A Brazilian couple is now fighting to avoid prison after homeschooling their two daughters.
A court sentenced Audato and Ieda Denardi to 50 days behind bars, ruling they committed "intellectual neglect" by teaching their children outside a state-approved curriculum.
According to their legal team, the judge cited the family's failure to include lessons on gender, sex education, "tolerance and diversity," and even pointed to the girls' preference for religious and classical music over popular genres.
The parents say they began homeschooling during the COVID-19 pandemic after losing confidence in their daughters' schools.
They remain free while appealing what their attorneys believe is the first criminal prosecution of its kind in Brazil.
In response to the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela, AWMH is granting $100,000 in support through longtime partner @directrelief.
While the full scale of the damage is yet to be determined, the United Nations is reporting that up to 6.8 million Venezuelans may be affected, including those displaced or losing access to electricity and water. More than 68,000 people were reported missing within three days of the disaster, and the official death toll is approaching 2,000.
Direct Relief is preparing medical aid commonly needed after earthquakes, including first-aid supplies, hygiene items for displaced families, medicines used to treat acute injuries, and chronic disease medications for people whose access to routine care may be interrupted.
AWMH’s $100,000 grant will support Direct Relief as the organization continues to respond to requests in the region as they become known.
💙 Learn more and join us in lending support at https://t.co/2P2Laz3g1r.
📸 Maryorin Mendez, AFP
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Six days after the earthquakes struck Venezuela, the crisis keeps deepening. 1,700+ killed. 50,000 missing.
Caritas Venezuela is responding with thousands of volunteers across 35 diocesan collection centres.
Support the response👇
https://t.co/S5QDNuWIgH
📷 Caritas Venezuela
Exclusive: The US military has established a robust footprint of US forces in and around Venezuela to support relief operations, with more than 900 personnel inside the country and another roughly 800 in Caribbean hubs Puerto Rico and Curacao, the top US general for Latin America told Reuters https://t.co/lbh1w37y2M
Outrage as damning video shows Venezuelan official 'sabotaging American aid' in aftermath of twin earthquakes that killed 1,450 https://t.co/qUDQqaFn0A
If you're wondering how you can help the people of Venezuela after the earthquakes, I recommend supporting Catholic Relief Services. Working through Caritas Venezuela and the local Church, they're providing emergency shelter, food, safe drinking water, medical care, and other critical aid to families in need. If you're able, please consider making a donation today. Every contribution can make a difference.
Donate here: https://t.co/ySgW2NLjNl
WATCH: Rescue crews pull a man alive from the rubble as the search for survivors continues after Venezuela's devastating earthquakes.
The dramatic rescue comes as emergency teams and volunteers race against time, digging through collapsed buildings with heavy equipment, ropes, shovels—and in many cases, their bare hands.
More than 1,400 people have reportedly been killed, with tens of thousands still missing as international rescue teams join the massive search effort.
WATCH:
An 18-day-old baby was rescued alive from rubble and embraced by her father following the destructive earthquakes in Venezuela
Thousands are still reportedly missing.
Pray for more survivors 🙏
.@VATF1: Hoy, miembros de USA-01, junto a bomberos locales, rescataron a una madre y su bebé de nueve meses de entre los escombros de una estructura derrumbada. Ambos fueron encontrados con vida y con solo heridas leves, y fueron puestos a salvo entre los aplausos de sus vecinos.
Against impossible odds, hope endures. 🇺🇸
American search and rescue teams rescued an infant from beneath the rubble following the earthquake in Venezuela. Every life saved is a victory.
Junto a equipos de rescate estadounidenses y venezolanos, hemos rescatado con vida a otra persona más, quien permaneció atrapada bajo los escombros del edificio Nautilus durante casi 70 horas.
Gracias Dios. Te pedimos que nos permitas salvar muchas vidas más.
Fuerza Venezuela 🇻🇪