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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
Jan 2, 20220 min read
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
Jan 2, 20222 min read
USNDB Message on the Upcoming Year
Dear Members and Supporters of the U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil, As we begin a new year, we would like to thank all of those who...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
Sep 5, 20212 min read
Que a Esplanada não seja o novo Capitólio
COMUNICADO DE IMPRENSA [English below] Contatos de Imprensa / Press Contacts: US Network for Democracy in Brazil -...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
Sep 4, 20215 min read
Bolsonaro marches against the democracy in Brazil
Mauro Menezes and Carol Proner Mauro Menezes is a lawyer, Master in Public Law, a former President of the Ethics Commission of the...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
Aug 24, 20212 min read
Sixty U.S. Specialists on Brazil Defend the Academic Freedom of Conrado Mendes
[PRESS RELEASE] -- Message from Conrado Hubner Mendes: "Quero agradecer imensamente a US Network for Democracy in Brazil pela...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
Jul 24, 20211 min read
24JForaBolsonaro: Brazilians Return to the Streets Of The World
[PRESS RELEASE] 24J - BRAZILIANS RETURN TO THE STREETS OF THE WORLD TO ASK FOR THE END OF THE GOVERNMENT BOLSONARO - ACTS IN 42 CITIES, 6...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
Jul 23, 20211 min read
Letter to the Brazilian Ambassador to the United States
As Brazilian civil society mobilizes for a Day of Action against President Jair Bolsonaro’s criminal mishandling of the pandemic and his...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
Jul 15, 20212 min read
Murder Wave of Brazilian Trans Causes International Alarm
[PRESS RELEASE] The recent increase in murders of Brazilian trans and death threats to trans elected officials is cause for great concern...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
Jun 28, 20214 min read
DEFENDING LGBTI+ RIGHTS IN BRAZIL: U.S. NETWORK FOR DEMOCRACY IN BRAZIL STATEMENT ON LGBTI+ RIGHTS
[PORTUGUÊS ABAIXO] This report highlights the current human rights struggles facing Brazil’s LGBTI+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, travesti,...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
May 23, 20214 min read
Brazilians and Brazilianists Appeal to Biden: Vaccines to Brazil to Avoid Another India
[Em português abaixo] PRESS RELEASE Washington DC/ May, 24, 2021 - A letter signed by more than 400 Brazilianists and U.S. friends of...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
May 23, 20212 min read
Brazilian Trans Councilwoman Forced into Exile due to Death Threats
[PRESS RELEASE] May 19, 2021 On May 13, 2021, it became known that Benny Briolly, the first transgender woman to sit on Niteroí’s City...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
May 2, 20211 min read
The USNDB stands with APIB and Sonia Guajajara
The US Network for Democracy in Brazil expresses its solidarity with Sonia Guajajara, Almir Suruí, Rubens Suruí, and Indigenous leaders...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
Mar 29, 20218 min read
U.S. Representatives to Biden Administration: Speak Up for Indigenous Rights in the Brazilian Amazon
U.S. congresspeople express their deep concern for the dangerous situation facing Brazill’s Munduruku Indigenous people and encourage the...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
Jan 27, 20213 min read
USNDB Response to Bolsonaro’s Letter to Biden
Since re-democratization in the 1980s, Brazil has worked extensively to respect social, economic, and environmental legislation as stated...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
Nov 21, 20201 min read
Democracy and Racism Shouldn't Coexist
November 20th is Brazil’s National Day of Black Consciousness, when ancestors such as Zumbi dos Palmares and Dandara are celebrated. It...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
Nov 4, 20202 min read
THE USNDB REAFFIRMS: UNINTENTIONAL RAPE DOES NOT EXIST
On the 3rd of November, while the U.S focused on its elections, Brazil was taken aback by the judicial decision to absolve André Camargo...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
Oct 21, 20202 min read
Support for Representatives Fighting to Protect Brazilian Indigenous and Quilombola Community
On October 7, 20 U.S. Members of Congress sent a bicameral letter to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees (HASC and SASC),...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
Sep 25, 20202 min read
In Defense of Paulo Abrão, Brazilian and International Human Rights Advocate
Human rights activists in Brazil, other parts of Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, and the United States were shocked to learn...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
Sep 17, 20202 min read
Statement Condemning the Invasion of the Home and Law Offices of Dr. Cristiano Martins Zanin
The U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil (USNDB) is a decentralized, democratic and non-partisan national network in the United States,...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
Sep 2, 20202 min read
Letter to Governor Romeu Zema, on the evictions carried out at Quilombo Campo Grande in Minas Gerais
Following the eviction of families, the destruction of a school and of other MST community structures at Quilombo Campo Grande carried...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
Aug 9, 20201 min read
USNDB Statement on Brazil Reaching 100,000 Deaths
August 8th could have been just another average Saturday, yet will forever be remembered as the tragic date that Brazil officially...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
Jul 19, 20203 min read
In Honor of Representative John Lewis
Recalling the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”, the US Network for Democracy...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
Jul 3, 20202 min read
The USNDB Releases Letter Supporting the Ways and Means Committee Letter on US-Brazil Trade Deal
The U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil (USNDB) is proud to express its support for the Ways and Means Committee and their recent letter...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
Jun 8, 20202 min read
We Stand with Those Who Carry the Spirit of Resistance
The U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil stands in solidarity with Black protestors and their allies who are fighting against the recent...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
May 27, 20207 min read
USNDB Official Statement on Sérgio Moro
No One, Not Even Sérgio Moro, Is Above the Law Brazil is currently going through a devastating public health crisis as infections and...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
May 27, 20202 min read
"No One, Not Even former Judge and Justice Minister Sérgio Moro, is above the Law"
May 18, 2020 --Scholars and specialists of Brazil from some of the most important universities in the United States, along with activist...
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U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil
May 17, 20202 min read
"No One, Not Even Former Judge and Justice Minister Sérgio Moro, is Above the Law"
Brazilianists and Brazilians Living Abroad Speak Out May 18, 2020 --Scholars and specialists of Brazil from some of the most important...
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