In Passo Fundo, the municipality did not comply with the recommendation Alessandra Hoppen/Agência RBS Three municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul changed the names of two streets and a public school that honored former presidents of the civil-military dictatorship (1964-1985). The changes occurred following recommendations from the Federal Public Ministry (MPF). The MPF argued that it is not possible to honor perpetrators of serious human rights violations in a democratic regime. The organization stated that maintaining the names "trivializes the criminal acts of the civil-military dictatorship of 1964-1985 and also contributes to the resurgence of revisionist theses." ? Access the g1 RS channel on WhatsApp ? A survey carried out by g1 based on information from the 2022 IBGE Census, shows that Rio Grande do Sul had, at the time of the census, 156 streets and 33 avenues with names in reference to the five presidents of the dictatorship. In Machadinho, a municipal law changed the name of “Rua Marechal Castelo Branco” to “Rua Agustinho Polidoro”. In São José das Missões, the former “Rua Ernesto Geisel” was renamed “Rua Ipiranga”, also through municipal legislation.
Three cities in RS change the names of streets and schools that honored presidents of the dictatorship
In Passo Fundo, the municipality did not comply with the recommendation Alessandra Hoppen/Agência RBS Three municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul changed the names of two streets and a public school that honored former...
In Carazinho, the Municipal Department of Education carried out administrative procedures to change the name of the Presidente Castelo Branco Municipal Elementary School. The institution is now called Castelo Municipal Elementary School. ? Three of the five presidents during the military dictatorship period were born in Rio Grande do Sul: Arthur da Costa e Silva, in Taquari, Emílio Garrastazu Médici, in Bagé, and Ernesto Geisel, in Bento Gonçalves. The MPF's request is based on the Final Report of the National Truth Commission (CNV), published in 2014, which points out that the presidents of the period were responsible for crimes against humanity. For the report, they conceived and implemented the repression and elimination of political opponents as a systematic state policy, encompassing the crimes of torture, summary executions, enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests and serious violations. The measure also follows the National Human Rights Plan (PNDH-3) of 2009, which advises that public buildings should not be named after people recognized as torturers. VIDEOS: Everything about RS
