Brazil activists fear death squads back (AP)

A woman prays at the grave of American nun Dorothy Stang in Anapu, Brazil, in Nov. 2007. Bishop Flavio Giovenale was crushed by the acquittal last week of a rancher accused of ordering the killing of Dorothy Stang, a 73-year-old nun from Dayton, Ohio, in Feb. 12, 2005. Giovenale, who spends much of his time battling child prostitution, police corruption and drug abuse, fears the verdict means it’s open season again on activists in the Amazon jungle state of Para. (AP Photo/Renato Chalu)AP - Bishop Flavio Giovenale was crushed by the acquittal last week of a rancher accused of ordering the killing of a crusading American nun ? and not just because he admired Dorothy Stang.

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