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supporting students, then youd be put in prison. So there was no way. You either had to go into the undergroundand so people went underground and moved about there.In that process, gradually, as of 1968, they established centers, centers that were responsible for investigation, for investigating people and taking people to prison. Now, as of 1970, they began to kill people. Depending on their assessment of a given activist, they might kill him or her. Many of the people I worked with were killed in those situations. I was taken to prison January 16th of 1970. So I survived. I wasnt on that list of people who are going to die, because it was as of September that they began to kill.So it was a very tough process for me. Why? Because you were taken prisoner. Immediately you were tortured, so that you could turn in your companions. And there, it was a fight against time. Torture is a fight against time. No one is a hero in torture. People are capable of resisting. Each of us is capable of resisting in his or her own way. How did I do so? Well, you try to find resources within yourself to gain time against the interrogator. And you have to keep certain things in your mind always. You know more than they do about yourself. Second, you can never believewell, if you think you can put up with it for a day, thats a good strategy. Or you have to put up with it for one minute, two minutes, three minutes, 10 minutes. For 10 minutes is an eternity in the face of pain. So, its a very tough process.I will tell you something about women. Its very interesting. Women and men face torture. They grow weak in the face of torture, because its not a simple thing. But I will tell you about women. We have an ability to deal with pain which is different from men. I think its because we bear children, for various reasons. But what I perceived was great strength among women to maintain their integrity in the face of torture, which is very important. Torture cant destroy you. And what you have to do with respect to your companions and your colleagues to keep them from being destroyed, those who are weaker are the ones who you have to support the most, so that they can recover afterwards. You cant think about your colleagues and your companions that because someone might have turned someone in or said something under torture, that they become your enemy. No, you have to support them and protect them. And thats what women do very well.So, its a very tough process. No one should have to suffer torture because a military regime. But I think that those of us who experienced what we experienced, well, I learned several things. I learned how to resist. I also learned that you cant ever think that youre going to be defeated in prison, unless you want them to defeat you. Defeat is not just
an objective reality. Defeat is a reaction in the face of difficulty. So I suffered two coups, two blows: torture and this parliamentary coup. And theyre not going to defeat me. And I owe this to all of my colleagues who did not survive.AMY GOODMAN: When you were imprisoned, how did they torture you?DILMA ROUSSEFF: [translated] It was absurd that they had a protocol. The protocol for torture was like this. I was taken prisoner by a military and semi-military group that was under military control, that was called Operation Bandeirantes. It was a center that was controlled by the Brazilian armed forces you would be taken to. Immediately there would be a strong din and murmuring, people shouting. Its a way to thrown you off. And thenwell, the first thing they would do, in my timewell, later it was different because theyd put a hood on peoples. But when I was a prisoner in Rio de Janeiro, they did the following. They would throw water at you. And they would also connect wires to your toes, when they still hadnt taken off your clothes, and they would also place on your hand and ear these electric cables. The worst thing in torture is electrical shock. And then, they would do what was called the "parrots perch," which was a method where they would place a stick or a bar under your knees and then place your hands on the same bar, and there they are. And they would combine this technique with electrical shock. The problem is that your ligaments begin to hurt a lot. Up toand then, at a certain point in time, the blood stops running, and the pain diminishes somewhat. Its unimaginable. People would withstand it because we were 20 years old. I dont think somebody my age today would be able to withstand it. At the time, I was 20 years old. And if youre 20 years old, you can withstand anything. Basically, the torture was like that.Now, theres a basic component of torture in all torture, in all times of history and everywhere. The person who is torturing, the group that is torturing you, wants you to perceive, first of all, that you are not part of the category of human beings and also that no one likes you and that no one has a relationship of understanding with youthat is to say, a relationship whereby I recognize you, you recognize me, and we have a certain empathy because were the same gender or because we have common experiences, for several reasons, or even just that because were all human beings. So, they want to short-circuit that perception. And they have two ways of doing so: aggression, but theres also another, which was to block you, that is to say, by placing a hood over you, and you dont see the person whos talking with you, so you have an issue of sensory deprivation. And that is also very common. They want to cut off all contact with the outside world.AMY GOODMAN: You knew what happened,
