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Brazil has finally started hearing very public demands for reparations for its role in slavery. Brazil received more slaves from Africa than any other place did. But the country has struggled to have meaningful conversations about its past. Until now. One of the biggest examples: prosecutors' civil inquiry into the state-owned Bank of Brazil, which is one of Latin America's biggest financial institutions by assets. That's due to its historic ties to the transatlantic slave trade, and to slavery itself. Activists and experts argue that confronting Brazil’s past is a crucial step toward mo...

Brazil has finally started hearing very public demands for reparations for its role in slavery. Brazil received more slaves from Africa than any other place did. But the country has struggled to have meaningful conversations about its past. Until now. One of the biggest examples: prosecutors' civil inquiry into the state-owned Bank of Brazil, which is one of Latin America's biggest financial institutions by assets. That's due to its historic ties to the transatlantic slave trade, and to slavery itself. Activists and experts argue that confronting Brazil’s past is a crucial step toward mo...

Brazil has finally started hearing very public demands for reparations for its role in slavery. Brazil received more slaves from Africa than any other place did. But the country has struggled to have meaningful conversations about its past. Until now. One of the biggest examples: prosecutors' civil inquiry into the state-owned Bank of Brazil, which is one of Latin America's biggest financial institutions by assets. That's due to its historic ties to the transatlantic slave trade, and to slavery itself. Activists and experts argue that confronting Brazil’s past is a crucial step toward mo...

RIO DE JANEIRO — In the mid-1800s, the most prolific enslaver in Brazil was a man named José Bernardino de Sá. The transatlantic slave trade was banned in Brazil and

The country’s Public Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the responsibility of the entity – which was founded in 1808 – in the sale and purchase of African people