The Sars-CoV-2 pandemic that devastated the world in 2020 has changed the structures of various societies. One of them was the secular US party conventions. The Democratic Party, in August, made official the candidacy of Joe Biden, former Senator and Vice President of Barack Obama, for the presidency and as Vice President Kamala Harris, former California prosecutor and senator. However, unlike meetings with thousands of people, this time it was done virtually with the smallest number of people and in the shortest time.
Does Biden’s victory really present a chance for democratic renewal?
Social participation of the Constitution to the city: the participatory budget in Belo Horizonte
Today, in Brazil, there are daily attacks on democracy, especially on the federal scene. Although they often come from the Executive, it is necessary to recognize the contributions of the Judiciary and the Legislative to the current context. Recently, for example, Congressman Ricardo Barros (PP-PR), leader of the government in the Chamber of Deputies, defended the drafting of a new Constitution for the country, since the 1988 Constitution would have “only rights,” making the country “ungovernable”.