PHILADELPHIA, PA – “We are here to protect Brazilian democracy,” Brazilian fashion workers union President Francisca Trajano dos Santos tells Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) as she greets him in the lobby of the AFL-CIO Congress. Earlier this month, a delegation of Brazilian trade unionists traveled to the AFL-CIO Convention to exchange

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Yesterday, the bodies of 51 immigrants were found dead in the back of an abandoned tractor-trailer in San Antonio, in the deadliest border crossing incident in U.S. history. The bodies were found covered with steak seasoning, possibly an attempt by smugglers to hide the scent of the corpses rotting

Brazilian workers at FUNAI, the government body responsible for the protection and interests of indigenous Brazilian people, have gone on strike. The workers have gone on strike following the murders of Guardian Journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous activist Bruno Periera while reporting illegal poaching and environmental abuse in the Amazon.