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Latin America is the geographic region where modern slavery is actively studied and documented, as evidenced by scholarly research into its specific forms like debt bondage and peonage [1], [2], and [3]. Furthermore, the region serves as the context for analyzing the contradiction of modern slavery existing within its capitalist economies [4].
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Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking in Latin America latinamericanperspectives.com 4 facts
perspectiveScholars in Latin America have focused primarily on documenting, describing, and denouncing modern slavery, and secondarily on classifying, contextualizing, and analyzing its causes.
claimLatin American Perspectives seeks comparisons between historical chattel slavery and modern forms of slavery practiced in Latin America, as well as comparisons between slavery in Latin America and other global regions.
claimModern forms of slavery practiced in Latin America include debt bondage, peonage, contract slavery, and the truck system or 'barracão'.
claimModern slavery in Latin America presents a contradiction by existing as a non-capitalist relation within capitalist economies, often occurring in environments that utilize state-of-the-art technology or mechanized agriculture.