Social Security Reform: Only if it is to widen social justice. “Happy are those who consider the poor!” (Ps 41:1a) The Brazilian Christian Churches National Council (CONIC) and the Ecumenical Coordination of Service (CESE) manifest their concern about the Social Security Reform proposal delivered by Federal Government to National Congress. Being Cristian faith based, CONIC […]
ALL TOGETHER FOR UFBA AGAINST BUDGET REDUCTION AND POLITICAL PERSECUTION! ABONG Bahia and Sergipe hereby manifests its repudiation of MEC’s (Education Ministry) announcement of financial cuts in UFBA budget upon allegation of not being satisfying good academic performance. It’s no coincidence that universities like UNB and UFF, quite active in their relationship of university extension […]
At its 57th General Assembly meeting in Aparecida do Norte (SP) the Brazilian episcopate, elected on Wednesday (8) Bishop Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo as the new president of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) – maintaining the progressive line of the institution , in alignment with the ideals of Pope Francis. In a […]
CESE, which has supported us for more than a decade and knows our struggle, is who encourages us to articulate with other quilombola communities to fight for the regularization of the Traditional Fisheries Communities´Territory and to denounce all situations of injustice we have been through (Marizelha Lopes – Fishermen and Fisherwomen’s Movement)
“The main issue we have been struggling for is our indigenous land´s demarcation. Because of this, we have been suffering a lot, due to the agribusiness pressure. Many leaders are dying and being murdered and nothing is being done” (Elson Canteiro – Guarani Kaiowá – Mato Grosso do Sul State)
We, from quilombola communities, depend on our territory for survival. That is why CESE´s support is important, to keep struggling to contain the setbacks and to prevent the sale of our lands to foreign capital. We hope our ancestry and the constitution be respected (Sandra Andrade-National Coordination of Quilombola Communities Articulation)
