Tag: slavery

Emperor Dom Pedro’s Nightmare: Brazil Has Frozen in Time

Were he to be resuscitated today, Brazil’s last emperor, Dom Pedro II, would feel ...

Will Brazil Ever Put and End to the Slavery and Genocide of Its Indians?

The genocide that occurs in a continuous and silent manner in Mato Grosso do ...

Favela in Rio, Brazil

Slavery Is Alive in Brazil While People Keep Living in Favelas and Streets

Overshadowed by the Pope’s visit to Brazil, the 119th anniversary of the Abolition of ...

Favela kid in Brazil

Slavery Will Only End in Brazil When Condo and Favela Kids Go to Same Schools

On March 25, 1884, the state of Ceará began its Abolition of Slavery, which ...

Sugar cane cutter in Brazil

Ambassador Denies that Brazil Has Ethanol Slaves

The ambassador of Brazil in Great Britain, José MaurÀ­cio Bustani, in a letter published ...

Sugarcane is cut many times by slave labor

Brazil Accused of Getting Biofuel with Slave Labor

Producing fuels from sugarcane, castor bean, and soybeans – the so-called biofuels – is ...

Brazil Hatches Primer on Risks of Being Recruited into Slave Labor

Showing Brazilian workers the risks of being recruited to perform slave labor is the ...

Soy Cultivation Is Bearing Slavery in Brazil, Says Report

The report "Eating the Amazon," released by the Greenpeace International non-government organization shows that, ...

Poor family in Brazil's Northeast

Decade After Decade, Brazil Stumbles from One Missed Opportunity to Another

When it abolished slavery in 1888 with the Lei Áurea, or Golden Law, Brazil ...

Italians arrive in Caxias do Sul, Brazil, in 1881

If in Brazil Everyone Seems to Be Italian That’s Because They Are

As you probably know, the Italian word ciao is not only used for "hello" ...