The tragic “Poison Package”: lessons for Brazilian society and Public Health

摘要

Bill of Law (PL, for its acronymun in Portuguese) n. 6,299/2002 has been called the "Poison Package" in a joint dossier prepared by the Brazilian Association of Public Health (Abrasco) and the Brazilian Association of Agroecology (ABA) and delivered to the National Congress in late May 2018. The bill is tragic and emblematic for analyzing the country's current political and institutional scenario based on the socioecological and public health problems caused by the country's prevailing agricultural development model. Since the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, the Federal Government and the National Congress have accelerated changes in public policies and legislation that adhere to the "market" agenda, this strange entity in the neoliberal ideology that orients economic globalization and defends financial investors and powerful transnational groups.