Brazil Resists: Fighting for Democracy in Bolsonaro’s First Two Years
12 de janeiro de 2021 - 10:25
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January 13, 6PM EST (20hs, Brasilia)
Register at:Â https://www.eventbrite.com/e/brazil-resists-fighting-for-democracy-in-bolsonaros-first-two-years-registration-135913287301
During President Jair Bolsonaro’s first two years in office, Brazil has slid closer to military rule over its democratic institutions. His government consistently dismantled social advances, denied devastating Amazon fires, and facilitated deforestation, illegal mining, land invasions, and attacks on the constitutional rights of Indigenous peoples and traditional Black communities. Bolsonaro also cozied up to the Trump administration, flouted public health recommendations during the Covid-19 emergency, and repeatedly spouted misogynistic, racist, xenophobic, and homophobic rhetoric. In response, social movements in Brazil and abroad continue to resist his attacks on democracy.
This event will take stock of Bolsonaro’s government and present some aspects of the social movements organizing, including examining public health policy pressures, land grab opposition, international solidarity, and political opportunities to challenge the far right.
The event is organized and co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at NYU, Defend Democracy in Brazil Committee, and the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA).
It will be held in English.
Speakers:
Luísa da Matta Machado Fernandes, DrPH; MPH; MPA; René Rachou Institute at FIOCRUZ
James N. Green is the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Chair of Latin American History at Brown University
Maria Luisa Mendonça , CUNY Graduate Center & Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos (Network for Social Justice and Human Rights -Â www.social.org.br)
Michael Fox, independent multimedia journalist based in BrazilÂ