The pressures, according to sources of the judicature, were coming from superior sources in Sao Paulo. One section of the Justice Tribunal which should have been on vacation during this period of the year, was working exclusively to accompany the Edir Macedo case. One of the prosecutors in the case has already proposed to the Court that the temples of this group be closed in Sao Paulo. Already, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Secretary of State of the Vatican, had compared Boff to Judas. This Forum is a grouping which congregates various entities of civil society of the State of Sao Paulo committed to the effort of solidarity with Cuba.
Democracy means dignity amongst people.
And I hold that the capitalist bourgeois democracy does not transmit any of these elements. The present Cuban Parliament is the last one to be elected indirectly, because from now on, all the national legislators will be elected by the secret and direct vote of the entire nation. The reproduction of this material is permitted as long as the source is cited. What's New Search A special word of thanks and appreciation to Trocaire who has supported this project since 1991. Our sincere thanks as well to OneWorld Online for their support in the hosting of this home page.