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 religious pastor like Tassos Lycurgo,  in the fake news inquiry at the stf, preceded   carry out the demands and, in November,   Rio, but without the resolution of its fate.  “The entire federal public structure linked   Council for Cultural Policy because we knew
 exonerated in August) may have resulted   by the following text on the fBn website:   the tcu agreed.  The issue of transparency is one of the   to culture is bankrupt, without resources,  it was important to create an environment
 in a very difficult problem to equate in the  “Generous, cultured and active in favor   An institution linked to the structure of   most serious and will require a fine-tooth   without structure. Just to give you an idea:   of resistance”, says Fabiano, who was
 near future. In a single ordinance alone, on   of the restoration of Brazil, Luiz Phillippe   another ministry, the Museu Paraense   comb from the new managers. Currently,  there has been a reduction in resources,  the president of this Council during the
 December 8, 2022, the Minister of Tourism,  has honored the nobility of his family and   Emilio Goeldi, the second largest Museum   on the website of the National Film Agency   from 2016 to now, of 85%”, said Juca Ferreira  Temer years. In 2016, the president even
 Carlos Alberto Gomes de Brito, appointed   represented the values  that Brazilian society   of Natural History in the country, now   (Ancine), the latest data on the execution   A diagnosis headed by filmmaker Joel   extinguished the Ministry of Culture, but

 39 civil servants to positions in the various   claims, of freedom, protection of life, security,  under the  tutelage  of  the  Museum  of   of the Audiovisual Sectorial Fund are for  Zito Araújo, who deals with the issue   backtracked after a week of protests.
 superintendences of the National Historical   prosperity, sovereignty and love of neighbor”.  Science and Technology, which had no   2019. Ancine launches public notices at the   of communication in the governmental   This context is important to point out how
 and Artistic Heritage Institute (ipHan) across   Restoration of Brazil, in plain English, means   direction, hoped that this decision would   same time that it experiences a blockage of   transition, revealed that the recent period   the creation of these new facilities is part of
 the country. This has been repeated in all   the return of the monarchy to power.  be passed on to the next government. But,   the budget part destined to pay the Fund’s   has been one of censorship, moral   the perception of the importance of State
 cultural organizations since the November   The institutional gangrene caused by this   in November, the museum woke up to the   operating banks Audiovisual Sector, which,  harassment and persecution of cultural   policies in times of crisis, which became
 30 election.  confusion of roles is widespread. With 24   unexpected enthronement of a supporter   in practice, prevents investment actions.  workers, of militarization of public   more serious with the de facto extinction
 What makes a government decide that   museums in its structure, the Instituto   of the Bolsonaro government in its top   Ancine was evaluated as the second worst   companies, of submission and voluntarist   of the Ministry of Culture in the Bolsonaro
 it needs to replace servers 20 days before   Brasileiro de Museus (Ibram, the federal   management position, another appointment   public management of an agency in 2021   uncriticism  administration. “The Ministry was reduced
 their end? At the National Film Agency   government body that deals with national   of opportunity.  by the Integrated Index of Governance   to a very small secretariat and refounding it
 (Ancine), which manages the country’s   policy on museums), has been progressively   The Palmares Foundation, managed   and Public Management 2021 (iGG21), an   The number of Brazilian films with more   now will be a lot of work”, predicts Fabiano.
 audiovisual policy, a new chief auditor was   losing resources since the Bolsonaro   with “cruelty refinements”, according   indicator of the Federal Court of Accounts   than 500,000 viewers dropped from seven   Even so, the National Forum of Secretaries of
 appointed one year before the previous   government began. In 2018, Ibram spent   to Juca Ferreira, by former president   (tcu). The numbers that place it in this   to zero in four years. The total audience of   Culture obtained important gains through the
 mandate expired, which points to an evident   R$ 136 million of its budget. Last year, it   Sérgio Camargo, acted in favor of “total   position are evident: the number of Brazilian   Brazilian films fell from 23.8 million to 911   National Congress, through the Aldir Blanc
 strategy of occupying key positions in the   executed R$ 127 million and, in this year,  demoralization, an attempt to erase what   films with more than 500,000 viewers   thousand  Act, which raised R$ 3 billion for the sector.
 public machine and ensure survival of the   2022, until November, it executed only R$   was achieved in terms of recognition of   dropped from seven to zero in four years.
