Cansei (I'm tired) was a protest-movement organized by high-income society in Brazil, supposedly about lack of ethics in politics and government in Mensalão scandal and 2006–2007 Brazilian aviation crisis. Highly criticized and accused of being hypocritical by various society segments, Cansei failed to get large appeal being forgotten by media and public opinion short months later.

Members

Personalities

The members of "Cansei" are popularly known as "cansados". Below follows a list of members as published in the official page of the organization:

• Ana Maria Braga, TV host
• Zezé di Camargo, singer
• Hebe Camargo, TV host
• Tom Cavalcante, comedian
• Gabriel Chalita, former secretary of education of São Paulo
• Lafaiete Coutinho, former president of Banco do Brasil
• João Dória 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 host
• Irene Ravache, actress
• Agnaldo Rayol, singer
• Sérgio Reis, singer
• Jair Rodrigues, singer
• Patrícia Rolla, business woman
• Ivete Sangalo, singer
• Beatriz Segall, actress
• Fernando Scherer, swimmer
• Beth Szafir, business woman
• Christiane Torloni, actress
• Paulo Vilhena, actor
• Wanderlea, 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.

Organizations

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

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