1. American Slavery, A Polluted History
Brazil was the last of the American nations to outlaw slavery; the last country in the Western world to ban the commodification and indentured servitude of African people. Even before this South American state was colonized by the Portuguese, the indigenous Brazilians imported and sold African-American labor. This relates to the water pollution issue in that the favelas that feature so heavily in causing this pollution, are largely populated by the impoverished descendants of these eventually-freed slaves. Furthermore, poor folk generally were forced to move up into the hills where mudslides occurred for obvious classis reasons. The ground at Rocinha is solid now, so the liquids that bubble up through makeshift plumbing and the mosquito larvae growing in standing water (tanks), all flow downhill to Olympic Village and leave the shacks intact.
Source: Therichest.com
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