Francisco Alves Mendes Filho, better known as Chico Mendes, was a Brazilian rubber tapper, trade union leader, and environmentalist. He fought to preserve the Amazon rainforest, and advocated for the human rights of Brazilian peasants and Indigenous people. He was assassinated by a rancher on December 22, 1988.
Chico Mendes
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Brazilian trade union leader and environmentalist (1944–1988)
| Born | 1944 |
| Died | 1988 |
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Chico Mendes
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Brazilian trade union leader and environmentalist (1944–1988)
| Born | 1944 |
| Died | 1988 |
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- OLID: OL730604A
- ISNI: 0000000083872840
- Integrated Authority File (GND): 11893984X
- IMDb: nm0578938
- Library of Congress Names: n89672780
- MusicBrainz: 87798770-16e4-4eee-8975-926fd3f4d549
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): LIAV113985
- VIAF: 61586212
- Wikidata: Q550176
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q550176
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- Mendes, Chico, d. 1988.
- Francisco A. Mendes Filho
- Francisco Alves Mendes Filho
- Francisco Alves Mendes