Raphael Tsavkko Garcia · June, 2012

Latest posts by Raphael Tsavkko Garcia from June, 2012

Brazil: Anti-Corruption Bill Revoked

  24 June 2012

The Brazilian anti-corruption bill known as Ficha Limpa (No Criminal Record), had its immediate effect revoked by the Supreme Federal Court with 6 votes against 5, as Marcos Bahé, from the...

Brazil: Facebook Censors Photos of the ‘SlutWalk’

  2 June 2012

Not long after the SlutWalk which took place in several Brazilian cities, photos in which some women appear bare-breasted in protest against male chauvinism were deleted by Facebook for “violating the declaration of rights and responsibilities.” The social network has found itself at the core of the debate about the distinction between “gratuitous” nudity, pornography and social activism.

Brazil: Expropriation Approved for Slave Labor Properties

  1 June 2012

In order to combat slave labor, the Brazilian Congress recently approved Bill 438, which guarantees the immediate expropriation of rural or urban areas, without the right to compensation, where one proves the existence of slave labor or similar forms of exploitation of manpower in them.