Mayors of Roraima issue decree for the rights of Mother Earth

Mayors of Iracema and Caracaraí municipalities of the Roraima state of Brazil, signed decrees that support the Proclamation of Constitution of the Rights of Mother Earth, a document promoted by the Global Embassy of Activists for Peace (GEAP). 

From July 5 to 11, 2018, 25 peace activists presented the environmental proposal that recognizes Mother Earth as a living being and the International Program Children of Mother Earth to municipal authorities.

The meetings counted with the presence of the mayor of Caracaraí, Maria do Perpétuo Socorro of Lima Guerra Azevedo and the mayor of Iracema, Jairo André Ribeiro Sousa, who were in charge of approving the decrees that were published in the official bulletins of those municipal institutions.

Maria do Perpétuo Socorro de Lima Guerra Azevedo, mayor of Caracaraí said that for the future of humanity it is essential to recognize Mother Earth as a living being. For his part, the mayor of Iracema, Jairo André Ribeiro Sousa invited all the mayors of Brazil to join this proposal that benefit planet Earth.