World Bank leaves door open to slavery in Paraguay - Confédération Syndicale Internationale
▻https://www.ituc-csi.org/world-bank-leaves-door-open-to?lang=fr
In an exclusive report, investigative journalism platform Reporter Brasil reveals how international investments are generating a severe environmental and human rights crisis in Paraguay. The investigation, supported by the ITUC, highlights a loan of US$ 85 million from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), an arm of the World Bank, to Minerva.
The vertiginous growth of beef production in the past years has been based on the exploitation of indigenous workers and the destruction of the unique dry forests of the Chaco, in South America. Evidence of these practices in the region was clear in 2013 when the Minerva financing was approved. At the time, the IFC classified the investment in its highest risk category for the “significant potential” of negative environmental and social impacts that are “diverse, irreversible, or unprecedented.”
Brazilian meat industry encroaches on Paraguayan Chaco
▻http://reporterbrasil.org.br/2018/07/brazilian-meat-industry-encroaches-on-paraguayan-chaco
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