Fundação Cacique Cobra Coral
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UnclaimedA Brazilian esoteric organization that claims to use mediumistic communication with the spirit Cacique Cobra Coral to help influence weather and reduce climate-related disruption.
Last updated November 4, 2026
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Overview
Fundação Cacique Cobra Coral (FCCC) is a Brazilian esoteric organization headquartered in Guarulhos, in the state of São Paulo. It presents itself as a foundation capable of conducting what it calls “climate operations,” based on the mediumistic abilities of Adelaide Scritori and her claimed communication with an entity known as Cacique Cobra Coral. According to the organization’s account, the entity can intervene in atmospheric conditions and help minimize catastrophes or prevent adverse weather from disrupting public events. These claims are spiritual and organizational assertions rather than conclusions accepted by mainstream meteorology. The foundation traces its origins to 1931, when it was established by the medium Ângelo Scritori, Adelaide Scritori’s father. The organization says that Adelaide began receiving messages associated with Cacique Cobra Coral during childhood. Its religious and cultural references have been discussed in connection with Umbanda and broader Brazilian traditions involving spirits associated with nature and natural forces. The foundation’s own accounts also attribute earlier incarnations to the entity, including Galileo Galilei and Abraham Lincoln, although such claims are matters of belief rather than independently verifiable history. From the early 1980s onward, Adelaide Scritori and her husband, Osmar Santos, promoted the foundation’s services to politicians, public officials, private companies and event organizers. The organization offered assistance in circumstances involving floods, drought, storms and other weather-related risks. Its visibility increased through reported relationships with Brazilian municipalities and through media coverage of its claimed participation in large public events. The foundation has been linked to arrangements or consultations involving Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Brazil’s Federal District, including discussions around Carnival, New Year’s Eve celebrations, the 2007 visit of Pope Benedict XVI to São Paulo, and a water crisis in Brasília. The FCCC’s public profile has also extended beyond Brazil. It offered assistance to the government of Margaret Thatcher during cold weather in the United Kingdom in 1987, and representatives later travelled to Britain around the weddings of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in 2011 and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018. In 2023, representatives travelled to London during preparations for the coronation of Charles III and Camilla. Available reporting described these activities as private or organizational initiatives and did not establish that the British royal household formally retained the foundation. The organization has occasionally used meteorological language and worked alongside people with backgrounds in atmospheric science. In the late 1980s, the Brazilian Meteorological Society challenged the foundation over alleged unlicensed practice of meteorology. The proceedings were ultimately dismissed. Adelaide Scritori and Osmar Santos subsequently established La Niña, a meteorological agency registered with the relevant professional council, allowing meteorological services to be contracted through a formally recognized entity. Writer Paulo Coelho served as the foundation’s vice-president from 2004 until 2006, helping bring it additional public and international attention. The foundation identifies Adelaide Scritori as its president, while Osmar Santos has acted as a spokesperson and intermediary. The organization has said that its arrangements with public authorities do not involve direct public payments, instead describing cooperation around flood prevention, water resources, reforestation and environmental information. FCCC remains a distinctive example of an organization operating at the intersection of spirituality, popular religion, environmental concern, public relations and claims about weather intervention. Reports that weather improved after an alleged intervention do not demonstrate causation, and conventional meteorology explains such conditions through measurable atmospheric processes rather than mediumistic action. In July 2025, following the announcement of a proposed United States tariff on Brazilian imports, the foundation said it would suspend half of what it described as its climate assistance to the United States. That announcement represented the foundation’s stated position and did not establish that it had previously controlled weather in the country.
