Woman Claims Bank Worker Enslaved Her

     WASHINGTON (CN) - A Bolivian woman claims a World Bank employee enslaved her after luring her to the United States to work as a nanny.
     Virginia Carazani sued Emma Zegarra in Federal Court, alleging human trafficking, slavery and breach of contract.
     Carazani claims Zegarra gave her a contract "which promised reasonable working conditions and decent pay," but when she got here, Zegarra "completely disregarded the contract" and forced her "to work around the clock, seven days a week" for absolutely nothing.
     Carazani, 35, Zegarra, of Vienna, Va., first employed her in Bolivia, paying her $100 a month to care for her two children and do household chores.
     In 2006, Zegarra took a job with the World Bank, and promised Carazani $7 an hour and a five-day work week with health insurance for her and her young son, plus overtime and sick leave if she would move to the United States to work for the family, according to the complaint.
     However, "Immediately upon Ms. Carazani's arrival in the United States, the defendant confiscated Ms. Carazani's passport and papers, as well as the legal documents for her minor son. Ms. Carazani was unable to leave Zegarra's home without passports for herself or her son," according to the complaint.
     Carazani says Zegarra forced her to work as a domestic servant without pay for 3 three, and constantly threatened and intimidated her to keep her quiet.
     "In the entire three-year period, Zegarra never paid Ms. Carazani," the complaint states. "All the work that Ms. Carazani performed in Zegarra's home was uncompensated, forced labor.
     "For the three years that she was held in involuntary servitude in the Zegarra home, Ms.

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In rank for growing coffee. If coffee is somebody’s favorite drink coffee shade grown will undoubtedly a delicious option for them. It is grown in the surround area of Caranavi in Yungas hill Region. It is grown in high altitude. It is actually a favorite drink because of its delicious taste and sweet smell which has a power of refreshing somebody in it. It is of medium body and often compared with Columbian coffee. Bolivian coffee is of different types. Those are shade grown, organic, custom roasted etc. All these types have their own antique taste and flavor. The history of coffee production is very ancient. There are a lot of small farms in which all the types of coffee are cultivated. The amount of coffee, exported from Bolivia is not much. Bolivian Coffee is gradually becoming more popular all over the world. As the country was just beside Brazil which is the rank 1 in growing coffee Bolivian coffee was not given importance as such.

But in recent years with the growing popularity of Bolivian coffee , the importance of growing and selling coffee all over world has been understood and has been increased so far. As Bolivia is often considered as the roof top being a country in high altitude, it contains a climate which is very suitable for growing coffee. The fertile soil also assists the firms to grow the best quality coffee. Recently in 2005 Bolivian Calama mark coffee has won the Excellence Completion. Before it was considered that Bolivian coffee is not up to the mark mainly because the production of coffee beans was not given importance in Bolivia. But now considering the climate of the country the importance has been given. As a result of these modern technologies has been started to be used which is increasing its quality in great extent and eventually the Bolivian coffee is also becoming popular to the people.

The thing which shade grown coffee provides the best is its fragrance. It is also special because it is not bitter even if it is warmed. It is not like the other coffee beans which get spoiled quickly. The coffee of Bolivia is given importance now. It can surely be said that with the gradually growing popularity Bolivian Coffee will take an important place in two decades and it will be sold in the shops all over the world in more quantity.


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