Deep Brazil » Slavery http://deepbrazil.com Way Beyond Carnival Tue, 25 May 2010 06:54:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 5 million workers under age http://deepbrazil.com/2009/11/17/5-million-workers-under-age/ http://deepbrazil.com/2009/11/17/5-million-workers-under-age/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:07:34 +0000 Deep Brazil http://deepbrazil.com/?p=113

One hundred and eleven years after Brazil abolished slavery, the number of workers deprived of their freedom is still huge. They raise cattle, produce charcoal, sugar cane or timber. Some of them, most undocumented Bolivians, work in basements of small apparel factories in São Paulo and other metropolis. According to the latest official statistics, the country also [...]]]> http://deepbrazil.com/2009/11/17/5-million-workers-under-age/feed/ 0