A nova Ponte do Guaíba e as remoções desnecessárias

Abstract

The present article will present the situation of the families impacted by the work of the new bridge over the Guaíba River, which have their right to housing disrespected. It will demonstrate that there was no effective listening of the impacted population on the layout of the work and its resettlement, and that the environmental preservation argument was used in a selective way, preserving the properties of people from the most favored social extract, characterizing environmental injustice. The work will also discuss the distortion of the term public interest, being used without compatibility with social interests and fundamental human rights. It will also highlight the role of community mobilization and the social articulation made by the Justice Forum with the Public Defender’s Office and the Federal Public Ministry to mitigate this violating framework.