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

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

Posted 28 January 2012 22:33 GMT

Countries	Brazil
Topics	Development, Environment, Citizen Media, Digital Activism
Languages	Portuguese, English

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Brazil

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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