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Brazil king of deforestation dethroned in drive to beat land clearers

2015-03-02 11:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: For most of the past six years, Ezequiel Antônio Castanha had seemed a pillar of the community in the small Amazonian city of Novo Progresso. As the owner of a supermarket, hotel and car dealership, he provided more jobs than anyone else. Outside his municipality, few had heard of him. Neighbours described him as a pessoa normal (regular guy). Today, however, the thick-set, middle-aged man sits in jail with a notoriety across Brazil as a Tony Soprano-like character whose businesses were used...

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