Brazil’s Vale corporation masks brutal exploitation with the language of South-South solidarity. by Judith Marshall Both during and after his two terms in office, former Brazilian president Luis Inácio Lula da Silva staked much of his legacy on●●●
Tragedy announced
Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens (MAB)
Check out the full dossier prepared by the MAB about the breakup of the mining company Samarco dams, owned by Vale and BHP Billiton, which caused a “tragedy foretold” in Mariana (MG). District Bento Rodrigues in Mariana (MG)●●●
The gathering financial storm is just one effect of corporate power unbound
The Guardian
Governments are liberating global corporations from the rule of law and leaving them to rip the world apart ‘Step back a pace and you see that all these crises arise from the same cause.’ Illustration: Sebastian Thibault ●●●