The UN Special Rapporteur on modern slavery released a statement on Friday protesting that forms of modern slavery continue to exist in Brazil, including the exploitation of children and domestic ...

“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 ...

Brazil was the last place in the Americas to abolish slavery — it didn't happen until 1888 — and that meant that the final years of the practice were photographed. This has given Brazil what may be ...

While the corporate press has successfully confined itself to the past, the past is never truly past: slavery still exists on our planet—even in the 21st century. The ILO estimates that there are 30 ...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) – Lawmakers approved a constitutional amendment Tuesday that strengthens punishments for landowners and others who force people into slave-like working conditions, in which ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazilian officials found 163 Chinese nationals working in "slavery-like conditions" at a construction site for a factory owned by Chinese electric vehicle producer BYD in ...

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Zaqueu Belém Araújo cuts a leaf from an acai tree and skillfully folds and twists it, tying one end to the other to form a strong ring. He takes off his sandals, puts his bare ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The 163 Chinese workers found by Brazil's labor ministry in what it described as "slavery-like conditions" at a factory construction site owned by Chinese electric vehicle ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Brazil has been urged to speed up land distribution to farmers to protect them from slavery after a landmark court decision ordered the government to ...

Robin Blackburn’s sweeping history of slavery and freedom in the second half of the 19th century. Robin Blackburn is undoubtedly one of the most prolific writers on the transnational histories of ...

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 ...