FROM FRAGILE CONSENSUS TO RADICAL DISSENSUS: RUPTURES IN THE DISPUTES FOR RIGHTS AND FISSURE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS (1990-2020)

Abstract

In the redemocratization, there have been continuities and ruptures in relation to disputes involving human rights discourses, vocabulary, and practices. Present from the beginning, tensions worsened after 2010, with the formation of a large alliance against the PT governments and the “pink tide” on the continent. They finally reached the foundations of the democratic regime. In an international scenario of anti-establishment campaigns, expanding use of digital media and social networks, and economic crisis, the successful strategy of this center-right alliance elected social participation policies and national human rights programs as preferred targets. Such an approach has favored far-right counterpublics. Conjugating theoretical contributions on human rights, social participation and public sphere, these phenomena are analyzed in the period between 1990 and 2020, based on a database of reports, speeches, interviews, and publications on social networks.