Euradio Euradio

Capital of Hope, that’s how Brasília was perceived when it was given shape in the 50s. Emerged from the ground in 5 years, the capital was hailed as a modernist miracle and a symbol of modernity in the wildness. For designers, politicians, workmen and citizens, it became a place of dreams, of change, of new times; but also, of disillusion.

For this last episode of ‘Brazil, Reimagined?’ I thought back of this city where I started my journey, of the place where I did my first interviews with people who talked to me about how to reimagine a place; here, through art and poetry. Within the concrete architectural design, they are creating a place under reconstruction: the Brasília of their own dreams.

Interviews with:
- Meimei Bastos. Poet, writer, teacher, and owner of the cultural space Caracas Vei in Taguatinga.
- Cláudia Garcia. Professor at the department of Architecture and Urban Studies at the University of Brasília
- Marcos Fabrício Lopes da Silva. Poet, journalist and independent researcher.

Presentation and editing: Nadine Vermeulen

The article in the beginning and names of the streets of Brasília, were read by Cíntia Lemes.

Dubbing by Ani Deal and Parker Deal.

Music included from the beginning to the end: ‘Um Sonho’ by Naçao Zumbi, extracts from the band ‘Calango Careta’, recorded in the streets of Brasília; and ‘Sonho’ by Nego Bala and Elza Soares.

On September 21st, there was a historic victory for indigenous people in Brazil, when the supreme court voted against a proposal for a time frame argument to limit indigenous land claims. Thereby, the court blocked agribusiness supported efforts to prevent indigenous communities claiming land they did not physically occupy in 1988.

For this new episode of 'Brazil, Reimagined?' I talked to the people involved in the protests against the time frame argument; to the people who have been fighting for their lands for years; and to the people who are working every day to reconstruct what was destroyed or erased. Forests, cultures, and knowledge.

I went further than I imagined I would go, deep into the forests of Acre, about 10 hours travelling by boat from Mancio Lima, the last town that can be reached over land.

There, I met the leaders of the Nawa, one of the last people in Acre whose claim for land is not yet recognised by the federal government. And I talked to the leader of the Nukini, who is working to recover ancestral knowledge and cultures to reunite his people, and work together to protect their land.

Presentation and editing:
Nadine Vermeulen

Interviews with:
• Lucila Nawa, leader of the Nawa
• Railson Nawa, general leader of the Nawa (cacique)
• Rukã Paulo Almeida Nukini, general leader of the Nukini (cacique).

Short interviews protests against time frame argument Rio Branco:
- Ruwi Manchineri, protest organiser and director MATPHA
- Angela Mendes, coordinator of the Comitê Chico Mendes
- Mukani Huni Kuin, coordinator Huni Kuin youth movement
- Yube Huni Kuin, vice-coordinator Huni Kuin youth movement

Dubbing:
Sophie Bergisch, Ani Deal, Parker Deal

Music included in this episode:
• Um sonho by Nação Zumbi
• Índio encantado by Rukã Paulo Almeida Nukini and Railson Nawa

Media extracts:
• Brazil Court Rules in Favor of Indigenous Rights (Reuters), 22-09-2023
• Txai Surui’s Full Speech at COP26.

~Interviews recorded between 07-06 and 28-06 in Acre, Brazil.

When talking about the reconstruction and reimagination of national environmental policies, Guajara-Mirim, a small border town located in what is perceived to be Brazil’s periphery, might seem of minor importance. Yet, it was precisely in this place that history was written in the beginning of March, when a public hearing was organised to recognise the rights of the Lajé River.

Thereby, Guajara-Mirim became the first municipality in the entire Brazilian Amazon to recognise the Rights of Nature – independently from human interests.

A decision with mayor consequences for the local indigenous communities, whose life depends on the wellbeing of the rivers. And a small victory for nature, who already got her rights recognised the past years in other Latin American countries (Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia).

This episode takes you back to the preparations of this important public hearing, organised by the COMVIDA Committee in collaboration with local communities, and features the voices of those who continue to fight for life in the Amazon across Brazil and Bolivia, despite the difficulties.

