{"id":74754,"date":"2025-03-27T17:27:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T17:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/litci.org\/en\/?p=74754"},"modified":"2025-03-27T17:29:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T17:29:28","slug":"comrade-americo-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/litci.org\/en\/comrade-americo-present\/","title":{"rendered":"Comrade Am\u00e9rico, Presente!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It is with great sadness that we are reporting the passing of our colleague, comrade, and member of the IWL leadership, Am\u00e9rico Astuto.  He suffered a heart attack at the S\u00e3o Paulo bus station on March 19, where he was catching a bus to Campinas. He was rescued by an emergency team, resuscitated and taken to the Cl\u00ednicas hospital. But he suffered another heart attack and died. The wake and funeral were held on March 21. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Am\u00e9rico was 64 years old. He was a cadre who had been entirely dedicated to the revolutionary struggle for socialism from a very young age. As a leader of the Brazilian PSTU and the International Workers League for decades, Am\u00e9rico fought tirelessly for socialism. He was a member of the party in Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, as well as in several other parties. In general, his focus was on daily work with the proletariat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although he suffered from severe hypertension and had already suffered a heart attack, he continued to fight with all his might.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was one of those indispensable people, in the words of Brecht.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Comrade Am\u00e9rico, until socialism, always!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>03\/20\/2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>International Secretariat of the International Workers&#8217; League<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with great sadness that we are reporting the passing of our colleague, comrade, and member of the IWL leadership, Am\u00e9rico Astuto. 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