Brazilian Minister of the Environment Withdrew From Congress After a Strong Confrontation with Senators

Marina Silva, 67, with a long career as an environmentalist, withdrew from the session after a congressman told her that she “does not deserve respect”

Today marks three days since a minister of the Brazilian Republic, Marina Silva, was asked to “put herself in her place”. An expression that evokes so many bad things about gender and ethnic-racial relations throughout the country that it is difficult to even list them. Certainly, many things came to mind for millions of people when the president […]

Photo: Tánia Régo/Agenzia Brasil The Minister of the Environment and Change of Climate, Marina Silva, left this Wednesday (27), the session of the Senate Infrastructure Commission after meeting with the senators, including Plínio Valério (PSDB-AM). Marina was called last week by the committee to discuss the creation of marine conservation unit in the Equatorial Marge, a region of interest for oil exploration. Shortly before discussing with the P…

The Union's L der Brazil in the C sea, Mr Pedro Lucas (MA), criticized this Thursday (28) the attacks suffered by Minister Marina Silva (Melio Environment) on the Commission on the Senate's Infrastructure and said that, although there was some disclosing of the ties with the former senator, she should be respected. Read more (05/28/2025)

Today the Senate was rather a sad chapter in Brazilian environmental policy. During a public hearing, the Minister of the Environment, Marina Silva, left the session after being attacked aggressively and disrespectfully by parliamentarians. What he saw was not only differences of ideas, but political violence of gender. “I feel happy doing my work”, said the minister, in a phrase summarizing the scene that ignored specialists, environmentalists …

Minister of the Environment Marina Silva leaves a hearing after exchanges with senators. Read in the People's Journal.