XAPURI, Brazil, Oct. 11 -- She remembers the spot in the hallway where her father said, "They shot me," then fell into the arms of his wife. She remembers, even though she was only 4 years old, how Chico Mendes tried to say her name but couldn't finish the words before the world's most famous rub... -
An Amazon Icon's Town Is a Shrine Frozen in Time
XAPURI, Brazil, Oct. 11 -- She remembers the spot in the hallway where her father said, "They shot me," then fell into the arms of his wife. She remembers, even though she was only 4 years old, how Chico Mendes tried to say her name but couldn't finish the words before the world's most famous rub...-
By Joshua Partlow