Piero Locatelli |
13/10/15
The Teles Pires hydroelectric power plant, built in the Amazon rainforest on the border of Mato Grosse and Para, will begin generating energy while trees rot in its reservoir. The debris, consisting of branches and logs from chestnut, mahogany, and other tree species,...
Repórter Brasil |
21/09/15
The preliminary order granted by Brazil’s Supreme Court preventing the federal government from disclosing the ‘dirty list’ of slave labor in late 2014 remains in place. As a result, Repórter Brasil and the Institute of the National Pact for Eradication of Slave Labor...
By Leonardo Sakamoto |
27/06/14
Brasilia – The Brazilian Senate approved the Constitutional Amendment Bill (PEC) 57A/1999 on Slave Labor late on 27th May. The proposed constitutional amendment provides for expropriation of real estate property where this crime is found and their allocation to land...