Seven ethanol companies fined for slave labor since 2016 Firms are part of Brazil's fuel decarbonization program Government says scheme does not address labor issues By Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - W hen manual laborer Alison Moreira dos Santos moved across Brazil for a job on a sugarcane plantation in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais in March, he expected to work hard. Just over a month later, the 35-year-old was dead.