Some forms are just more obvious than others.
The provisions were so wildly overpriced, however, that Mr. Ferreira and other ranch recruits not only were denied wages, but they also began falling deeply in debt. When one worker protested, he was roughed up by a pistol-packing overseer. The scam went on for two months, until federal labor authorities finally broke it up. The Brazilian government recently confiscated the lands and then distributed them to laborers, including Mr. Ferreira. A father and son load eucalyptus logs into a charcoal kiln at a Brazilian labor camp.