Workers classify and clean abaca fiber at the Bonanza estate owned by Japanese company Furukawa Plantaciones C.A. of Ecuador, the main producer of abaca fiber, in the Santo Domingo-Quevedo route, Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas province, Ecuador, on December 13, 2024. The Constitutional Court of Ecuador ruled last December 5 that Japanese-owned Furukawa company held workers in slave-like conditions and ordered the payment of 120,000 US dollars to each of the 342 victims who lived in company camps without electricity, drinking water, basic sanitation facilities or access to education and health services (Photo by Rodrigo BUENDIA / AFP)