Alexandre Anderson de Souza

Alexandre Anderson de Souza is the president of the Association of Men and Women of the Sea
(AHOMAR), a fishermen’s association in the Guanabara Bay in the state of Rio de Janeiro. AHOMAR is
based in a small office on the Mauá beach, in the municipality of Magé, where fishermen repair their
nets and prepare small vessels for fishing expeditions into the bay. Alexandre has long denounced
development in the bay which he claims is causing serious, long-term environmental damage,
threatening his members’ livelihoods. Alexandre and his wife Daize Menezes de Souza have been
repeatedly threatened. Alexandre says that over the past three years he has survived six attempts on his
life.