The undersigned, intellectuals, artists, writers and researchers from all over the world denounce the coup underway in Brazil and stand in solidarity with President Dilma Rousseff who was elected by 54 million Brazilians only one year and a half ago.

This is not a traditional “political trial”, as the Globo Group is attempting to present it. Michel Temer, the visible face of the coup, has already expressed his intentions to bring the private banking sector into the public sphere and to focus in particular on a social policy of austerity for the poorest 5% of the country, which would mean to exclude the 36 million people from the Bolsa Familia. In addition Temer intends to move toward agreements with the United States and the European Union "with or without the Mercosur". In short his perspective is a Government for the elite of his country distanced from the majority and to wipe out forever the experience that the country had under the government of the Workers Party.

Temer envisions himself to be the “new Macri” of Brasil, using the new government of Argentina as his model and advancing toward the dismantling of the state rarely seen in Argentina. It is not surprising then that the Foreign Ministry of that neighboring country has shamelessly supported the coup in Brazil under the guise of supporting its institutions. For everything that the coup makers have expressed and with their links to big business we consider the coup of the President de facto Michael Temer illegitimate and illegal. He has long ago proven that he is a corrupt politician who takes his orders from the darkest parts of the predatory oligarchy of that country.

We are appealing to UNASUR to apply the established Protocol stating a Commitment to Democracy adopted by all the countries of the organization that could put the brakes on the breakdown of the democratic thread in Brazil. We also demand that the presidents and governments of the world do not recognize Temer and to demand the return of the legitimately elected President Dilma Rousseff. They should also end the political crisis by calling for an immediate presidential election – made by the President herself – so that the Brazilian people can once again express themselves by democratic means and not by an imposed coup d’état by a questionable and corrupt Congress.

Nao vai ter golpe!
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Executive Secretariat REDH

Carmen Bohórquez (REDH General Coordinator)
Marilia Guimaraes (REDH Brazil)
Atilio Borón (REDH Argentina)
Juan Manuel Karg (REDH Argentina)
Omar González (REDH Cuba)
Ariana López (REDH Cuba)
Nayar López Castellanos (REDH México)
Alicia Jrapko (REDH USA)
Hugo Moldiz (REDH Bolivia)
Katu Arkonada (REDH Basque Country/Bolivia)
Ángel Guerra (REDH Cuba/México)
Fredy Ñañez (REDH Venezuela)
Roger Landa (REDH (REDH Venezuela)
David Comssiong (REDH Barbados)
Luciano Vasapollo (REDH Italy)

First signatures:

