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.
Brazilian woman held as a slave for 38 years
Madalena Gordiano s parents were relieved when a Brazilian family promised to adopt their daughter. But instead of being cared for, Gordiano was exploited as a domestic slave for almost four decades. Now she is free.
Madalena Gordiano spent 38 years in slave-like conditions as a domestic worker
Normally, labor inspector Humberto Monteiro Camasmie and his team monitor businesses and farms in Brazil s state of Minas Gerais to ensure they respect workers rights. But on November 27, Camasmie headed for a Brazilian family home in the city of Patos de Minas, armed with a search warrant, suspecting slave-like labor abuse at the residence.
Black Brazilian Woman Rescued After Spending 38 Years in Slave Labor for a University Professor’s Family
Black Brazilian Woman Rescued After Spending 38 Years in Slave Labor for a University Professor’s Family
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A Brazilian maid who reportedly spent nearly 40 years in servitude was finally rescued from her captors late last month.
The woman, now 46, was just 8-years old when her destitute mother handed her over to Dalton Cesar Milagres Rigueira, a professor at Patos de Minas University, otherwise known as UNIPAM, authorities say.
Rigueira’s mother raised the young child, and she’s spent the past 38 years working for the family without pay or any time off. She was relegated to a life of cleaning and even forced into marriage.
A Black Brazilian Woman Has Just Been Released From 38 Years Of Slavery
Madalena Gordiano was held in captivity by a Brazilian family since she was 8 years old.
December 28, 2020 at 7:36 pm
A Black woman was released from captivity last month in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais after working for free for a Brazilian family for 38 years, sparking outrage and protests centered around the treatment of Black women in Brazil.
Madalena Gordiano spent decades as an unpaid maid and servant for Maria das Graças Milagres Rigueira and her son, professor Dalton César Milagres Rigueira in the city of Patos de Minas, as reported by Brazilian news outlet Globo in a groundbreaking piece on their program, Fantástico, last week.
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Madalena Gordiano was enslaved from the age of eight and worked as a domestic servant for a White family Screenshot via Fantástico
Labor inspectors in Brazil have rescued a Black woman who was enslaved from the age of eight and worked as a domestic servant – without receiving any remuneration or time off – for a White family for almost 40 years.