when you became an underground guerrilla. What gave you the courage to take on the state in this way? You knew that people were being killed and that thats what you risked, losing your life.DILMA ROUSSEFF: [translated] What makes people struggle in those conditions anywhere in the world is the conviction that you are fighting for a better world. You have to believe it. No one is able to struggle if they dont think that theyre fighting for a better world. And we were convinced that we were fighting for a better world. More than believing in it, we were absolutely certain of it.I believe that the force that led to movements at that time, in many parts of the world, not just Brazil, in the 1960s and 1970sand theres the question of democracy. I think the most serious thing that can be done to a country during military dictatorship is for its youth to not have any hope in democracy, because if theres one thing that you learn in that struggle, you learn democracy is the only regime, mechanism, space for action. For what? For you to be able to transform your country. Always in Brazil, when democracy was reduced, it was through these coups, through exceptional measures, through the saviors of the homeland. Democracy mitigated, and so social transformation is reduced or eliminated, or there are setbacks. I learned in life that if you have a commitment to your country, you have to expand democracy. Thats why the name of this program is so important, Democracy Now! Its very important, this idea in Brazil, democracy now, because we only win with democracy, and we lose when democracy is attacked. And so we have this expression in Brazil: Democracy is the right side of history. And I believe in this, because democracy is the right side of history.And democracy emerged with two concepts. There are two concepts that emerged in the time of the Greeks, which is our tradition: the concept of democracy and the concept of politics. Even where there is a selective democracythat is to say, when it is possible to have a democracy in the public plaza, in the public spacepolitics means you have to take a position in society upholding the interests of all your community or in your activity. Without that, its impossible to have a democratic process. I dont believe that there is any country in the world with democracy without politics. Technocrats dont engage in politics in the broad sense of the term.AMY GOODMAN: Ousted Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. Since we talked in April, the political crisis in Brazil has only intensified. Her successor, Brazilian President Michel Temer, is now facing mounting call to resign or be impeached, following explosive testimony released by the Supreme Court in Brazil accusing him of accepting millions of dollars in bribes since 2010. On Wednesday, Temer authorized the deployment of the Army to the capital Brasilia, as tens of thousands of protesters marched to Congress to demand his resignation. Facing public outcry, Temer has since ordered the troops
off the streets. When we come back, Ill ask Dilma Rousseff, the first female president of Brazil, about democracy, corruption and President Donald Trump. Stay with us.[break]AMY GOODMAN: "To Our Children" by Elis Regina, here on Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. Im Amy Goodman, as we return now to my recent conversation with former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, recorded in April.AMY GOODMAN: Madam President, I wanted to ask your thoughts today. Youre in the United States this week, when the U.S. dropped the largest bomb in the history of the worldthe Pentagon calls it the "Mother of All Bombs"a Massive Ordnance Air Bomb, on Afghanistan, the largest bomb in the history of the world since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This followed last weeks bombing of Syria and the continued U.S.-backed bombing in Yemen. Your thoughts?DILMA ROUSSEFF: [translated] Now, Im not the president of the republic, but I would tell you what we would have said as president: Without a shadow of a doubt, we are against that kind of action. Why? First, I dont think it resolves the problem of ISIS. Why do I think that this kind of repression isnt the appropriate approach? What Ive read in the United States newspapers is that oftentimes, when bombing Syria or Afghanistanwell, I know there is no dialogue with ISIS. With ISIS, its a different kind of relationship. But what has happened is that, when bombing, civilians and allies are killed. So I ask myself: Whats the point of such an action, if its going to kill civilians and allies? What might someone think whos living in Syria or anywhere, and all of a sudden a bomb is dropped?I think its extremely dangerous, because those groups dont gauge consequences. Its a very radical policy. So I am extremely concerned about the reaction afterwards. That is to say, I dont believe that theres any circumstance in which we can come up with some easy answer. When the war was taken to Iraq, when the war was taken to Afghanistan, when there was a bombing done in Syria, its very difficult. And this unleashes the whole process of such violence that the consequences are uncontrollable. How long has it been that theyve been fighting in Syria, and theyre not able to stop ISIS? How long has al-Nusra and al-Qaeda continued doing what theyre doing? So I think we need to ask about this.And Im very concerned when civilians and allies are the ones who are killed. Thats what it says in todays newspaper. So, I dont think that such bombardments produce results, and Im not in favor of dropping bombs when they kill civilians and allies, because its just putting more fuel on the fire.AMY GOODMAN: The bomb was developed during the Bush years. He didnt use it, George W. Bush, in Iraq. President Obama didnt use it. Within two months of the Trump presidency, they have engaged in this historic act, the largest bomb in the history of the world, outside an atomic bomb. Your assessment of the Trump
