Volkswagen has begun to acknowledge its past, admitting cooperation with Brazil's military regime to target workers for persecution and negotiating reparations. However, it has not addressed the horrors at its cattle ranch in the Amazon, where forced labor, torture, and violence occurred. Ricardo Rezende Figueira, who documented these events as a priest, seeks to remind society of the atrocities and revive awareness. He has kept his evidence for years and aims to bring it to light, emphasizing the importance of remembering this dark chapter in history.
The company admitted that its staff had cooperated with Brazil's military dictatorship to target workers for political persecution, beginning to negotiate reparations.
Ricardo Rezende Figueira recalled how he had seen the Volkswagen cattle ranch's horrors, including forced labor, torture, and deception, which he had documented.
In early 2019, Rezende aimed to reignite awareness of the Volkswagen ranch's past by accessing documentary evidence he had gathered during his previous investigations.
The memory of atrocities endured by laborers on the Volkswagen ranch has faded, but individuals like Rezende hold significant records of these horrific historical events.
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