Lúcio Flávio de Faria Pinto is an independent journalist who lives in Belém

Belém

Belém is a Brazilian city, the capital and largest city of state of Pará, in the country's north region. It is the entrance gate to the Amazon with a busy port, airport and bus/coach station...

, Brazil

Brazil

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. He is the publisher and editor of Jornal Pessoal, which is published bi-weekly.

For the past 43 years, he has been reporting on drug trafficking

Illegal drug trade

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, environmental devastation, and political and corporate corruption

Corporate crime

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. Because of this he is constantly being threatened and subjected to a wave of spurious lawsuits that attempt to prevent him from continuing his important work. He is considered by some intellectuals, scholars and environmental activists

Environmentalism

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 to be an important voice speaking truth to power in the Amazon region.

In 2005, Lucio won an International Press Freedom Award

CPJ International Press Freedom Awards

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 from the Committee to Protect Journalists

Committee to Protect Journalists

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 in New York City.

Books

Books by Lucio Flavio Pinto available in Brazil. All books are in Portuguese:

Amazônia, o anteato da destruição
(Amazonia: Before the Act of Destruction)

Amazônia: no rastro do saque (Amazonia: The Tracks of Looting)

Carajás, o ataque ao coração da Amazônia
(Carajas: Attack at the Heart of the Amazon)

Jari: toda a verdade sobre o projeto de Ludwig
(Jari: The Whole Truth About the Ludwig Project)

Amazônia, a fronteira do caos (Amazonia: The Frontier of Chaos)

Amazônia, o século perdido (Amazonia: The Forgotten Century)

Internacionalização da Amazônia (The Internationalization of the Amazon)

Hidrelétricas na Amazônia (Hydroelectric Dams

Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity is the term referring to electricity generated by hydropower; the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water. It is the most widely used form of renewable energy...

in the Amazon)

CVRD: a sigla do enclave na Amazônia

Guerra amazônica (Amazonian War)

O jornalismo na linha de tiro (Journalism on the Frontline)

Contra o poder (Against Power)

External links

• http://cpj.org/awards/2005/pinto.php
• http://www.lucioflaviopinto.com.br
• http://www.gringoes.com/articles.asp?ID_Noticia=2262
• http://articles.latimes.com/2008/may/18/entertainment/ca-amazon18