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- noun A person of mixed
Brazilian Indian andEuropean orAfrican descent
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Examples
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We proceeded to a "caboclo" establishment, where we saw people collecting rubber sap, its processing, as well as manioc flour being fried.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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We proceeded to a "caboclo" establishment, where we saw people collecting rubber sap, its processing, as well as manioc flour being fried.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Dorothy Stang, a 73-year-old American nun who was trying to keep caboclo homesteaders in Pará from being run out by cattle ranchers, was gunned down in 2005.
The Gasping Forest Shoumatoff, Alex 2007
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According to Greenpeace, at least 18 caboclo community leaders have been murdered since then.
The Gasping Forest Shoumatoff, Alex 2007
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The channel empties into Lago Grande, a 10-mile-long lake, and we stop at the little caboclo community of Nossa Senhora do Livramento.
The Gasping Forest Shoumatoff, Alex 2007
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A caboclo family, the Marinixes, standing before their houseboat, on Lago Grande de Manaquiri.
The Gasping Forest Shoumatoff, Alex 2007
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Crop specialisation and the large number of varieties that characterize caboclo farms may be important as repositories of genetic variability, and as sites for supplying subsistence production, but they are unable to contribute meaningfully to enhance the inhabitants 'income.
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Usually he arranges for two caboclo friends to accompany him for that exact purpose.
River Of Desire Taylor, Abra 1982
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If the doctor had not decided to do something to help, Braz would be no more than a poor caboclo like me.
River Of Desire Taylor, Abra 1982
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Ty and Barney and all the caboclo bearers were well out of the jungle now.
River Of Desire Taylor, Abra 1982
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