Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

Bancada Evangélica

English translation:

evangelical caucus/faction/bench

Added to glossary by Julio Cinquina
Oct 6, 2020 18:44
3 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

Bancada Evangélica

Portuguese to English Social Sciences Government / Politics
The term is used within the Brazilian political current context. What are your best translations/suggestions for the term?

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Change log

Oct 20, 2020 04:03: Julio Cinquina Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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evangelical caucus

References:

"For X – an ultra-conservative preacher-politician from the evangelical caucus – it cannot go far enough in reversing what he sees as the malign policies introduced since the left came to power in 2003."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/05/brazil-far-rig...

"The farm lobby and evangelical caucus had backed the previous government in a bid to advance their proposals, even though they were ideologically poles apart."
https://br.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-politics-conservati...

"Evangelical Caucus in Congress to Bar Legal Casino in Rio de Janeiro"
https://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-de-janeiro/evange...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelical_Caucus_(Brazil)
Peer comment(s):

agree Colin Bowles
41 mins
Thank you, Colin!
agree Jenifer Ribeiro : Há diversas notícias internacionais sobre a política no Brasil que usam esse termo.
1 hr
Thank you, Jenifer!
agree Oliver Simões : Definitely!!!
1 hr
Thank you, Oliveira!
agree Muriel Vasconcellos
3 hrs
Thank you, Muriel!
agree Maria da Glória Teixeira
18 hrs
Thank you, Maria!
agree Egon Lessa
23 hrs
Obrigado, Egon!
agree Dayana Hashim
4 days
Obrigado, Dayana!
agree DANIEL SIQUEIRA : Faz sentido. Já vi esse termo ser usado antes.
7 days
Obrigado, Daniel!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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2 mins

evangelical faction

evangelical faction
Peer comment(s):

agree Colin Bowles
45 mins
Thanks Colin
agree Muriel Vasconcellos
3 hrs
Thanks Muriel
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50 mins

Evangelical Bench

Example sentence:

Positions of Brazilian voters, congressmen and the Evangelical Bench about morality and politics.

Brazil's Evangelical Bench May Hold Up Cannabis Cultivation Proposal.

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Reference comments

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Note from asker:
Not sure if I should use bigwigs in the case of Brazil, might not be the term I am looking for though interesting, for sure.
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