Jewish participation in democratic life Brazil named defense minister Jacques Wagner

Jewish participation in democratic life

Brazil named defense minister Jacques Wagner 

Jacques Wagner, born in Rio de Janeiro in a family of Jewish immigrants from Poland and former governor of the Brazilian state of Bahia, was appointed defense minister in the federal government.
President Dilma Rousseff appointed Wagner, 63, and 12 new cabinet ministers after his reelection in October.
Wagner, a former activist of the socialist Zionist movement Habonim Dror, was elected governor in 2007. He had previously served as labor minister under former

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.Besides Wagner, Floriano Pesaro, a leader of the Jewish community in Sao Paulo, was elected to the federal parliament in October. Member of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party, Pesaro in September published a book entitled "My path to Judaism."
As a councilor in the city council of the city of Sao Paulo, Pesaro was one of the initiators of the legislation that led to the incorporation of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day as an official commemorative dates of the city. 

THE PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL DILMA ROUSSEF WANT CRIMINALIZE HOMOPHOBIA

The PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL  DILMA ROUSSEF  WANT criminalize homophobia


One of the priorities of President Dilma this second term will pass a law that would criminalize homophobia; religious are against the proposal; Research by the Gay Group of Bahia pointed out that at least 312 gays, lesbians and Brazilian transvestites were murdered in 2013, an average of one murder every 28 hours; the entity estimates that 99% of these deaths were motivated by homophobia; compulsory investigation to consequent deaths of police actions should also be another priority of the current government
247 - One of the priorities of President Dilma Rousseff (PT) in this second term will pass a law that would criminalize homophobia. Religious leaders are against the proposal. Mandatory investigation to consequent deaths of police actions should also be another priority of the current government.
Just as there is the Maria da Penha for violence against women, President Dilma wants to implement a specific law to homophobia, according ministers interviewed by Folha.
A criminalization of homophobia project is under discussion for eight years in the Senate, but shall be filed by transact more than two terms, as required by statute.
Entities fighting for the rights of homosexuals as the NGO and the Gay Group of Bahia considered the filing "a disaster". These movements want homophobia is treated as a crime of racism.
According to research done by Grupo Gay da Bahia, at least 312 gays, lesbians and Brazilian transvestites were murdered in 2013, representing an average of one murder every 28 hours and at the same time, a decrease of 7.7% compared the previous year. However, the entity estimates that 99% of these deaths were motivated by homophobia.
The other proposal of the federal government with regard to a project that provides for investigation of all such killings. A report by the Brazilian Forum on Public Safety pointed out, in November last year, the Brazilian police killed an average of six people per day between 2009 and 2013. There were at least 11,197 less deaths caused by police in these five years.
The number of deaths in this period exceeds the police of the United States, that the ongo 30 years, killed 11,090 people. "They (the deaths) are not investigated, which encourages police illegality," said Deputy Paulo Teixeira (PT-SP), one of the project authors.
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