Only then did Brazil officially recognize the existence of contemporary forms of slavery. Since 2003, some US$ 26.4 million has been spent on compensation to victims. Prior to 2003, there was no ...

In a busy workshop, Leandro Vieira oversees preparations for Rio de Janeiro's dazzling Carnival parade, where his samba ...

the pilot asks. “Brazil is a civilized nation!” During centuries of slavery roughly five million African captives were brought to Brazil. Almost as soon as they were put to work, the slaves ...

Brazilian prosecutors on Tuesday said that they had rescued over 160 Chinese citizens from "slavery-like conditions." The workers had been building a factory for Chinese automaker BYD in Camacari ...

Whether the colonial parceling out of the African continent or the violent uprooting of the slave trade, their consequences ...

In 2024, Brazil´s Ministry of Labor and Employment conducted 1,035 inspections to combat slave-like labor. These operations led to the rescue of 2,004 workers in degrading conditions and secured ...

and Brazil, live in conditions of forced bondage. Some sources believe the actual figures are 10 times as large. Richard Re, A Persisting Evil: The Global Problem of Slavery, Harvard International ...

Brazilian labor officials claimed Chinese workers had been brought to Brazil irregularly in “slavery-like” conditions at the BYD factory construction site in the northeastern state of Bahia.