Chico Mendes was killed in Brazil by the defense of the Amazon and the alliance of its countries of origin. This trade union and environmental activist created the union of rubber collectors and truck drivers to defend the rights of workers and the tropical rainforest.

Acre highlighted the campaign against a contagious highway in the state and participated in the creation of sustainable forest reserves managed by indigenous and peasant communities.

This made it the destination of the large landowners and the rightwing sectors. He was killed by a gunned latifundist in front of his house.

It is the well-known phrase: "Environmentalism, without class struggles, is just gardening."