The
goal of the Rio Branco Forum on Brazil is to encourage
the study and research of Brazilian politics and culture
at Berkeley and in the Bay Area. In addition to the public
forum, which includes lectures, conferences and cultural
activities, CLAS hosts the Rio Branco Visiting
Chair of Brazil. These activities have resulted in a transnational
working network of Brazilianists.
Panel
Discussion
"Lula’s
Brazil: A Challenge to Neoliberalism?"
The election of Workers’ Party candidate Luiz
Inácio Lula da Silva to the Brazilian presidency
with 61 percent of the popular vote has presented new
possibilities for social change in Brazil and the rest
of Latin America. Many Brazilian activists and intellectuals
are currently engaged in an important debate about the
best strategies for achieving long-term social transformation,
the elimination of poverty and hunger and a reduction
in social inequality. Three leading Brazilian Scholars
will be present to share their views on the current political,
social and economic situation in Brazil
Francisco
Menezes is an economist who specializes in
agricultural development. He is also the director of
the Brazilian Institute of Economic and Social Analyses
and a member of the National Council on Nutrition and
Food Security. He has written extensively on sustainable
agriculture and government food policy.
Maria
Helena Moreira Alves is a political
scientist and the author of State and Opposition
in Military Brazil.
Moreira Alves has served as an adviser to Workers’ Party
elected officials. Currently, she works for Viva Rio,
the largest non-governmental organization in Rio de Janeiro’s
hillside shantytowns.
Marcos
Arruda is an economist and the
director of Policy Alternatives for the Southern Cone,
Rio de Janeiro. Arruda
has written about globalization, the Free Trade Agreement
of the Americas and alternative courses for the Workers’ Party.
Among his works is External Debt: Brazil and the
International Financial Crisis.
Co-sponsored
with the Institute of International Studies, the Center
for Study of the Americas and Brazil Strategy Network,
and the Mellon Foundation
Friday,
October 31, 1:00 – 5:00
pm
220 Stephens Hall, Geballe Room
Analysis and photo of the event
Lula:
A Winner’s Journey
Directed by Cosme Coelho (2003)
U.S. Premiere
This
is the startling story of Luiz Inácio Lula da
Silva, the son of a poverty-ridden family from Northeast
Brazil, who learned to read at the age of ten, was
mutilated by a factory-floor accident, lost his wife
through medical negligence and was arrested and imprisoned
under the oppressive law of the military dictatorship.
In spite of a difficult life, he became the President
of Brazil. 50 minutes.
Prof.
Harley Shaiken, Chair of the Center for Latin American
Studies, will conduct a question and answer session
after the film.
Part
of the 7th International Latino Film Festival takes
place from November 6-16 at various locations throughout
the Bay Area and includes 68 films from 12 countries.
Tickets
are $7.00.
Ticket phone line is 925-866-9559. A complete list
of films and ticket information can be found at www.latinofilmfestival.org.
More information on the film can be found on the
festival website here.
(Portuguese
with English subtitles)
Sunday,
November 16, 2:15 p.m.
Wheeler Auditorium
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