Linking or transition signals are words or phrases that connect your ideas and make your sentences more cohesive, connecting your paragraphs and aligning your thoughts. That said, which of the following words could better connect the next two paragraphs? While that makes it the country with the highest number of murders of green activists anywhere in the world, other countries in Latin America also proved deadly. …………., Brazil recorded 34 murders of defenders of the environment. Mexico 31 and Honduras 11. The Amazon region saw 39 killings, with many of the victims from indigenous communities.