Cansei

For the musical band Cansei de Ser Sexy, see CSS (band).

Cansei (I'm tired) was a protest-movement organized by high-profile society in Brazil about lack of ethics in politics and government in Mensalão scandal and 2006–2007 Brazilian aviation crisis. Cansei failed to get large appeal.

Members

Personalities

The members of "Cansei" are popularly known as "cansados" (the tired ones). Below follows a list of members as published in the official page of the organization:^[1]

Ana Maria Braga, TV hostess
Zezé di Camargo, singer and songwriter
Hebe Camargo, TV hostess
Tom Cavalcante, comedian
Gabriel Chalita, former secretary of education of São Paulo
Lafaiete Coutinho, former president of Banco do Brasil
João Doria Jr., journalist, businessman and TV host
Regina Duarte, actress
Victor Fasano, actor
Moacyr Franco, actor
Lars and Torben Grael, sailors
Léo Jaime, singer and songwriter
Seu Jorge, singer and songwriter

Adriana Lessa, actress
Luana Piovani, model and actress
Silvia Poppovic, TV hostess
Irene Ravache, actress
Agnaldo Rayol, singer
Sérgio Reis, singer
Jair Rodrigues, singer
Patrícia Rollo, business woman
Ivete Sangalo, singer
Beatriz Segall, actress
Fernando Scherer, swimmer
Beth Szafir, business woman
Christiane Torloni, actress
Paulo Vilhena, actor
Wanderléa, singer
Paulo Zottolo, former president of Philips in Brazil.

Confused as member

Daniela Mercury, singer and songwriter. Mercury's involvement with "Cansei" was denied by the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo.^[2]

Organizations

Over sixty organizations are currently affiliated with "Cansei".^[3] Among them, the OAB sections of São Paulo, Distrito Federal and Mato Grosso do Sul, the Regional Council of Engineers and Architects, the Brazilian Association of Odontology, the ABERT, the Federation of the Industries of São Paulo, the Regional Council of Medicine, the Brazilian Alliance for Organ and Tissue Donations, the Association of Military Police Officers of São Paulo, among others.

References

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