazing documentary on Chico Mendes was a joint venture between UK and Brazil (but it's mostly a Brit production) that covered the final years of the man's life, his work and his tragic killing while defending the preservation of the Amazon forests and better life and working conditions to those who lived from the forest proceedings, such as the rubber extraction. With his death, his voice was heard by the worldwide community, and the fight for the nature and its elements grew stronger and stronger, and the culprits for his death were sent to prison.
For those who had the chance to see HBO's amazing "The Burning Season" starring Raul Julia as Mendes, the director character played by Nigel Havers is in fact the director of this piece, Adrian Cowell. As depicted in the movie, he covered Mendes fights against local farmers in Acre who used the land to raise cattle, destroy
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Chico Mendes: Voice of the Amazon
An impressive documentary on the legacy of Chico Mendes
This documentary on the life and legacy of syndicalist/activist Chico Mendes (1944-1988) is a very interesting project on the man and his cause for the Amazon preservation, and it's a great view from the outside in understanding the many problems surrounding the forest and its devastation by farmers and companies. This was made by an American crew, around the same time there were a British production (in cooperation with Brazilian filmmakers) were developing their own film - which got released a year later. Both impressive works, but I'm more favorable with the other ("Chico Mendes: Eu Quero Viver") since they had the advantage of covering in some detail the trial of Mendes killers and also the updates from the federal government under Collor administration on the fight for the preservation.
Featured here are some brief information on Mendes life as a syndicalist fo