Brazil: ‘Vale’ is Elected the World’s Worst Corporation

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Researcher Telma Monteiro wrote on her blog [pt] about the election of the Brazilian mining company Vale as the world's worst corporation of 2011, with over 25,000 votes on the Public Eye Awards. She attributes the victory to Vale's involvement with the construction of Belo Monte Dam, in the Brazilian Amazon. Movement Xingu Vivo held a page “supporting” Vale's candidacy [pt].

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[…] and Asia, was voted the worst company in the world, by popular vote, in the Public Eye Awards at the beginning of 2012. Written by Yohana de Andrade · Translated by Kitty Garden Translation posted 26 […]

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[…] Vale, which is present in 38 countries in the Americas, Africa and Asia, was voted the worst company in the world, by popular vote, in the Public Eye Awards at the beginning of 2012. […]

26 July 2012, 17:03 pm

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