Volkswagen to pay compensation for collaborating with Brazil’s dictatorship
by Kate Connolly in Berlin and Dom Phillips in Rio de from on (#58HVR)
Brazilian investigation found company was one of several that secretly worked with 1964-85 military government
The German carmaker Volkswagen has agreed to pay millions in compensation to former employees in Brazil who were persecuted during the country's military dictatorship.
A Brazilian government-appointed investigation found that Volkswagen was one of several corporations that secretly collaborated with the 1964-85 military government to identify suspected subversives" and trade unionists.
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