#Brazilian Politics

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Donate to victims of Brazil floods from abroad

Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, a state the size of Ecuador, has been devastated by historic floods, with most of its 497 municipalities in a state of public calamity. Authorities have described the crisis as “war-like” and consider it the state’s worst crisis caused by natural disasters ever.

Roughly 200,000 people were forced out of their homes, according to state officials. The death toll, which has been growing fast, is inching closer to the mark of 100 — and there are still more than 130 people missing.

A series of public and private initiatives are collecting donations in order to mitigate the devastating effects of the crisis. Post offices in the states of São Paulo and Paraná, as well as some in Rio Grande do Sul, for example, offered to collect and transport donations free of charge.

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[surgeonssturgeon]

BRAZILLL

HELP ONE OF THE CANDIDATES FOR SÃO PAULO MAYOR HIT THE OTHER ONE WITH A FUCKING CHAIR BECAUSE HE SAID HE WASNT MAN ENOUGH TO HIT HIM 😭

(He later said he’d do it again)

Note that my Portuguese to English translation skills are not very good 😭

[animentality]

[jasmineiros]

"Trial scheduled for September 20th at the Supreme Federal Court may determine the future of Indigenous Lands in Brazilian territory and be crucial for the global climate. The indigenous movement is mobilizing across Brazil, and an indigenous delegation from Apib is in New York during Climate Week to strengthen the international mobilization campaign in defense of Indigenous Lands rights."

"We are on the land, and the land is within us. If the land dies, we as indigenous peoples die."

The Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil (Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil — APIB) is calling for nationwide mobilizations this week and participating in the New York Climate Week to alert the world to the risks of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) judgment scheduled for September 20th. The court will vote on the legitimacy of the legal concept known as the "Temporal Framework," advocated by the Brazilian agribusiness, which could reevaluate Indigenous Land demarcations and impact global climate crisis mitigation efforts.

The Temporal Framework suggests that only indigenous people who can prove they were living on the land in 1988, the same year the Federal Constitution was created, should have rights to the land. This disregards the forced displacements of hundreds of indigenous groups who could only reclaim their traditional lands after Brazil's redemocratization in the late 1980s.

This week, the 15th edition of Climate Week is taking place in New York from September 17th to 24th, alongside the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly from September 19th to 23rd, which will feature a speech by President Lula during its opening. A delegation of 10 indigenous leaders is in New York to participate in Climate Week's activities. The international mobilization's goal is to emphasize to the world that the Temporal Framework is a threat to the lives of Brazil's indigenous peoples and could exacerbate the climate crisis, as Indigenous Lands serve as a reservoir of life on the planet.

Apib and its regional organizations are reinforcing mobilizations in territories, cities, and Brasília against the Temporal Framework on September 20th. The goal is to monitor the trial and strengthen the next steps of the indigenous movement's fight. The organizations within Apib mobilized over 220 protests in 21 states, including the Federal District, between May and June.

Five Supreme Federal Court (STF) justices are yet to vote in the trial. The current tally stands at four votes against the Temporal Framework thesis and two in favor. Justices Edson Fachin, Alexandre de Moraes, Cristiano Zanin, and Luís Roberto Barroso have expressed opposition to the agribusiness-backed thesis, while the only favorable votes came from justices appointed by former President Jair Bolsonaro, André Mendonça, and Nunes Marques.

On the same day as the STF vote, the Brazilian Senate attempts to put the Temporal Framework into law. The ruralist caucus in Congress seeks to create tension with the Brazilian judiciary since there is a possibility that the STF may invalidate the Temporal Framework thesis.

In addition to the Temporal Framework, Bill 2903 proposes other setbacks to the rights of indigenous peoples, such as the construction of highways and hydroelectric plants in indigenous territories without free, prior, and informed consent from affected communities. The proposal also aims to allow farmers to enter production contracts with indigenous people, violating the rights of indigenous peoples to the exclusive use of demarcated territories.

While some falsely claim that "there is too much land for too few indigenous people in Brazil," Apib counters that there is too much land for too few farmers and that agribusiness promotes the illegal invasion of indigenous lands. The entity asserts,

"There is no solution to the climate crisis without guaranteeing the rights of indigenous peoples and the demarcation of their territories."

Currently, nearly half of Brazil's land is in the hands of rural producers. Of the total land in the country, 41% corresponds to rural properties, 13.7% to indigenous lands, and 45.2% to other purposes, according to data published in the Official Gazette of the Union. Indigenous Lands are a guarantee of life for indigenous peoples and for all of humanity, which depends on the climate's future.

"As worsening climate crisis unfolds, many will be marked in history as accomplices to the new colonialism threatening the survival of us, indigenous peoples who inhabit the vast territory known as Brazil, and the future of all humanity because there is no solution to the climate crisis without the involvement of indigenous peoples," emphasizes Dinamam Tuxá.

