A Brazilian man has been arrested for ordering the murder of an American nun. Regivaldo Pereira Galvao is accused of having 73-year-old Dorothy Stang killed in an effort to get people in the area to give him their property rights. The area is under dispute in the Amazon. She had defended the rights of landless farmers in a land distribution project called the Project for Sustainable Development (PDS). The Brazilian government says 100’s of people have been able to earn a living because of its success.
A film called They Killed Sister Dorothy with narration by actor Martin Sheen, tells her story and has won international praise. Some interviews in the documentary will be used against some of the suspects including Galvao who maintains his innocence.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
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