In the same year that celebrated its 70th anniversary, the mining company also received an unwanted prize, proposed by social movements of the Amazon.
Agência Pública
Uma investigação sobre como os grandes empreendimentos estão mudando a cara da região amazônica e a vida de seus habitantes. As equipes de reportagem da Agência Pública de Jornalismo Investigativo foram a três regiões da Amazônia para entender a nova onda de desenvolvimentismo. Entre os meses de julho e outubro de 2012, eles percorreram o polo de mineração em Marabá (PA); a bacia do Rio Tapajós; e Porto Velho e as hidrelétricas do rio Madeira.Una investigación sobre cómo las grandes empresas están cambiando la cara de la región amazónica y la vida de sus habitantes. Los equipos de la Agencia Pública de Periodismo de Investigación fueron a tres regiones de la Amazonía para entender la nueva ola del desarrollismo. Entre los meses de julio y octubre de 2012, ellos recorrieron el polo minero en Marabá (PA), la cuenca del río Tapajós, Porto Velho y las presas del río Madeira.An investigation on how large enterprises are changing the face of the Amazon region and the lives of its inhabitants. The news team of the Public Agency (Agência Pública) for Investigative Journalism went to three regions of the Amazon to understand the new wave of developmentalism. Between the months of July and October 2012, they traveled the mining pole in Maraba (PA), the Tapajós River Basin, and Porto Velho and the dams of the Madeira river.
Dirty of carbon
In Açailândia, state of Maranhão, Pública follows the rescue of young people explored in coal plants. “They see this as slave labor, we did not even know.”
A Pública: Interactive infographic about Education and Corruption in the Amazon
News agency studied audits by the Comptroller General of Brazil in the northern region of the country, analyzing only problems with budgets for education.