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Brazilian fisherwomen impacted by Braskem’s environmental crime reach out to government

Fisherwomen and women shellfish harvesters and from Alagoas state who have had their lives impacted by the environmental crime of the Braskem mining company called on the country’s Minister of Women Cida Gonçalves for support in dealing with the damage caused by the exploitation of rock salt.

Seven years ago, portions of neighborhoods in Maceió, the state capital, sank, impacting the lives of approximately 60 thousand people, including those who work in shellfish harvesting.

The president of the Alagoas association fishing workers FEPEAL, Maria Silva Santos, told Agência Brasil that the meeting with the minister was crucial for bringing public policy demands to the attention of all the workers directly affected.

“The environmental impact on women shellfish harvesters has meant, for instance, that they have to work in a place more than two hours away from where they used to earn their living,” she noted.

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"É sal... É pedra... É crime... É injustiça!!!" @edukrieger @nataliavoss

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A Braskem passou por aqui: A catástrofe de Maceio | Carlos Pronzato: https://youtu.be/zBOJbOGcBwo

[Faça os Grandes Poluidores Pagarem] A justiça holandesa começou o julgamento sobre o impacto causado pela Braskem em Maceió, ouvindo advogados de algumas das 60 mil pessoas afetadas no Brasil pela mineradora europeia. A transnacional do ramo petroquímico explorou sal-gema na capital alagoana deixando um rastro de destruição: cinco bairros da cidade estão afundando desde 2018, mais de 14 mil imóveis foram desocupados, ruas interditadas, 5 mil comerciantes, escolas, postos de combustível precisaram mudar seus negócios para outros locais. Até um hospital precisou fechar as portas.

Um acordo firmado em janeiro de 2020 definiu que a petroquímica pagaria indenizações para os que foram obrigados a deixar a vida para trás. A empresa é acusada de falta transparência e as vítimas criaram o Movimento Unificado das Vítimas da Braskem para solicitar a instauração de novo procedimento, alegando que não foram ouvidas, não participaram das negociações e nem todos os imóveis foram colocados no mapa de risco. O Ministério Público Federal reconheceu dificuldade no avanço das indenizações e cobrou agilidade.

O documentário "A Braskem Passou Por Aqui", do documentarista argentino Carlos Pronzato, conta histórias das famílias afetadas pelo impacto geológico causado pela petroquímica.  

Saiba mais:

Famílias processam, e Holanda julga Braskem por bairros afundados em Maceió - UOL: https://bit.ly/3aapSqC

Afundamento em Maceió já atinge 4.500 comerciantes e realoca até hospital - Folha de S. Paulo: https://bit.ly/3izmYh6

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HEROES! Factory employees who lived at work for 28 days making PPE head home

More than 40 workers unanimously decided to leave their families, agreeing to eat, sleep, and live at the facility where they make equipment for health care workers.

What a sacrifice! These workers are heroes!

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Since major investigations of Odebrecht began in 2016, the company has agreed to pay out billions in compensations to the governments of the United States, Brazil, Peru, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Ecuador and Switzerland for its major wrongdoings and corruption in each country. This is the largest bankruptcy petition in the history of Brazil. In 2016, the telephone company Oi filed for bankruptcy after failing to pay out about US16.6 billion in debts. Some companies owned by the ODB group, including its petrochemical company, Braskem, along with Ocyan, Odebrecht Transport and Atvos Agroindustrial, Brazil's second-largest ethanol producer, already applied for bankruptcy in May.

'Odebrecht to Avoid Bankruptcy Through A Recovery Plan', teleSUR

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Brazil federal police concludes probe into Braskem salt mining disaster

Brazil’s federal police said on Friday that 20 people have been formally accused following an investigation into a sinking ground disaster related to salt mining activities in Maceio, where petrochemicals firm Braskem has been active for decades.

The police did not name the company, or those who were formally accused after concluding its investigation.

Braskem’s mines began extracting rock salt in the 1970s in the northeastern city of Maceio, but operations were halted from 2019 after authorities said it contributed to five neighborhoods sinking. Thousands of families had to be removed from the affected areas.

Over the past few years, the company has been paying billions of reais in reparations to the city and its residents.

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