 old regime.  118 million (out of a R$ 160 million forecast),  the Africans who came enslaved to the   The total audience for Brazilian films fell   institutions cEará cultural policy [paGEs 34 to 39]  miCroministry
 The question of ipHan, today, is mainly   according to data from the Transparency   Brazil”, according to the culture coordinator   from 23.8 million to 911 thousand. And, in   If at the federal level there was dismantling,
 one of rigging. There are at least 12 regional   Portal. If this level is maintained, Ibram will   of the government transition group. To   2021, no Brazilian film appeared among the   ENVIRONMENT    the student secretariats, such as Ceará,
 superintendents who do not have a technical   have lost a quarter of its resources.  corroborate this diagnosis, on November   top 20 box office of the year.  OF RESISTANCE  assumed the role of “micro ministries”, also
 profile, they were chosen by their director,   During this period in which Pedro   10, Sérgio Camargo was condemned by the   But the bloodletting of culture takes on   Ceará inaugurates new facilities in Fortaleza   in Fabiano’s definition: “And the Northeast
 Larissa Peixoto, a furious Bolsonarist   Mastrobuono has been presiding over Ibram   Public Ethics Commission of the Presidency   an even greater drama if one examines its   and Cariri, which give national prominence   ended up exercising the function of a light on
 militant, for their affinity with the ideology   (since the beginning of 2020, when he was   for “moral harassment, discrimination   specificities. The audiovisual industry, for   in the face of the destruction of the scene   in Brazil, assuming cultural resistance, with
 of the governing group. This is the case of   appointed by then-secretary Regina Duarte,  against religions, against leaders of African   example, has a long cycle in its production   by the federal government  the principles of citizenship and diversity,
 Olav Antonio Schrader, a monarchist who   and continuing throughout the Mario Frias   religions and undue manifestations on   chain – it takes years between initial   By faBio cypriano  affirmative policies and free expression
 occupies the position of Superintendent   period), the republican integrity of federal   social networks”.  development and final distribution. Each   of thought and creation gestated during
 of ipHan in Rio de Janeiro. Schrader’s   museums has not gone untouched. For   But the problem is that punishing these   artistic language has its specific production   the  Current management of the   Gilberto Gil’s exercise as a minister.”
 goal, among others, was to turn historical   ideological reasons, Ibram ignored the result   culture  war  battering  rams  does  not   time, and it is not just the restoration of the   government of Ceará is leaving an   Fabiano also credits Governor Camilo
 museums into bunkers for the interests of   of the selection process for choosing the new   solve the main problem: the scrapping of   State’s investment and stimulus power that   impressive legacy of cultural heritage in   Santana’s education with his interest in and
 the old monarchists of the imperial family,  director of the National Historical Museum,  institutions. Deputy Áurea Carolina (PSOL-  will restore their strength.  museums and cultural facilities that total   appreciation for culture in management.
 and this was revealed in the episode of the   released in September 2021, disobeying the   MG), who participated in an inspection at the   Reviving the nation’s cultural fabric will   no less than more than 100 thousand  “We were lucky to have a governor who
 cataloging of the Afro-Brazilian collection   provisions of the Statute of Museums and   Palmares Cultural Foundation, was shocked   be a Herculean task, of coordinated efforts   square meters, adding to the area of   the   understands the role and place of culture”,
 Nosso Sagrado, at the Museu da República,  Decree-Law No. 8124. First place, Luciana   by what she saw. “Palmares currently has   and reinvigoration of enthusiasm, pride,  Estação das Artes, where the Pinacoteca   he says, expressing this perception in
 in December of last year.  Conrado Martins, was never nominated and,  very few effective employees, in a context   confidence in the power of culture. The   do Ceará, the Centro Cultural Cariri and   numbers: Ceará went from having an annual
 In addition to the disrespect for the sector,  to replace her, the government “invited” the   of precarious work and worker illness. The   new government will have to review and   the renovated Museu da Imagem e do Som   budget for culture at home of R$ 63 million
 the bellicose and arrogant attitude, the   third-placed, Doris Couto, to take over the   building that houses the headquarters is   improve the incentive laws and make a   Chico Albuquerque (MIS).  to almost R$ 300 million in 2022. Thus, in
 cultural core of the Bolsonaro government   position. Doris refused.  in poor sanitary conditions, accessibility   real effort to hire qualified collaborators,   These are impressive numbers, especially   eight years, investment in culture exceeded
 also specialized in debauchery. On July 1st   During the electoral campaign, Ibram’s   and infrastructure, not to mention the   specialized professionals for Brazilian   after the policy of scorched earth in culture   R$ 1.3 billion. São Paulo, with a budget of
 of this year, in one of the most respected   management ordered that a public works sign   maintenance of the collection”, she said.   cultural institutions.  undertaken by the federal government that   R$ 82 billion – that of Ceará is three times
 and solid institutions of the cultural system   containing the name of the then opposition   This situation spreads across the various   ends in 2022, having reduced the release   smaller, around R$ 28.7 billion – transferred
 in Brazil, the National Library Foundation, a   candidate, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, be   bodies linked to the former Ministry of   In the middle of the pandemic, the then   of resources in the Culture Incentive Law   R$ 645 million to culture in 2022. That is,
 bizarre ceremony was held: the delivery of the   covered with black fabric on a wall in the hall    Culture, which should be recomposed in   secretary André Porciuncula issued an   from R$ 241 million per year to R$ 36   proportionally, Ceará invests much more
 Order of Merit of the Book commendation   of the National History Museum. It turns   the new government.  ordinance prohibiting the requirement of   million, according to data obtained by the   in culture than São Paulo.
