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Montevideo, May 20th 2025 - 02:04 UTC

Tag: slave-labor

  • Tuesday, April 29th 2025 - 10:17 UTC

    Two Uruguayans held under slave-like conditions rescued in Brazil

    The man had been working for nine years as a domestic employee and was forced to tattoo his employers' initials as a mark of ownership.

    Two Uruguayans, a homosexual man and a trans woman, were rescued in Planura, in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, after years of slave-like conditions. Lured via social media with false job promises, they endured physical, sexual, and psychological abuse, including forced tattoos of their employers' initials. The man worked unregistered for nine years, while the trans woman, held for six months, suffered a stroke.

  • Tuesday, March 11th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Canada's new PM's past in Brazil comes to light

    Carney played a senior role at Brookfield, a company linked to deforestation and slave-like labor scandals in the South American country

    Canada's new Prime Minister, Mark Carney, may be a novice in politics but not to scandals, given his past at the investment firm Brookfield Asset Management, where he was vice chair and head of transition investing, later becoming chair of the asset management arm. During his tenure, Brookfield's name was linked to deforestation and slave-like labor practices, which seem to clash with Carney’s public stance on sustainability and climate action.

  • Thursday, December 26th 2024 - 09:20 UTC

    Brazilian authorities close car manufacturing plant due to “forced labor”

    Production of BYD vehicles may not resume until the situation is straightened out

    Brazilian authorities reported this week that some 163 workers had been rescued from slave-like conditions at the BYD plant in Camaçari, a municipality in the metropolitan area of Salvador, in the state of Bahia.

  • Monday, August 5th 2019 - 09:07 UTC

    Telefonica Brazil and three sub contractors responsible of engaging slave labor

    A panel of labor judges ruled that Telefonica, (Vivo in Brazil), was guilty after workers toiled in slavery-like conditions during the building of a cellphone tower in 2014.

    Leading mobile company Telefonica Brasil and three firms in its supply chain have been found guilty of engaging in slave labor, authorities said this week. A panel of labor judges in Espirito Santo state ruled that Telefonica, publicly traded as Vivo in Brazil, was guilty after workers toiled in slavery-like conditions during the building of a cellphone tower in 2014.

  • Thursday, May 29th 2014 - 00:54 UTC

    Uruguayan court declines competence to rule on Chinese fishing vessel 'slavery' claims

    The 28 African crewmembers are from Ghana and Sierra Leone.

    A Uruguayan criminal court found no merit to continue investigating into incidents allegedly occurred in a Chinese flagged fishing vessel following on claims of 'slavery', ill treatment and beatings, presented by 28 African crewmembers.