Around 3 thousands non-governmental organizations, collectives and national and international social movements repudiate the candidate Jair Bolsonaro’s affirmation that he, if elected, is going to “put a final point to all activisms in Brazil”. The pronouncement was made by the presidential candidate on Sunday (7/10) after diffusion of the elections first round’s results. By the […]
Dear Gospel walkers and those who dare to strive to build a just, egalitarian society and, according to ancient traditions, in a land far from evil. The Ecumenical Center for Biblical Studies (CEBI), through this note, publicly declares its position in our political and election scenario in which, for each citizen, there is the possibility […]
The Board and National Executive Coordination of the Pastoral Commission for Land (CPT), in public statement, manifest that, in the Brazilian actual context, “Nobody can avoid taking a stand. To omit oneself in a situation like this one, is giving support to regression and the disassembly of rights in our country. Now is the time […]
and they shall beat their swords into plowshares… (Isaiah 2.4) In a great part of occidental world, Democracy experiences one of her deepest representation crisis. In Brazil, the option for authoritarian and adventurous alternatives is growing even more. The emptiness of public sphere, caused by the disbelieve of political representation, opens space to fascism and […]
After the first round of presidential elections, CEAS sees the current situation with great concern. It is necessary to tell it like it is. In Brazil and many other countries, the “new right” is fascist. To prove this, just check out on the speech of its main representatives, proposing a heavily regressive taxation, the vague […]
We can’t dissociate human rights defense from democracy defense. Living in a democracy entails projects and ideological fields disputes, as well as unconditional acceptance of ballot boxes results – sovereign expression of popular desires. Such disputes are natural and, in a certain way, healthy, since they remain strictly battled in the field of ideas and […]
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