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Esclavitud en la selva peruana y brasileña

El siguiente extracto es parte de una reciente investigación realizada para la revista Bloomberg por David Smith y David Voreacos en territorio de Brasil y Perú, y documenta nuevos casos de esclavitud en mitad de la selva amazónica:

Slaves in Amazon Forced to Make Material Used in Cars

… Nucor Corp., the second-largest U.S. steel company, buys pig iron made with charcoal produced by slaves. In Peru, slaves mine gold that ends up at the world’s biggest banks. Other Peruvian slaves log mahogany that’s been used in Andersen Corp. windows and C.F. Martin & Co. guitars.

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At camps visited by Bloomberg News in Brazil and Peru, slaves live where they work, in clearings surrounded by miles of jungle. They make charcoal, mine for gold, log mahogany and clear trees for cattle pastures.

Many spend their nights in lean-tos they make from plastic sheeting they throw over branches, in places open to rain and snakes. They may drink contaminated water from stagnant pools shared with cattle. Their bathrooms often are open holes they dig in the earth. And they eat rancid scraps of meat along with rice, beans or watery stews.

Cold, Muddy Water

Death is a part of the job. Gregorio Maguin, a physician in the Peruvian gold-mining town of Delta 1, near Huepetuhe, says slaves and their children die because they don’t receive timely or adequate medical treatment.

El largo artículo en inglés detalla los trabajos y penurias que algunos compatriotas vienen sufriendo en la explotación de vetas minerales en la amazonía, y cómo su labor consigue materiales que terminan en los centros de producción de algunas importantes empresas del mundo. Incluye declaraciones de algunos funcionarios peruanos y brasileños sobre la denuncia de esclavitud.