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'All workers deserve respect': Brazil reporter blasts abuse of Filipina by PH ambassador

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<div><em><strong>Video courtesy of Globonews</strong></em></div><p>MANILA - The Philippines&#x27; top diplomat to Brazil has been recalled after she allegedly maltreated her Filipino household helper, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday.</p><p>&quot;The Philippine ambassador to Brazil has been recalled effective immediately to explain the maltreatment of her service staff,&quot; Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. wrote on Twitter.</p><p>A report by Brazilian news channel GloboNews showed Philippine ambassador to Brazil Marichu Mauro berating and mistreating her helper multiple times inside the diplomatic residence.</p><p>In one of the videos, Mauro was seen slapping the 51-year-old victim, but stopped when another employee entered the house. The ambassador was also seen pulling the helper’s ear in another video, and hitting the helper with an umbrella in a separate incident.</p><p>The helper is back in the Philippines while the Brazil public defender has opened up an investigation.</p><p>Reporter Fabiano Andrade said Globonews tried to contact the ambassador after copies of the videos were forwarded to their news department but she did not respond.</p><p>He noted that Brazil has more than 130 embassies &quot;and all of its workers deserve respect.&quot;</p><p>&quot;We are concerned that it will not happen again...The Filipino people, known worldwide for their work, do not deserve to be represented by a person with this behavior,&quot; he said.</p><div><strong>ABS-CBN News, October 27, 2020</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_734qaA-or8?enablejsapi=1"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>MANILA - The Philippines' top diplomat to Brazil has been recalled after she allegedly maltreated her Filipino household helper, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday.</p>

MANILA - The Philippines' top diplomat to Brazil has been recalled after she allegedly maltreated her Filipino household helper, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday.