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• Victims of Brazil dam disaster accuse mining giant BHP of ‘environmental racism’

  14-07-2023 18:43
  
  Brazilians write to Sunak to urge the UK government to crack down on unethical corporate practicesVictims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster have written to the British prime minister, Rishi Sunak, accusing the mining company BHP of “environmental racism” and urging the UK government to act on unethical practices by British companies.About 720,000 Brazilians are suing BHP, an Anglo-Australian company that until recently had its headquarters in London, over its role in the
  
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• AI resurrection of Brazilian singer for car ad sparks joy and ethical worries

  14-07-2023 15:01
  
  Beloved musician Elis Regina died aged 36 in 1982 but a new Volkswagen commercial shows her duetting with her daughterThe premature death in 1982 of one of Brazil’s most treasured musicians left her homeland reeling. “Brazil without Elis,” mourned one front page after the legendary singer Elis Regina unexpectedly died at the age of 36.So when Elis Regina recently re-emerged, performing a soul-stirring duet with her daughter, the Grammy-winning singer Maria Rita, there were simi
  
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