Following the young teacher’s release, his family thanks the national and international solidarity received
Ambev and Heineken accused of imposing slave-like working conditions
The beer manufacturing giants were charged following an inspection conducted by the Program for the Eradication of Slave Labor in the state of São Paulo, which found 23 migrant workers subjected to slave-like conditions in one of the distributing companies that the multinational corporations outsource their services to.
The Colombian people are not backing down
Thousands of citizens in Colombia demonstrated on May 12 against the government and police brutality, amidst the crisis that erupted …
With no agreement reached, the strike continues
Protests continue in several cities in Colombia after a meeting held on Monday, May 10, between President Iván Duque and …
For the eighth day in a row Colombians take to the streets to protest
Labor, social, and student organizations continue protesting across the country.
Daughter of a poisoned land
At almost 79 years of age, Trân Tô Nga says she is fighting “the” battle of her life: trying to hold 14 multinational corporations accountable for the use of “Agent Orange” during the Vietnam War, which destroyed her body and life, and the bodies and lives of many of her fellow nationals. The court action she brought against these corporations in 2014 in France is now in its final stage.
“If structural conditions do not change, people will continue to flee, with or without coyotes”
Gabriela Mundo, International Affairs Director at the Human Rights Ombudsman’s Office of Guatemala, discusses the causes that lead thousands of Guatemalans—men, women, and children—to abandon their country in search of a better future.
Brazilian meatpacking plants also under fire
The claimants allege that the French multinational corporation sells meat linked to deforestation and land-grabbing practices in Amazonia.
“Fyffes’s nobodies”
In abject poverty. Completely forsaken. This is how workers of the multinational corporation Fyffes/Sumitomo live in Honduras. Workers who have given the company years of their lives, yet are denied a dignified life.
Black storms stir the air
World | HEALTH | HR The pandemic and the spells of capitalism Black storms stir the air To such an …