Key activities of Apib during the 15th edition of Climate Week from September 17th to 24th:

On September 17th, Apib participated in the Climate Week march through the streets of New York in support of the Fight Fossil Fuel Strike. The indigenous delegation from Apib denounced the threat posed by the Temporal Framework thesis, highlighted the indigenous emergency situation concerning extractive industries and agribusiness that lead to multiple instances of violence in our territories. Additionally, as part of the Climate Week agenda, it's worth noting that Apib's executive coordinators Kleber Karipuna, Dinamam Tuxá, and other members of the indigenous delegation will participate in a talk on September 19th titled "FCLP: Rights, Participation, and Benefits for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Forest Climate Financing," organized by the Forest and Climate Leaders Partnership. On September 22nd, a portion of the delegation will be present at a dialogue co-organized with H.E Razan Al Mubarak, the current president of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, to assess progress in the COP28 agenda with the aim of collectively identifying meaningful and respectful ways for Indigenous Peoples to engage in the COP.

About APIB

The Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (Apib) is a nationally recognized entity within the indigenous movement in Brazil, created from the grassroots up. It brings together seven regional indigenous organizations (Apoinme, ArpinSudeste, ArpinSul, Aty Guasu, Conselho Terena, Coaib, and Comissão Guarani Yvyrupa) and was founded with the purpose of strengthening the unity of our peoples, fostering coordination among different regions and indigenous organizations across the country, as well as mobilizing indigenous peoples and organizations against threats and infringements on indigenous rights.

Support/donate to APIB

APIB Instagram page

APIB Website

[just-an-enby-lemon]

Eu: Você viu que o Datena tacou uma cadeirada no Marçal? Ksksksk

My USA friend: They missed killing Trump A SECOND TIME.

Tá complicado galera.

[interlagostrack]

I love how this is such a huge fuck you to our mainstream media. They've been going on for days now about how offensive it is to call it a genocide, how Lula should formally apologize to Israel or whatever and the first chance he got he was like 'I said what I said, this IS a genocide'

[edbangingrobot]

pick your poison: american presidential debates (correcting misinformation on real time) vs brazilian mayor debates (a shitty politician gets hit by a metal chair live on tv)

[is-it-true-tho]

hey here's a fun fact that's happening in Brazil rn

our previous president tried a coup d'etat and he even recoded and shared the link on Google Drive to anyone who has the link to see it. it was on Google meet btw.

it seems that it was recorded so that the people that wasn't present it the reunion, could see it the other day (or maybe live?)

it failed, of course. or I don't think I would be sharing this

idk. I wanna know how ppl outside Brazil would react with this.

[thedevilsrain]

another aspect about all of this that makes me so upset (though every aspect of this makes me upset) is the destruction of brazilian art and culture. the Praça Dos Três Poderes (three powers' square) is a marvel in modernist architecture, projected and drawn by a communist, oscar niemeyer.

oscar niemeyer and fidel castro, who compared him to michelangelo

niemeyer wearing a cap of the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Terra, the Landless Worker's Movement, a Marxist social/activist movement in brazil

this is desecration of culture. countless works of art, paintings, statues, have been stolen, broken, stabbed, destroyed. the rooms in these buildings are flooded after the terrorists started a fire inside

the rooms in the national congress, flooded with water

victor brecheret's "ballerina" statue, which was stolen

di cavalcanti's painting, which was stabbed/ripped

brazil will not forget this day. we will not allow it to be forgotten.

(photo by gabriela biló, @/gabrielabilo1 on twitter)

[brasilbrasilbrasil]

Marielle gigante

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

How you can help victims of the Rio Grande do Sul floods

Rescue efforts are ongoing in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil’s southernmost state, after floods and landslides left at least 100 people dead and displaced more than 200,000. As well as local residents, rescue groups have also dedicated themselves to saving pets stranded on rooftops and in flooded homes.

For those who live abroad and want to help, well-known NGOs are making their channels available for donations in foreign currency.

That is the case of the Brazil Foundation’s Luz Alliance Fund, created by fashion model Gisele Bündchen, and the Homeless Workers’ Movement’s (MTST) PayPal through its “Solidarity Kitchen” project. The MTST’s goal is to deliver 2,400 meals daily.

Another crowdfunding project is supported by companies and influencers from all over Brazil, and donations can be made in U.S. dollars, euros, and British pounds.

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[is-bolsonaro-dead-yet]

28/08/2024:

Not yet

[vixen-academia]

There’s only one word to describe what’s happening in Brazil right now:

TERRORISM

[landomeowrris]

brazil is really something else because the electoral debate for mayorship in são paulo yesterday made one of the candidates throw a chair at the other

[just-an-enby-lemon]

Obcessed with this amazing video of Ford insulting capitalism and talking about how brazilian huge landowners are destroying the enviroment.

[gravedangerahead]

Watching history happen before your eyes can actually be good sometimes: