Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
For several years, President Jair Bolsonaro has been planning to contest his likely defeat by discrediting the Brazilian electoral system. He accuses Supreme Court justices of being corrupt and partisan, predicts that votes will be tampered with, and suspects that the media is at the service of the opposing camp. Inspired by Donald Trump’s strategy, the Brazilian president mobilizes his supporters by presenting himself as a victim persecuted by an establishment that has sold out to the Left and as the only savior and redeemer of the nation. He demonizes his foes and designates them as enemies. In doing so, he prepares his militant supporters, many of them armed, for political violence and even insurrection.
This is not surprising given his openly nostalgic regard for the military dictatorship and complete contempt for democratic institutions, political pluralism, and the rule of law. However, he utters these extremist diatribes today as Chief Executive and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and he has radicalized his militant base of support over the last four years in power. No coup d’état has ever been so explicitly announced.
Democracy in Brazil today needs the support and vigilance of the world. Our common responsibility is to respect the Brazilian Constitution and the will of the people.
Brazil is a country with a population of over 212 million that has an environmental heritage of crucial importance for the future of the planet and plays a leading role in the world economy and governance. The fate of this country of continental dimensions is an issue whose consequences go far beyond its borders. The strength of Brazilian democracy and respect for the rule of law, human rights, the environment, the rights of indigenous peoples and other marginalized groups are issues that concern everyone and, as such, are the object of our legitimate attention and solidarity. The democracy of this immense country is of common interest, and we cannot remain mere spectators.
The time has come to organize a powerful movement of international solidarity in defense of the democratic process in Brazil.
That is why we, intellectuals, politicians, artists, activists, citizens, demand:
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That presidential elections in Brazil take place under the terms of its constitution;
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That all threats and violence against candidates and their supporters be condemned and prosecuted;
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That democratic institutions be maintained and their decisions respected;
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That the armed forces do not interfere in the electoral process, in the verification of results or in the transition of power.
Democracy is a precious and fragile asset, of which we are all guarantors. In this year in which Brazil celebrates the bicentennial of its independence, its historic challenge remains to defend a democratic, plural and inclusive country. Brazilian democracy is also ours, and international solidarity must not be an empty word.
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Afrânio Garcia – School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, Paris, France
Aldo Marchesi – University of the Republic, Argentina
Alexander Main – Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, DC, USA
Alejandra Oberti – University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alejandro Cattaruzza – University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Amy Chazkel - Columbia University, USA
Anne Hidalgo - Mayor of Paris
Anthony Pereira - director of the Kimberly Green Center for Latin America and the Caribbean and professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Miami, USA
Armelle Enders - University of Paris-8-Vincennes-Saint-Denis, France
Arnaud-Dominique Houte - Sorbonne University, Paris, France
Baltazar Garzon - Judge, Spain
Barbara Weinstein - New York University, USA
Beverly Keene - Diálogo 2000-Jubileo Sur, Argentina
Brodwyn Fischer - University of Chicago, USA
Bryan McCann - Georgetown University, USA
Camille Chalmers - State University of Haiti (UEH), Haiti
Christopher Dunn - Tulane University, USA
Claudia Damasceno Fonseca - School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, Paris, France
Claudio Nash - University of Chile
Danny Glover - Actor/Citizen, USA
David Koranyi - Action for Democracy, USA
Doudou Diène - United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, 2002–2008.
