Brazil Labor Spat Thwarts Lula’s Bid to Boost Growth and Save the Amazon

A labor dispute at Brazil ... government employees over staff shortages and low wages also threaten to undermine President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s bid to slow rampant destruction of the Amaz ... Read More

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