Tag: child labor

• Saturday, December 23rd 2023 - 09:58 UTC

  Child labor in Brazil goes up under Bolsonaro

  

  According to a study released this week by the statistics bureau IBGE, child labor went up in Brazil between 2019 and 2022 under then-President Jair Bolsonaro, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Friday, September 22nd 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Uruguayan Governor sees nothing wrong with child labor

  

  The Governor of the Uruguayan department (province) of Artigas spoke naturally of child labor Thursday in a TV interview, which prompted a swift reaction from the national government.

• Tuesday, July 9th 2019 - 09:16 UTC

  Bolsonaro involved in child labor controversy: “I've been working since I was eight-year-old”

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, no stranger to controversy, sparked strong reaction by repeatedly defending the practice of child labor. “I've been working since I was eight years old... and today I am what I am,” the far-right leader said during his weekly live forum on Facebook.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2011 - 15:12 UTC

  One in six Argentine children aged 5-17 forced to work to help their families

  

  An estimated 17.6% of Argentine children between the age of 5 and 17 living in urban areas are forced to work, according to a report from the Argentine Catholic University, UCA, released last week.