Lula criticizes Bolsonaro about basic income: “It got there quickly for bankers”
In an interview to journalists, the former head of state pointed out mistakes and paths forward for the Bolsonaro goverment
Bolsonaro's attack on the elderly includes pensions, cuts in the BPC and breaking of the quarantine
Expansion of emergency basic income for poor elderly was approved by the Senate, but vetoed by the president
It is not new, with the COVID-19 pandemic, that the living conditions of the elderly and retirees have been worsening in Brazil. During the government of Jair Bolsonaro (without a party), the country has been witnessing measures such as the pension reform, approved by the National Congress in October 2019.
Bolsonaro could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted in international court
President was the target of legal action for crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court (ICC)
President Jair Bolsonaro (without a party) could be sentenced to up to 30 years in prison if the International Criminal Court (ICC) understands that he committed a crime against humanity by creating public confusion about the new coronavirus.
COVID-19: Crimes against humanity charges pressed against Bolsonaro at ICC
President’s stance puts people’s lives at risk, say charges filed by Brazilian legal experts
President Jair Bolsonaro had crimes against humanity charges filed against him at the International Criminal Court, by the Brazilian Association of Jurists for Democracy (ABJD), on Thursday (April 3rd). The legal experts claim that the Bolsonaro puts Brazilian lives at risk in the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
To fight the crisis, entities defend taxing the rich foreseeing R$270 billion
Changes in the national system focused on taxing income and patrimony; cities and states would get R$100 billion
Social movements release plan with 60 measures against covid-19 and economic crisis
Proposed actions seek to “protect life, health, jobs and income”
[NOTE: We have attached the EMERGENCY PLATFORM TO COMBAT THECORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AND THE BRAZILIAN CRISIS, translated into English by Friends of the MST.]
Solidarity: food from settlements for poor neighborhoods and homeless people
Food delivered to underserved areas comes from MST encampments and settlements
A task force took food produced in settlements and encampments to the outskirts of Goiânia. This has occurred in other regions of the country, such as Recife, where since March 24, homeless people have been given lunch boxes.
MST offers Centro Paulo Freire as a field hospital for patients with COVID-19
In addition, the movement's state directorate has guided solidarity campaigns in Recife, Caruaru and Petrolina
In PE, MST families donate 1,500 kilos of organic food to a social project
Free of transgenics and pesticides, the vegetables will be used to prepare lunch boxes for the needy population
Since the end of March, the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) in partnership with other popular movements, non-governmental organizations, unions and other entities linked to the Brazil Popular Front have been distributing lunch boxes to the homeless in Recife (PE).
MST Letter to International Social Movements
Dear Comrades:
I hope you are in good health and maintaining high morale, despite the difficulties that the moment imposes on us.
We have been monitoring the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide and showing solidarity with all the people facing this crisis and with all the health professionals who have worked tirelessly to combat the pandemic.