 to a convict of Justice, the former deputy   out that the plaque referred to Lula’s last   At the National Archives, the situation,   a vaccination passport against covid-19   transitional government.  All new facilities are under the care of
 Daniel Silveira, from the same party as the   period in the presidency, therefore, a fact   following the management of Ricardo Borba   to attend cultural events financed with   This achievement in Ceará is the result of   the Portuguese architect José Manuel
 president, and who had been the subject   prior to the 2022 elections, something   D’Água Almeida Braga (subject of a lawsuit   resources from the Rouanet Law  an “environment of resistance”, as defined   Carvalho Araújo, who was directly invited
 of a presidential pardon so as not to go to   that configured an attempt at historical   by the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office   by the Secretary of Culture of the State of   to undertake the task. His interventions,
 jail, and fellow parliamentarian Hélio Lopes   revisionism.  asking him to be removed from office for   The Rouanet Law, modified by ordinances,  Ceará, Fabiano Piúba, who has been in office   discreet and respectful of the history of
 (Hélio Negão), known primarily as the pirate   Lawyer Pedro Machado, linked to   failing to comply with legal requirements)   began to demand an unrealistic fee to   for seven years. He started as assistant   each location, pay a certain tribute to his
 parrot of his ideological boss. With such an   collectors and the market, is also a member   will only be known after a comprehensive   finance presentations by artists (R$ 3   secretary at the beginning of Camilo   fellow countryman Álvaro Siza, especially
 event, sarcastically held on World Libraries   of the National Council and Cultural Policy   audit in the documents – to verify what   thousand) and to prohibit the same sponsor   Santana’s first term, which began in 2015,  for the choice of materials and modernity
 Day, the institution was pushing decades of   (Ministry of Tourism). His governance   survived the purge for ideological purposes.   from financing consecrated events of the   and the following year he became secretary.  in the line.
 tradition and rigor into the gutter.  of Ibram was questioned at the Federal   Borba D’Água’s passage through the   cultural calendar, such as the São Paulo   After two terms, Camilo was elected senator   Araújo is the author of several commercial
 The inaction of the National Library   Court of Accounts (tcu) last year, through   Archive was condemned in a manifesto   International Film Festival  for Ceará and his vice-president, Izolda Cela,  projects in São Paulo, as well as Portugal,
 Foundation is the result of the effort of its   a complaint about the implementation of   by 54 entities in the archive sector, for being   opened the new facilities delivered, such as   and his name came from a group that
 president, a monarchist militant, Luiz Carlos   the Action Plan provided for in the National   oblivious to the subject and the delicacy of   The Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo,  the Pinacoteca, in December.  for years wanted to create a space for
 Ramiro Junior, who brags about receiving   Sectorial Plan for Museums. The tcu   the material entrusted to him. At Funarte,   for example, was only authorized to raise   This policy began to be defined in 2016,  photography in the city, composed, among
 visits from citizens such as Luiz Philippe   demands the achievement of the goals set  Tamoio Athayde Marcondes, sixth president   R$ 27 million to carry out its 2023 annual   when Juca Ferreira was Minister of Culture,  others, by photographer Tiago Santana,
 from Orléans and Bragança (accompanied   by Ibram, especially the census of federal   in four years, leaves with the balance of   plan last November, which puts its entire   in the midst of the coup against President   organizer of Fotofestival Solar and brother of
 by the superintendent of ipHan/rJ, Olav   museums that it had committed to carrying   having interdicted a fundamental historical   museological and administrative action   Dilma Rousseff. “Juca’s last act was the   Camilo, university professor Silas de Paula,
 Schrader, also a monarchist), investigated   out. Mastrobuono asked for another year to   collection of the institution in downtown   project at risk.  convening of a meeting of the National   current director of MIS, and artist Rian
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