Petition to Maintain President Fernando Henrique Cardoso in LASA’s 50th Anniversary Meeting’s Following Slot: Presidential Session – “Diálogo sobre la Democracia en Latinoamerica”

It has come to our attention that former President of Brazil Fernando Henrique Cardoso has been invited to speak about democracy in Latin America in a debate with former President of Chile Ricardo Lagos, during a Presidential Session at LASA’s 50th Anniversary.

The Preliminary Program states it is expected both intellectuals and former Presidents debate the evolution of society and institutional democracy within the region throughout the past 50 years, besides providing glances at the future.

In light of President Cardoso’s public position regarding Brazil’s ongoing political crisis, we ask for the maintenance of his name in the debate of such substantial matter, central to most of LASA’s members’ research agenda, as well as personal struggles.

We admire President Cardoso’s past and present contributions to international thinking. Moreover, this invitation comes in a very propitious moment.
By inviting the former President to speak on the evolution of institutional democracy during an utterly critical moment in Brazil’s democracy, when President Cardoso, as well as the party in which he plays a central role, are fighting to maintain domestic peace and democracy’s most basic mechanisms such as the the Constitution, LASA offers full respect toward scholars who, as President Cardoso, have fought to constitute democratic stability throughout the region, not to mention elevating the Association’s credibility to new heights on its 50th Anniversary.

We, therefore, ask President Gilbert Joseph, Vice President Joanne Rappaport, Congress Coordinator Pilar Blanco, and said Presidential Session Organizer Mauricio A. Font to speedly and respectfully maintain the invitation of President Cardoso to speak on democracy during these critical times.

Yours Sincerely,

Abílio Baeta Neves, sociólogo
Ademar Romeiro, economista
Adriana Carvalho Pinto Vieira, economista
Alfred Stepan, cientista político
Alkimar Moura, economista
Ana Célia Castro, economista
Ana Regina Amaral, socióloga
André Portela de Souza, economista
André Régis, cientista político
Angélica Queiroz, economista
Anita Brumer, socióloga
Antônio Augusto Prates, sociólogo
Antônio Botelho, cientista político
Antônio Carlos Bernardo, sociólogo
Antônio Marcio Buainain, economista
Antônio Octávio Cintra, cientista político
Bolívar Lamounier, cientista político
Boris Fausto, historiador
Brasilio Sallum Jr., sociólogo
Carlos Americo Pacheco, Economia
Carlos Benedito Martins, sociólogo
Carlos Pereira, cientista político
Carlos Pio, cientista político
Celi Scalon, socióloga
Clarissa Baeta Neves, socióloga
Claudio Beato, sociólogo
Cláudio de Moura Castro, economista
Claudio Monteiro Considera, economista
Demétrio Magnoli, sociólogo
Edmar Bacha, economista
Eduardo Viola, cientista político
Erivaldo Rocha, cientista político
Everardo Maciel, economista
Felipe Ohana, cientista político
Flávio Rabelo Versiani, economista
Francisco Weffort, cientista político
Gilda Portugal Gouveia, socióloga
Guiomar Namo de Melo, educadora
Helena Sampaio, socióloga
Helga Hoffmann, economista
Hermilio Santos, sociólogo
Hildo Meirelles de Souza Filho, economista
Hubert Alqueres, físico
Isabel Ribeiro de Oliveira, socióloga
Jorge Ventura de Morais, cientista político
José Álvaro Moisés, cientista político
José Arthur Giannotti, filósofo
José de Souza Martins, sociólogo
José Joaquin Brunner, sociólogo
José Maria F. J. da Silveira, economista
José Roberto Mendonça de Barros, economista
José Tavares de Araújo, economista
Juan Carlos Tedesco, educador
Leôncio Martins Rodrigues, sociólogo
Licínio Velasco Jr, engenheiro
Luís R. Cardoso de Oliveira, antropólogo
Luiz Fernando Dias Duarte, antropólogo
Marcelo B. Lacombe, cientista político
Marcelo Cunha, economista
Marcelo Justus, economista
Marcus Melo, cientista político
Maria Beatriz M. Bonacelli, cientista políticz
Maria de Fátima de Almeida Prado, psicóloga
Maria Helena Guimarães Castro, socióloga
Maria Isabel Rezende Aboim, economista
Maria Laura Cavalcanti, antropóloga
Maria Renata Nogueira Meirelles de Souza, linguista
Maria Tereza Sadek, cientista política
Maria Valéria Junho Pena, socióloga
Marie Anne Worms, socióloga
Mário Brockman Machado, cientista político
Mário Miranda Filho, filósofo
Mariza Peirano, antropóloga
Naercio Menezes Filho, economista
Octávio Amorim Neto, cientista político
Paulo Paiva, economista
Paulo Sotero, jornalista
Peter Fry, antropólogo
Renato H. L. Pedrosa, matemático
Samuel Pessoa, economista
Sérgio Fausto, cientista político
Simon Schwartzman, cientista político
Sonia K Guimaraes, socióloga
Steven Helfand, economista
Tom Dwyer, sociólogo
Yvonne Maggie, antropóloga
Zander Navarro, sociólogo