administration, of President Donald Trump?DILMA ROUSSEFF: [translated] I dont evaluate the performance of presidents of other countries, because Im a former president, so I dont talk about that. Obviously, I have an assessment, but I dont think its appropriate for me to talk about it. I can talk about positive accomplishments, but otherwise I wont say anything.AMY GOODMAN: What do you feel has been done right?DILMA ROUSSEFF: [translated] I dont have anything to say. Well, Im not going to talk about that. My assessment of the Trump administration is something Im not going to talk about. Its not up to me to do that. Thats your job.AMY GOODMAN: I wanted to end by sharing a clip of Noam Chomsky with you, the world-renowned dissident, linguist, who recently appeared on Democracy Now! and talked about Brazil.NOAM CHOMSKY: There was just enormous corruption. Its justits painful to see the Workers Party in Brazil, which did carry out significant measures, justthey just couldnt keep their hands out of the till. They joined the extremely corrupt elite, which is robbing all the time, and took part in it, as well, and discredited themselves. And theres a reaction. I dont think the game is over by any means. There were real successes achieved, and I think a lot of those will be sustained. But there is a regression. Theyll have to pick up again with, one hopes, more honest forces that wont bethat will, first of all, recognize the need to develop the economy in a way which has a solid foundation, not just based on raw material exports, and, secondly, honest enough to carry out decent programs without robbing the public at the same time.AMY GOODMAN: So, that was Noam Chomsky, who said, "There was just enormous corruption." He said, "painful to see the Workers Party in Brazil, which did carry out significant measures, [but] they just couldnt keep their hands out of the till."DILMA ROUSSEFF: [translated] The first thing I want to say is the following. I want to put some things in perspective. The greatest corruption in recent years occurred with the subprime crisis. Now, I dont know that as a result of the subprime crisis, I dont believe that all of the companies that were involved in corruption were destroyed. Maybe their CEOs or others who committed corruption had to answer for it, but they didnt destroy the institution. Rather, they took the person who committed the crime. The company is not a thinking and speaking entity. The company is all of its compounds together. Now, unless the entireits corrupt in its entirety, then you dont destroy the organization.So, why do I say this? Well, first to say that Brazil has the greatest corruption in recent years. Brazils corruption is significant. It matters to Brazil. It has to be fought. Later, I can tell you about what my government did, but I dont think that it has to, that the party has to be destroyed. I dont believe that banks were destroyed or agencies were destroyed or that persons who were not involved
were prosecuted. Same thing applies to a political party, because the political party, as an institutionwell, some say its different from a company, but I dont believe that one should criminalize the Workers Party. One should criminalize and prosecute the individual members of the party who committed crimes. But one should not combat the entire Workers Party in Brazil, which is the largest party in Brazil, without a doubt. No.And Im sorry to get so excited, but I want to explain the following. I think its fundamental in Brazil to fight corruption. I think its fundamental, because corruption in Brazil is a way in which economic power interferes with political power. And one of the processes in this corruption is characterized by the fact that in Brazil, beforeeven though its spelled out in the lawthose who come to corrupt public officials have never been prosecuted. In 2013, for example, there was a law on fighting criminal organizations that we sent to Congress, and two measures had been taken.So the one who made the mistake should pay for it. The law exists. It should be properly applied. The Workers Party will answer for its mistakesit has tobut not by putting an end to the party. Punish the individuals who committed the crime, but not the party. This whole story of punishing the whole party dates back to 1946, when all opposition parties in Brazil that hadwell, the more radical oppositionthe Communist Party, Brazilian Socialist Partywere made illegal. I dont agree with that whole process.I dont agree with destroying companies. Ive never seen a single bank or company destroyed. I saw CEOs have to answer. Now, what I find extremely unusual is that they take Petrobras, the state oil company, and make itpaint it as being corrupt per se. There are many people in Petrobras who are corrupted and who are accused of corruption. So I think its very clear, the one who corruptedthe one who was corrupted should be prosecuted, with a right to defense, without spectacular media treatment. Because whats happening in Brazil is that the media places people on trial before the case