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Security & Strategic Review - August 2018 (ISSN 1741-4202)

Environmental activists in the firing line

Latin America is one of the most dangerous places in the world to campaign on environmental and land issues, according to a report by Global Witness, a lobby group. The report says that at least 207 land and environmental defenders were murdered in 2017; nearly 60% of those killings took place in Latin America, led by Brazil (57) and followed by Colombia (24) Mexico (15) and Peru (8).

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