Brazilian federal prosecutor Julio Araujo (second from right) speaks during a public hearing on reparations for slavery in Rio de Janeiro – Copyright AFP Tercio ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Victims of slave labor in Brazil are less likely to be rescued following a government decree that changes the country's definition of slavery and weakens ...

Valongo Wharf, Sociedade Protetora dos Desvalidos, and Serra da Barriga are now part of an international initiative.

“Departure for the coffee harvest by ox cart, Vale do Paraíba, Brazil, c. 1885” (all images courtesy of Instituto Moreira Salles) Enlargement and detail of “Departure for the coffee harvest by ox cart ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly 5 million kidnapped Africans disembarked in Brazil, more than 12 times the number taken to mainland North America. The ...

After responding to an anonymous claim filed last August, the Federal Police identified 14 individuals held as slaves at a farm in Brazil’s western state of Mato Grosso do Sul. The victims, natives to ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's government will issue a new decree changing the country's definition of slavery following an earlier order that was widely criticized as a reversal in the fight against ...

AFAMAIN copy 39088019733963 Purchased from the Warren M. Robbins Library Endowment. Introduction: wounded pasts: memory of slavery and African heritage in Brazil / Ana Lucia Araujo -- Collectionism ...

BRASÍLIA / RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian brewery Kaiser, which is owned by Heineken, has been added to the government's list of companies responsible for labor conditions analogous to slavery, ...

Brazil’s complicated history with slavery was brought front and center during the 2016 Rio Olympic Opening Ceremony on Friday. During the interpretive dance about the country’s history, Brazil ...

The economy ministry said in a statement that there were "no reliable statistics" on the number of workers in slavery-like conditions in any industry in Brazil when asked if the scale of labor abuses ...

FILE - Models wear outfits designed by students from Afro-Brazilian communities at a subway station as part of Black Consciousness Awareness Month, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Nov. 19, 2021. In Brazil, more ...