Son of slain Quilombola leader will still strive for community’s rights

SÃO PAULO — On Aug. 17, Maria Bernadete Pacífico, a 72-year-old Quilombola leader in Brazil, was brutally killed when two men wearing helmets entered her home and unloaded more than a dozen bullets in her direction. A respected name in social movements across the country, she headed the Pitanga dos Palmares quilombo in Bahia state, … Continue reading Son of slain Quilombola leader will still strive for community’s rights