Afro-Brazilian Quilombo fear change in land laws
The Quilombo are 400-year-old communities in Brazil descended from escaped slaves. Now they are are facing a new threat from a proposed change to Brazilian law that critics fear will strip them of their land rights.
9 Nov 2017
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