Interviews with:
• Vanessa Hasson, (lawyer specialised in the rights of nature, founder NGO MAPAS).
• Iremar Antonio Ferreira (project coordinator COMVIDA, member FMCJS, environmental activist)
• Erlan Domínguez (representative OCMA, Guayaramerin, Bolivia)
• Elivar Karitiana, leader Karitiana-people

Presentation and editing: Nadine Vermeulen

Music included in this episode:

• Um Sonho by Naçao Zumbi;
• Apagar o Apagão de Consienciâ, by Iremar Antionio Ferreira
• Amazonas by Kala Marka

Dubbing and translation: Gustavo Caperutto Da Mota; Ani Deal; and Parker Deal
Extracts included from the public hearing about the rights of the Lajé river in Guajara-Mirim on March 2nd, 2023.
Media extracts: The Rights of Nature a Global Movement (Documentary), Belo Monte dam dries up Xingu river's Big Bend, Indigenous communities and residents say (Mongabay, 2021).

Le Sahel central ou la zone des trois frontières est sujet à de forts troubles sécuritaires, alimenté par des mouvements insurrectionnels locaux soutenu par des groupes djihadistes transnationaux tels que l'Etat islamique ou Al-Qaida.
Avec nous invités nous partons sur l'intervention française en 2013 pour mieux comprendre comme s'organise aujourd'hui la défense en zone des états de la région.

Invités:
Rémi Carayol, journaliste indépendant, couvre l'actualité du Sahel depuis dix ans Il coordonne le comité éditorial du site d'information Afrique XXI et écrit régulièrement dans Mediapart et Le Monde diplomatique
Niagalé Bagayoko, docteure en Sciences Politique et Présidente du African Security Sector Network.
Barry Ahmed Newton, journaliste et ancien président de la commission électorale du Burkina Faso pour les élections législatives et présidentielles de 2020

Références sonores:
TV5Monde info, "EIGS : la filiale africaine de l'EI communique", Janvier 2023
Fatou Seidi Ghali (Les Filles de Illighadad) - Telilit; 2016
Les Filles de Illighadad - Inssegh Inssegh; 2019

‘Agroforestry Could Save Brazil’s Rain Forests’ stated TIME in the beginning of this year.

By more and more farmers, agroforestry is considered as the solution to produce while at the same time working on reforestation and restoration. Recovering the lands cleared and degraded for monoculture farming.

This 4th episode of Brazil Reimagined? takes you to the farms of those who work with this method in Brazil’s Amazon biome and beyond. From small holdings hidden between the forest trees to nature reserves in the midst of degraded areas.

It includes interviews with farmers who carefully copy models already present in the forest, and youngsters who combine the recovering of lands with the recovering of ancestral knowledge and cultures.

Interviews with:

· Tino Alves (Agrotropical Amazônia)
· Denise Bittencourt Amador (Fazenda São Louiz da Boa Sorte, Mutirão Agroflorestal)
· Luana Lopes (Terra Cura)
· Grégori Martini (Harmonia)
· Antorokay Lucas Mura & Tapuya Tatiana Mura (Nossa Maloca)
· Jonas Steinfeld (PhD researcher Wageningen University)

Presentation and editing: Nadine Vermeulen

Music included in this episode:

· Um Sonho by Naçao Zumbi;
· Mutirão Agroflorestal;
· Canto de Xango, by Baden Powell, Vinicius de Morais, and Aline Paes:

Dubbing and translation: Gustavo Caperutto Da Mota; Luana Cavalcante; Ani Deal; and Parker Deal

Interview complète, une exclusivité web. Le phénomène drag queen est de plus en plus visible sur les media. Grace par exemple aux téléréalités comme Drag Race France, version française du populaire RuPaul Drag Race aux Etats-Unis.
Un endroit où les spectacles drag prennent tout une autre saveur, c’est Venise, en Italie. Bien que la ville du Carnaval soit connu pour ses masques, la presence encombrante des touristes, a transformé l’offre de loisirs. Difficile de trouver des activités pour le residents, au-delà des bars, des cafés. Mais depuis quelques temps, un groupe local de jeunes a fondé une compagnie de "drag performer" et Île d’Europe accueille une de ses membre, Laurine, ou je devrais plutôt dire… Lola Benvestio de la House of Serenissima.
Interview en français. Île d'Europe est un programme présentée par Boris Meggiorin.