The Race for the Invisible
In the Brazilian Amazon, an Irish company has purchased the rights to carbon credits belonging to the indigenous land of the Munduruku tribe. The company promised the tribe $120 million over 30 years,...
View ArticleIn Brazil, Soccer Clubs Caught Trafficking on Children’s Dreams
By Amanda Kamanchek Lemos and Luana Lila “To play well you’ve got to eat properly.” This was Francisca do Nascimento’s reaction on the phone in Marabá when she heard her son, then aged 15, say that...
View ArticleWhere the Wild Things Were
By all accounts, Brazil´s illegal trade in wild animals claims millions of creatures each year and reaps criminals hundreds of millions in illicit profits. Government records show that the country has...
View ArticleTalking ‘Bout Big Boys!*
What is a giant multinational capable of doing to protect its brand, and how can its actions block public awareness and free expression? Those were the central questions raised in the Washington...
View ArticleIn Honduras, Audit Faults World Bank Deal with “Death Squad” Client
Auditors found that the World Bank's International Finance Corporation had ignored a history of violent land conflict in extending a multi-million-dollar loan to Miguel Facussé and Dinant Corporation,...
View ArticleA System Designed to Avoid Social Oversight
Though the World Bank’s mission is to alleviate global poverty and promote equity, in practice, its International Finance Corporation appears structured to favor investment over social or environmental...
View ArticleDismayed, World Bank Board Rejects Response to ‘Death Squad’ Audit
In a rare move, the World Bank’s governing board has called for a far reaching internal review of the bank's private lending arm, the International Finance Corp., and rejected the IFC's recent response...
View ArticleJudges Reject Human Rights Action Against Chiquita on Supreme Court Precedent
A federal appeals court rules that thousands of Colombians have no legal basis to sue the banana giant Chiquita for payments it made to U.S.-designated terrorists in their country. But lawyers for the...
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