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With Trump’s Help, Scandal-Ridden Brazilian Meatpacker JBS Makes a Comeback

June 25, 2025Ana IonovaComments Off on With Trump’s Help, Scandal-Ridden Brazilian Meatpacker JBS Makes a Comeback

JBS, a giant Brazilian firm once fined billions for bribery, is trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Some credit President Trump’s era of deal-making for the company’s success.

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With Trump’s Help, Scandal-Ridden Brazilian Meatpacker JBS Makes a Comeback

June 25, 2025Ana IonovaComments Off on With Trump’s Help, Scandal-Ridden Brazilian Meatpacker JBS Makes a Comeback

JBS, a giant Brazilian firm once fined billions for bribery, is trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Some credit President Trump’s era of deal-making for the company’s success.

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With Trump’s Help, Scandal-Ridden Brazilian Meatpacker JBS Makes a Comeback

June 25, 2025Ana IonovaComments Off on With Trump’s Help, Scandal-Ridden Brazilian Meatpacker JBS Makes a Comeback

JBS, a giant Brazilian firm once fined billions for bribery, is trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Some credit President Trump’s era of deal-making for the company’s success.

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Under Pressure, Officials in Western India Move Against Abuse in Sugar Fields

June 20, 2025June 20, 2025Megha RajagopalanComments Off on Under Pressure, Officials in Western India Move Against Abuse in Sugar Fields

Women are coerced into needless hysterectomies and girls are pushed into child marriages. After a court ruling and a Times investigation, things may be changing.

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Coke, Pepsi and Other U.S. Companies Face Wall Street Pressure Over Labor Abuses in India

December 20, 2024Megha RajagopalanComments Off on Coke, Pepsi and Other U.S. Companies Face Wall Street Pressure Over Labor Abuses in India

Pension funds and big investors are pressuring Coca-Cola, Pepsico and others over brutal working conditions in India’s cane fields. Some of the sugar buyers are tiptoeing toward change.

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How The Times Investigated Indian Political Ties to Labor Abuse in the Sugar Industry

October 11, 2024Megha RajagopalanComments Off on How The Times Investigated Indian Political Ties to Labor Abuse in the Sugar Industry

Western companies such as Coca-Cola buy sugar from fields where workers suffer abuses. But the country has labor laws. Where was the government?

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Bonsucro Certified Indian Sugar From Abusive Fields

July 30, 2024July 30, 2024Megha RajagopalanComments Off on Bonsucro Certified Indian Sugar From Abusive Fields

Much of what consumers buy is marked “sustainable,” “humane” or “green.” In the sugar cane fields of India, that papered over the worst abuses.

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Sugar in India, Fueled by Child Marriage and Hysterectomies

March 25, 2024March 25, 2024Megha Rajagopalan, Qadri Inzamam and Saumya KhandelwalComments Off on Sugar in India, Fueled by Child Marriage and Hysterectomies

An investigation into the sugar-cane industry in the Indian state of Maharashtra found workers ensnared by debt and pushed into child marriages and unnecessary hysterectomies.

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5 Takeaways From an Investigation Into Hysterectomies in India’s Sugar Industry

March 24, 2024Megha RajagopalanComments Off on 5 Takeaways From an Investigation Into Hysterectomies in India’s Sugar Industry

Indebted workers, facing brutal working conditions, are pushed to get hysterectomies as a treatment for routine ailments. Sugar mills disclaim responsibility.

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Sugar in India, Fueled by Child Marriage and Hysterectomies

March 24, 2024March 24, 2024Megha Rajagopalan, Qadri Inzamam and Saumya KhandelwalComments Off on Sugar in India, Fueled by Child Marriage and Hysterectomies

An investigation into the sugar-cane industry in the Indian state of Maharashtra found workers ensnared by debt and pushed into child marriages and unnecessary hysterectomies.

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