Eduardo Barcesat - CAF Advisory Board, Argentina
Emilio Crenzel - University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Eric Fassin - Univeristy of Paris, 8, France
Erika Robb Larkins - San Diego State University, USA
Ernesto Bohoslavsky - University of General Sarmiento, Argentina
Estela de Carlotto - President, Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo
Eugénia Palieraki - Cergy Paris University, France
Eugenio Raul Zaffaroni - Ex-Minister of the Supreme Court of Argentina, 2003-2014, since 2015, Judge of the Inter-American Human Rights Court
Evelyn N. Farkas, Executive Director of McCain Institute and Former National Security Advisor, USA
Federico Tarragoni - Univerity of Paris, Cité, France
Francis Fukuyama, political scientist, political economist, international relations scholar and writer, USA
Francisco Eguiguren - Ex-Minister of Justice, Peru; Ex-President Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
François Calori - University of Rennes 1, France
Gabriela Aguila - National University of Rosário, Argentina
Gaspard Estrada - CAF Cluster, Paris, France, Director, Center for International Studies, Sciences Po
Georg Wink - director of the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Gerardo Pisarello - Joint Member of Parliament, First Secretary of the Congress of Deputies of Spain, Podemos, Spain
Gerardo Caetano - University of the Republic, Argentina
Gilles Batallion - School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, Paris, France
Gladys Mitchell-Walthour - North Carolina Central University, USA
Guillaume Long - CAF Advisory Board, Ecuador, Former Foreign Minister
Gustavo Sorá - National University of Cordoba, Argentina
Horacio Petraglia - Secretary of Human Rights, Argentina
Idoia Villanueva - Member of the European Parliament, Podemos and International Secretary of Podemos, Spain
International Committee - Democratic Socialists of America
Ione Bellara - Minister for Social Rights, Podemos, Spain
James N. Green - Brown University, USA
Jana Silverman - Center for Global Workers’ Rights, Penn State University, USA
Jean-Louis Fabiani - Central European University
Jean-Luc Mélenchon - Founder of the La France Insoumise Movement, France
Jean-Yves Pranchère - Free University of Brussels, Belgium
Jordán Rodas Andrade - Ex-Attorney General for Human Rights
Juan Carlos Monedero - Podemos, Spain
Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky - National University of Rio Negro, Argentina
Juliette Dumont - University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, France
Keisha-Khan Y. Perry - University of Pennsylvania, USA
Kendall Thomas - Columbia University Law School, USA
Laurie Anderson - American composer, musician and film director
Leila Lehnen - Brown University, USA
Lilith Verstrynge - Podemos, Spain
Luciano Alonso - National University of the Litoral, Argentina
Luís Hipólito Alen - Professor of Social Science at University of Buenos Aires, Argentina; Ex director of the Secretariat of Human Rights of the National Ministry of Justice and Human Rights
Luis Ernesto Vargas - Former President of the Constitutional Court of Colombia
Magali Bessone - Panthéon Sorbonne, Sorbonne
Marcelo Cavarozzi - Professor of Political Science at San Martín University, Argentina
Maria Lucia Pallares Burke - University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Mariana Heredia - Independent researcher, Argentina
Marina Franco - National University of San Martin, Argentina
Maud Chirio - Gustave Eiffel University, Paris, France
Michael Löwy - National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France
Michel Cahen - National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France
Mônica Schpun - School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, Paris, France
Nadia Tahir - University of Caen, Normandie, France
Nicolas Jaoul - Interdisciplinary Institute of Social Institutes, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France
Noam Chomsky - University of Arizona, USA
Nora Cortinas - Madres de Plaza de Mayo Línea Fundadora
Olivier Compagnon - Institute of Advanced Studies on Latin America, Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris, France
Pablo Iglesias - Podemos, Spain, Former Vice-President
Pedro Meira Monteiro - Princeton University, USA
Peter Burke - University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Pierre Salama - Seine-Saint-Denis District Council Member
Rafael R. Ioris - University of Denver, USA
Raphaëlle Branche - University of Paris, Nanterre, France
Remo Carlotto -Executive Direxctor of the Institute of Public Policies in Human Rights of the MERCOSUL
Renata Avila - CAF Executive Board, Guatemala; Open Knowledge Foundation Director
Roberto Pittaluga - University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Rodolfo Nin - Ex-Vice President and Ex-Chancellor, Uruguay
Rodrigo Nabuco de Araújo - University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France
Roger Waters - Musician, singer-songwriter and composer, United Kingdom
Santiago Garaño - Univerisity of La Plata, University of San Martin, Argentina
Sergio Costa - professor at the Latin American Institute of the Frei Berlin University
Seth Garfield - University of Texas at Austin, USA
Sidney Chalhoub - Harvard University, USA
Sílvia Capanema - University of Sorbonne, Paris North, France
Sophia Beal - University of Minnesota, USA
Stanley A. Gacek - United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), USA
Stéphane Boisard - Université d’Albi, France
Stuart Schwartz - Yale University, USA
Taty Almeida - Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, Founding Line
Thomas Y Levin - Princeton University, USA
Véronique Boyer - Nation Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France
Victor Abramovich - University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Wagner Moura - Actor, director, filmaker, musician and activist
William Bourdon - CAF Network, France
Xavier Vigna - University of Paris, Nanterre, France
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This manifesto was created to collect signatures and support from people – both Brazilian and foreigners – who do not reside in Brazil. It is an international manifesto. Therefore, it only accepts signatures from people who reside outside Brazil.
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