history
History
History:
In
early 2011, there was an atmosphere of discontent
throughout the stations due to the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs' refusal to promote salary increases
or adjustments. In a telegram, the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs requested that the stations did not
request salary increases, as they had suffered
funding cuts and were facing budgetary
constraints.
Tired
of the mistreatment over the years, the heat of
indignation grew in each local employee, because our
problem was not a simple salary adjustment, but
rather much more serious and basic issues.
A
local employee ( Employee 1),
in a phone call, asked another Post if the same
thing was happening there. When the answer was
affirmative, she commented: "There is only one
solution: we must write a letter to President Dilma
Roussef, the only one who can change our history."
The second employee (Employee 2) immediately agreed,
saying that a local at her Post had recently
suggested the same thing and had already started a
letter but had not finished it. "Employee 1" then
volunteered to write the letter.
That
same afternoon, "Employee 1" shared the idea with a
third employee at another Post (Employee 3), who
quickly agreed and immediately took charge of
calling other Posts. While Employee 2 and Employee 3
dealt with a crucial task—convincing the employees
at the other Posts—Employee 1 began writing the
letter and planning the stages of the Operation.
Once the letter was ready, she sent it to a couple
of friends in Brazil, political scientists, who made
suggestions and set the right tone. Economic studies
by other colleagues in the US were also included.
The letter was ready, the stages planned, and most
of the Posts mobilized, with only Consbras Chicago,
the Embassy in Washington, and the Mission to the UN
remaining to join.
Certain
that the time had come to put an end to years of
injustice and with the support of practically 100%
of the employees, the group, now much larger and
with high morale, began sending invitations to other
countries.
All
the Posts in the world, for the first time in
history , had
something in common...
The
command was then given:
“GREEN
LIGHT - START SHOOTING EVERY MINUTE...TAKE A
DEEP BREATHE...AND GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF
US!”
On May
5th at 1 pm, 13 heroes launched 13 synchronized
"rockets" from their own Post or their city. Target:
Brasília – Planalto Palace – President Dilma
Roussef. OPERATION AWAKENING had begun at that
moment.
"My
hands and legs were shaking, I knew that once I
pressed that button there would be no going
back. Either I would lose my job, or in that
split second, I would be sealing a new era of
justice, respect, and dignity for all local
workers around the world..."
Employee
1.
Planning:
STEP
1:
LETTER
TO THE
PRESIDENT (with
a copy to the Ministry of State and
Heads of the Posts
involved)
STEP
2:
LETTER
TO SENATOR PAULO PAIM ON MAY 13 (with a copy to the
State Ministry and Heads of the Posts
involved)
LETTER
TO SENATOR EDUARDO SUPLICY ON MAY 13 (with a copy to
the State Ministry and Heads of the Posts
involved)
STEP
3:
LETTER
TO SENATOR AÉCIO NEVES ON MAY 23
LETTER
TO SENATOR ÁLVARO DIAS ON MAY 24
MEETING
WITH LEGAL ADVISOR ON JUNE 24
LETTER
TO SENATOR CRISTOVAM BUARQUE ON MAY 25
LETTER
TO SENATOR ROBERTO REQUIÃO ON MAY 26
LETTER
TO SENATOR MARCELO CRIVELLA ON MAY 27
LETTER
TO PRESIDENT LULA ON JUNE 10
STEP
4:
LETTER
TO THE OAB ON JUNE 21
LETTER
TO THE STF ON JUNE 22 (Not sent)
STEP
5:
PRESS
STEP
6:
IN
PLANNING / 24-Hour Shutdown STAGE
7: UNDER
SECRET
NOTE:
There was a leak to the press on June 13th at 11:11
pm, in Sônia Racy's column in the newspaper O
Estadão.
Purposeful
curiosities:
·
Letter
written on May 1st - Labor Day
·
Shipping
on May 5th - Death of Napoleon Bonaparte and
Independence of Mexico (an army of simple and
unprepared people defeated the well-equipped
French army. It became known as the victory of
the people!
·
Sent
on May 13th to Senators Paulo Paim and Eduardo
Suplicy - Slavery Abolition Day.
·
13
submissions, at 1 pm, on May 13th, for Senators
number 13!
Today,
we are more than 500, in 10 countries and 27
Missions.
Justice is slow, but too late.
Brazil is a country where corruption has become synonymous with politics. Political scandals have long been a part of daily life, and, unfortunately, Brazilians seem to have grown accustomed to them. Hearing on the news that a government official has been circumventing laws, falsifying documents, bribing officials, or evading taxes no longer attracts attention. It no longer shocks anyone.
Brazilians ask themselves: amidst so much impunity for the dishonest individuals that permeate our country's society, how long will the masses silently accept such dishonesty and lack of punishment? How long will the people tolerate supporting a gang of maharajas who have no idea of the difficulties the country is facing? The answer is simple: the people will tolerate it until they have sufficient education and knowledge to properly intervene and change the Brazilian political landscape.
Therefore, this "oversight" that the people could undertake is practically impossible, and if it is, it is light years ahead of the national reality. With a deficient education sector, Brazil's educational base has been producing individuals who only know how to lower their heads and contribute, most often unconsciously, to the growing corruption, being complicit and hoping for some divine solution to fall from the sky.
In short, Brazil will continue to be a stage for corruption and political scandals for a long time. As long as citizens lack a sufficient educational foundation to be aware of the society in which they live and thus be conditioned to challenge it, the Brazilian people will be left with hope for better days, and the belief in the popular saying that justice is slow, but sure.
Kathlen Heloise Pfiffer