History
Fundação Cacique Cobra Coral traces its institutional origins to 1931, when the medium Ângelo Scritori established the organization in Brazil. Its account of its origins connects the foundation to a spirit called Cacique Cobra Coral, whom the organization says can affect natural phenomena. Adelaide Scritori, Ângelo’s daughter, is reported to have begun communicating with the entity at the age of seven. The foundation’s spiritual framework has been associated by outside observers with Umbanda and with Brazilian traditions involving spirits connected to nature, weather and other environmental forces. Ângelo Scritori remained an important figure in the organization’s history and died in 2002 at the age of 104. During the early 1980s, Adelaide Scritori and Osmar Santos began publicizing the foundation’s services to politicians, public officials and private organizations. They presented the foundation as able to provide assistance with floods, droughts, storms and other natural hazards. In 1985, the organization entered into an arrangement in Santa Catarina, a state affected by recurrent flooding. A notice in the state’s official gazette described FCCC as a Guarulhos-based organization offering assistance and advice to affiliated public and private entities. The foundation’s use of weather-related terminology brought it into conflict with professional meteorologists. In the late 1980s, the Brazilian Meteorological Society challenged FCCC over what it regarded as the unauthorized practice of meteorology. The proceedings were eventually dismissed. Scritori and Santos later established La Niña, a meteorological agency registered with the appropriate professional council, creating a formally recognized channel for meteorological service agreements while the foundation continued to present its own spiritual activities as distinct from conventional forecasting. FCCC became increasingly visible through relationships with public authorities in Rio de Janeiro. Former mayor César Maia was reported to have worked with the foundation during the 2000s and to have credited it with helping prevent adverse weather from affecting city events. The relationship continued under Eduardo Paes. In December 2009, Adelaide Scritori was asked to participate in efforts intended to keep rain away from Copacabana’s New Year’s Eve celebrations. The foundation has also been connected with attempts to secure favourable conditions for Carnival and other large events, and Rock in Rio founder Roberto Medina has been reported as having worked with it. São Paulo municipal authorities also consulted the organization. During Gilberto Kassab’s administration, FCCC was associated with preparations for major public events, including Pope Benedict XVI’s 2007 visit to the city. A report in Veja São Paulo presented Scritori’s claim that she had intervened in atmospheric conditions to keep rain from disrupting the visit. The account represented this as the foundation’s explanation, not as an established scientific account of the weather. In 2017, FCCC became involved in discussions with Brazil’s Federal District government during a water shortage in Brasília. The foundation said its purpose was to help bring rain and ease pressure on reservoirs. In 2021, representatives attended a meeting with officials connected to the Ministry of Mines and Energy during a national hydrological crisis. Reports about the meeting contained conflicting descriptions of who initiated the contact and the extent of any official relationship. The organization also built an international profile. In 1987, it offered assistance to Margaret Thatcher during a period of cold weather in Britain and later attributed warmer conditions to its intervention, although no independent evidence established such a causal connection. Adelaide Scritori travelled to Britain around the 2011 wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton after reportedly being hired by a private party. In 2018, she was again in Britain around the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, with reporting indicating that a private British billionaire—not the royal family—had hired her. In 2023, representatives travelled to London during preparations for the coronation of Charles III and Camilla. Writer Paulo Coelho served as FCCC’s vice-president from 2004 to 2006, a period that contributed to its broader public recognition. The foundation identifies Adelaide Scritori as president, while Osmar Santos has acted as its spokesperson and intermediary with authorities and companies. FCCC has said that agreements with public bodies do not require government payments, describing expected cooperation instead in areas such as flood prevention, reforestation, water-resource recovery and environmental information. The foundation’s activities continue to attract both curiosity and criticism because they combine spiritual claims, meteorological language and interactions with government institutions. Anthropological commentary has situated the organization within Brazilian traditions where religious, Indigenous and scientific explanations of natural phenomena may coexist. Mainstream meteorology does not recognize mediumistic intervention as a mechanism for changing weather, and favourable conditions following an alleged operation do not by themselves establish that the foundation caused them. In July 2025, after the United States announced a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports, FCCC stated that it would suspend half of its claimed climate assistance to the United States, framing the decision as a response to the trade measure.
- 2025
Announced suspension of United States climate assistance
[1]FCCC announced that it would suspend half of its claimed climate assistance to the United States after a proposed 50% tariff on Brazilian imports.
- 2023
London activity during coronation preparations
[1]Representatives travelled to London and publicly associated their activity with efforts to prevent rain during the coronation of Charles III and Camilla.