even goes into the courts. Now, I dont think that in any democracy in the world, as far as I know, the media can take the place of the judiciary. I dont believe the media guarantee the right to defense. It plays a fundamental role in democracy. Now, the role of meting out justice has to be performed by those who have an institutional mandate to do so.AMY GOODMAN: Finally, President Rousseff, in the 1960s, you were involved with the underground resistance to oppose dictatorship. Are you seeing a right-wing shift in Latin America and the United States? And what form do you think that resistance should take today?DILMA ROUSSEFF: [translated] Today, its difficult. I believe that our resistance todayand this is a major gain for us in Latin Americatoday, we can resist without having to go into the underground, withoutrather, using the most important weapon of democracy, which is the word, discussion, debate. We can do that
today. Before, we couldnt. Before, we were somehow shackled by the dictatorship.Today, our resistance and the resistance in the United States is the same. That is to say, I think we are all going through the following process. There is an increase in financialization. Instead of the financial industry serving productive industry and productive services and all activities, the financial sector became the master. On becoming the master, it channels to itself the largest part of income. And this produces inequality, stagnation, precarious employment and cooptation by some of the press, which means that shareholders, CEOs, all of management are the models who are above and beyond the workers, the consumers and so forth. In other words, it creates a world which is not going to bring well-being and affluence for the population as a whole. Were all going through that neoliberalism, financialization, greater inequality and more and more exceptional-type measureshere in the United States, as well. The PATRIOT Act, in a way, was an exceptional act, because when you put persons on trial without guarantees, then, well, thats an exceptional type of act. This happens in Brazil with several measures. For example, a court has said that I can suspend the constitution, because the Car Wash scandal is an exceptional event, and therefore we can suspend the law. But thats not possible.We have, in a way, a mitigated democracy that we have to expand. We are experiencing a time of greater inequality and financialization. In a way, taking stock of the history of our experiences, of our movements, we have a lotall of those of us who defend democracy have a lot to share with one another.AMY GOODMAN: Ousted Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. If youd like a copy of todays show, you can go to our website at democracynow.org. Tune in Monday, Memorial Day, when well spend the hour with world-renowned linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky.Source: democracynow.org
Chegada na capela N. Sra. Aparecida.13:30 h Chegada na comunidade Sao Francisco.15:30 h Chegada na comunidade Sao Geraldo.Dia 19/04/2017, quarta-feira 09:00 h Chegada na comunidade Sagrado Coracao de Jesus.12:00 h Chegada na comunidade Mae Rainha.15:00 h Chegada na comunidade Santo Expedito.17:30 h Chegada na comunidade Santa Clara.Dia 20/04/2017, quinta-feira 09:00 h Chegada na comunidade Sao Pedro.12:00 h Chegada na comunidade Sao Cristovao.15:00 h Chegada na Matriz N. Sra. Do Patrocinio17:00 h Missa de encerramento com todas as comunidades.18:30 h Procissao para a Igreja Sao Jose.PAROQUIA DO BOM PASTORDia 20/04?2017, quarta-feira19:00 h Procissao vinda da Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora do Patrocinio para a Igreja de Sao Jose. Carreata pelas ruas da comunidade, ate a Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora do Rosario, onde sera celebrada a Santa Missa de Acolhida da Imagem.Dia 21/04/2017, sexta-feira06:00 h Missa na Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora do Rosario cafe compartilhado na sede do Congado.08 as 10:00 h Visitas missionarias na comunidade Sao Joao Batista.12:00 h Missa na Igreja Sao Jose.15:00 h Reza do santo terco e consagracao na Igreja Sao Jose16:00 as 17:30 h Visitas missionarias pela Comunidade Sao Judas Tadeu.18:00 h Terco das mulheres na Matriz Nossa Senhora do Rosario.19:30 h Santa Missa na Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora do Rosario com a abertura oficial da Missao, com a acolhida aos missionarios.21:00 h Terco dos homens na Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora do Rosario.Dia 22/04/2017, sabado06:00 h. Santa missa na igreja de Santa Terezinha em seguida cafe da manha compartilhado.08:00 as 10:00 h. Visitas missionarias na comunidade Santa Terezinha.09:00 h. Visita ao Presidio.12:00 h. Reza do terco e consagracao na Igreja Sao Joao Batista.14:00 h. Visita a Vila Vicentina.14:00 h. Encontro com as criancas na Igreja Nossa Senhora do Rosario.15:30 h. Santa missa na Igreja Santo Antonio.17:00 h. Santo terco na igreja Santos Reis. Ao final do terco carreta para a Paroquia Sao Rafael, em Paineiras.17:30 h. Encontro de jovens na Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora do Rosario.19:30 h. Santa missa na Igreja Matriz Nossa Senhora do Rosario Acao de gracas pelos 25 anos de Vida Consagrada de irma Aparecida e demais irmas Jubilares.Dia 23/04/ 2017, domingo07:00 h Santa missa na comunidade Santa Clara. Logo apos, cafe da manha partilhado.09:30 h Santa missa de Encerramento da Missao e envio dos Missionarios na Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora do Rosario. Fonte: Nosso Jornal