In October and November, CESE visited indigenous communities in the Amazon affected by fires in order to deliver emergency humanitarian aid from the Ecumenical Forum ACT Brazil. The activity was supported by the ACT Alliance and was aimed at equipping indigenous firefighting brigades and providing the brigades with the means to inspect burnt areas vulnerable […]
Rondônia was the final destination for emergency humanitarian aid from the Ecumenical Forum ACT Brazil, via CESE, for indigenous peoples in the Amazon affected by the fires that began in August this year and continue in the region. With support from the ACT Alliance, the following indigenous lands were supported: Uru Eu Wau Wau, in […]
The Rule of Law is a direct result of the strengthening of democracy and democratic institutions, of the assurance of human rights, the tackling of social inequalities and people’s participation with freedom of speech and organization. All institutions and citizens are called to compromise and engage in the permanent promotion and defense of such values. […]
29 murders until December 2019 in conflicts in the countryside, according to partial data from the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT). Constant evictions have become reality once again in the Brazilian countryside, and even with 66 land reform settlement projects ready to be carried out in various regions of the country, the Bolsonaro government has not […]
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?(…) in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. (Romans 8:35-37) Following the 2018 elections that Jair Bolsonaro to power, as expected, the setting up of the new […]
The number of people in Brazil living below the extreme poverty line has broken records and is already equivalent to the total populations of countries such as Greece and Portugal. Extreme poverty reigns champion – the base of the social pyramid hasn’t stopped growing. In 2018, Brazil broke the record for the number of people […]