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Former "slaves" build Brazil World Cup stadium
Nivaldo Inacio da Silva has a word to describe what it’s like to wake up at 6 a.m., strap on a hardhat and endure suffocating 100-degree heat on the construction site of one of Brazil’s new World Cup soccer stadiums: "Freedom."
Da Silva is one of 25 men at the site who, in their previous jobs, worked in conditions that were classified as slave labor by the Brazilian government.
They are now helping to build the stadium in the western city of Cuiaba as part of a state-sponsored program that trains former "slaves" in skills like carpentry and helps insert them into the regular workforce.
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Nivaldo Inacio da Silva has a word to describe what it’s like to wake up at 6 a.m., strap on a hardhat and endure suffocating 100-degree heat on the construction site of one of Brazil’s new World Cup soccer stadiums: "Freedom."
Da Silva is one of 25 men at the site who, in their previous jobs, worked in conditions that were classified as slave labor by the Brazilian government.
They are now helping to build the stadium in the western city of Cuiaba as part of a state-sponsored program that trains former "slaves" in skills like carpentry and helps insert them into the regular workforce.
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