Abel Puente, Cuba
Alaín Elías, Perú
Alberto Rabilotta, Argentina/Canadá
Alejandro Landaeta Salvatierra, Venezuela
Alejandro Ochoa, Venezuela
Alexia Massholder, Argentina
Alfredo Vera Arrata, Ecuador
Ana María Carrillo Farga,México
Arianna Lissoni, Sudáfrica
Armand Mattelart, Bélgica
Arnold August, Canadá
Arturo Corcuera, Perú
Aura Moreno, Venezuela
Azalia Arias, Cuba
Banbose Shango, EEUU
Bárbara Yera León, Cuba
Benilde Isolina Hernandez Barrientos, Venezuela
Berta Joubert, EEUU
Bill Hackwell, EEUU
Blanca Montoya, México
Bruno Portuguez, Perú
Camille Chalmers Haití
Carlos Fazio, México
Carmen Rita Centeno, Puerto Rico
Carolina Sanchez, Cuba
Catherine Faure , Canada
Cecilia Liveriero Lavelli (Como/Lugano)
César Silva, Venezuela
Chaman Lal, India
Cheryl LaBash, EEUU
Chiqui Vicioso, República Dominicana
Chuck Kaufman, EEUU
Citlalli Valencia Cuesta, México
Claude Mark, EEUU
Claudio Katz, Argentina
Daniel Freidemberg, Argentina
Daniel Viglietti, Uruguay
Delfina Paredes, Perú
Domenico Losurdo, Italia
Eddy Córdova, Senegal
Edmundo Aray, Venezuela
Eduardo Sguiglia, Argentina
Elsa Vega Jiménez, Cuba
Enrique Juan Box Jacquet, Argentina
Fanny Palacios Izquierdo, Perú
Farruco Sesto, Venezuela
Federico García, Perú
Felipe Radicetti, Brasil
Felix Salvador Kury, EEUU
Fernando Buen Abad, México/Argentina
Fernando Rendón, Colombia
Fernando Silva Caraballo, Puerto Rico
Francisco Adriazén, Perú
Francisco R. Rosas López, México
Gabo Sequeira, Argentina
Gayle McLauglin, EEUU
Gerardo Álvaro, Argentina
Gil Zu,
Gilberto Diaz Reyes, Cuba/República Dominicana
Gilberto López y Rivas , México
Gilma Camargo, Panamá
Gisela Alonso Dominguez, Cuba
Grupo de Escritores, Poetas y Artistas en el Exilio SAKERTI nuevo AMANECER
Guillermo Madriz, Venezuela
Gustavo Espinoza, Perú
Gustavo Esteva, México
Hector Andrés López López, Venezuela
Héctor Béjar Rivera, Perú
Heriberto Rodríguez, México
Hernan Randi, Argentina
Hildebrando Pérez Grande, Perú
Horacio López, Argentina
Isabella Brega, Italia
Isel Llerena, Cuba
Ismael Clark Arxer. Cuba
Iván Padila, Venezuela
J.C. Cartagena, Francia
James Cockcroft, Canadá
James Early, EEUU
Javier Barrios D. Panamá
Javier Sarabia Mariche, Venezuel ,
Jean Portante, Luxemburgo/Francia
Jeanie Kimber, Canada
Jennifer Wager, EEUU
Joe Beasley, Estados Unidos
John Kirk, Canada
Jorge Nuñez Sánchez, Ecuador
José Luis Ayala, Perú
Jose Luis Casal, Eeuu
Jose Pertierra, EEUU
Juan Antonio Hormigón, España
Juan Carlos Radovich, Argentina
Juan Cristóbal, Perú
Julio Dagnino, Perú
Julio Faravelli, Uruguay
K. Satchidanandan, India
Katiuska Blanco, Cuba
Katrien Demuynck, Bélgica
Leonardo Cortés Estay, Chile
Leslie Salgado, EEUU
Licda Reina Najera Saravia,
Lois Perez Leira, España
Lourdes Vera, Venezuela
Luis D. Zorraquino , Brasil
Luis Prieto, Venezuela
Luis Rosas, Venezuela
Makiko Miyamoto, Japón / Cuba
Malcom Sacks, EEUU
Manuel David Orrio, Cuba
Manuel Reis, Portugal
Manuel Robles, Perú
Manuel Santos Iñurrieta, Argentina
Marcelo F. Rodríguez, Argentina
María Antonieta Calabacero Jiménez, Chile
María Luisa Laviana Cuetos, España
Mariano de Jesús García Lizardo, República Dominicana
Mario Cruz Cruz, México
Martin Almada, Paraguay
Mary Bricker-Jenkins, Eeuu
Massimiliano Ay, Suíça
Mauro Cassano, Italia
Melissa Arria, Venezuela
Michael Parenti, EEUU
Michele Mattelart, Francia
Miguel Castro Fernández, Cuba
Milagros Rivera, Puerto Rico
Montserrat Ponsa, España
Nancy Kohn, EEUU
Nelson Del Castillo, Puerto Rico
Nelson Valdes, EEUU
Nils Castro, Panamá
Olga Echeverría, Argentina
Ovilia Suárez, Venezuela
Pablo Guayasamín, Ecuador
Paul Larudee, Eeuu
Paul Teitelbaum, EEUU
Pedro Calzadilla, Venezuela
Pedro L. Véliz Martínez, Cuba
Pepe Regato, Ecuador
Per Asko, Noruega
Peter Phillips, EEUU
Piero Arria, Venezuela
Pilar Roca, Perú
Raúl Pérez Torres, Ecuador
Reynaldo Naranjo, Perú.
Rhonal Lee Fonseca Alvarado, Venezuela
Ricardo Cetrulo, Uruguay
Ricardo Luis Plaul, Argentina
Roberto Deibe , Argentina
Rodrigo Gonzalez, EEUU
Roman Loera
Rosina Valcárcel, Perú
Salim Lamrani, Francia
Sally O'Brien, EEUU
Samuel Silva Gotay, Puerto Rico
Sandra Rodríguez Alderete Paraguay
Sergio Arria, Argentina
Sergio Jorge Pastrana, Cuba
Silvia Mancini , Suiza
Silvia Yankelevich, Argentina
Smaïl Hadj-Ali, Argelia
Sofía Antón, Argentina
Stella Calloni, Argentina
Stephen Kimber, Canada
Susana Cella, Argentina
Teresa Ixtlac,
Teresa N. Alvarez, Argentina
Theotonio Dos Santos, Brasil
Tibisay Hung, Venezuela
Verenice Guayasamín, Ecuador
Vicente Battista, Argentina
Vicente Otta, Perú
Víctor Regalado, Salvador/ Canadá
Virgilio Lopez Lemus, Cuba
Volker Hermsdorf, Alemania
Walter Palacios Vinces, Perú
Williams Mendoza García, Cuba
Winston Orrillo, Perú
Yamandú Acosta, Uruguay
Yasmín Sierra Montes, Cuba
Yury Weky Silva, Venezuela