- 2021
Meeting during Brazilian hydrological crisis
[1]Foundation representatives participated in a meeting involving officials connected to the Ministry of Mines and Energy.
- 2018
Travel connected with second British royal wedding
[1]Scritori travelled to Britain around the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle under a reported private engagement.
- 2017
Brasília water-crisis arrangement
[1]The Federal District government entered into an arrangement with FCCC during a severe water shortage.
- 2011
Travel connected with British royal wedding
[1]Scritori travelled to Britain around the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton after reportedly being hired privately.
- 2009
Copacabana New Year’s Eve assistance
[1]Adelaide Scritori was asked to participate in efforts intended to prevent rain from affecting Rio de Janeiro’s New Year’s Eve celebrations.
- 2007
Association with Pope Benedict XVI visit
[1]The foundation was associated with São Paulo municipal consultations concerning the visit of Pope Benedict XVI.
- 2006
Paulo Coelho left vice-presidency
[1]Coelho’s reported vice-presidential tenure ended.
- 2004
Paulo Coelho became vice-president
[1]Writer Paulo Coelho began serving as the foundation’s vice-president.
Products and positioning
A Brazilian esoteric and mediumistic organization positioned around claimed spiritual intervention in weather and natural phenomena, often presenting its activities as support for disaster mitigation and the protection of major events.
Spiritual and weather-related services
Climate operations
The foundation’s principal claimed offering consists of mediumistic interventions intended to influence weather or lessen the effects of storms, droughts, floods and other atmospheric events. FCCC says that meteorological information may be supplied before an operation. These activities are presented as spiritual assistance and have not been established as a scientifically validated means of weather modification.
Event-related advisory activity
Public-event weather assistance
FCCC has been associated with efforts concerning weather-sensitive public events, including New Year’s Eve celebrations, Carnival, concerts and official visits. Its representatives claim to help create favourable conditions, while conventional weather science does not attribute atmospheric outcomes to mediumistic intervention.
Institutional advisory activity
Environmental and disaster-prevention dialogue
In dealings described with municipalities and public bodies, the foundation has referred to flood prevention, reforestation, water-resource recovery and environmental information. These institutional relationships complement its spiritual claims but are not documented here as conventional engineering or meteorological consulting services provided by FCCC itself.
Controversies
1980
Challenge over alleged unlicensed meteorology
The Brazilian Meteorological Society challenged the foundation in the late 1980s over what it considered the unauthorized practice of meteorology. The proceedings were ultimately dismissed, after which Scritori and Santos established the registered meteorological agency La Niña.
Marketing campaigns
- 2023Coronation weather activity
United Kingdom
Foundation representatives travelled to London during preparations for the coronation of Charles III and Camilla and described their purpose as preventing rain.
Outcome. Available reports did not establish formal retention by the royal household or a causal effect on the weather.
- 2018Windsor wedding weather activity
United Kingdom
Scritori was reported to have travelled to Britain around the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle under an engagement from a private British billionaire.
Outcome. Reporting did not identify the British royal family as the client and did not verify a weather-control effect.
- 2011British royal wedding weather activity
United Kingdom
Scritori travelled to Britain around the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton after reportedly receiving a private commission to help avoid rain.
Outcome. No independent evidence establishes that the foundation affected the weather or that the royal household hired it.
- 2009Copacabana New Year’s Eve weather effort
Brazil
Adelaide Scritori participated in an effort associated with keeping rain away from Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana New Year’s Eve celebrations.
Outcome. The foundation attributed favourable conditions to its intervention, but the reported outcome does not establish causation.
Brand decisions
2025
Suspension of claimed United States climate assistanceStrategyBackground
The decision followed the United States announcement of a 50% tariff on imports from Brazil.
Action taken
The foundation announced that it would suspend 50% of what it described as climate assistance to the United States.
Aftermath
The announcement was a statement about the organization’s claimed supernatural activities; it did not provide evidence that FCCC had previously influenced weather in the United States.
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