France-Brazil

Gilberto Gil, Grand Officier de la Legion d'honneur

Fernanda Levy a mise en ligne d'excellentes photos du Ministre de la Culture du Bresil, Gilberto Gil, lors de la remise des insignes de Grand Officier dans l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur le 16 octobre 205. Henry Salvador, Betty Largardere, e Vera Pedrosa Martins de Almeida, Ambassadeur du Bresil en France, etaient presents a la ceremonie.

"O ministro da cultura, Gilberto Gil, foi condecorado pelo governo   francês com a Ordem Légion d'Honneur, como Grande Oficial. Ele recebeu a   comenda das mãos do ministro da Cultura e da Comunicação da França, Renaud   Donnedieu de Vabres, em nome do presidente Jacques Chirac, neste domingo à   tarde no Ministério da Cultura francês, em Paris."

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Le Bresil au Forum de l'e-Democracie

  Brazilian Delegation 
  Originally uploaded by alexdecarvalho.

Le Bresil fut l'invite d'honneur cette annee au 6eme Forum Mondial de l'e-Democracie, organise par Andre Santini et la mairie d'Issy-les-Moulineaux. La participation bresilienne fut finance par l'Union Europenne et par le Ministere du Developpement de l'Industrie et du Commerce (MDIC) du Bresil.

Les photos se trouvent ici.

Fin du salon

Thu 29/09/2005 18:38

Ce fut une expérience très sympathique, chaleureuse, parfois stressante, mais globalement très riche, d'organiser la participation brésilienne au salon de l'e-democracie à issy-les-moulineaux. Le Brésil est en avance pas rapport à la plupart des pays occidentaux en terme de rapprochement du gouvernement avec le peuple et beaucoup d'initiatives d'e-gouvernement sont en route dans d'autres pays.

Paris Blogue t'il ?

Avec 300 bloggeurs presents, la troisieme soiree de Paris blogue t il? etait l'occasion de reprendre contact avec des amis bloggeurs, qui figurent ici sur les photos de rMen.

Parmi les nombreux bloggers se retrouvaient Nathan, co-organisateur de la soiree avec Benoit, Rodrigo, toujours souriant, peut-etre grace a l'Apple Expo, Mry, en pleine phase de startup avec Vodeo.tv, Galienni, qui nous a peint un tableau en live ainsi que filme un video, Sensemilia !, le genial wikiste e Ajaxeur Jeremi, en route bientot vers la Chine, Adrien, qui va au Bresil, lui, Stephane, qui nous donne des nouvelles de Negrito au Belgique, Julien le podcasteur, en phase de startup lui aussi, avec l'aide de Loic, lui meme peut-etre en train de monter un grand partenariat, Fanny, incontournable sur le mobile, la tres sympathique Pascale, avec ses recettes delicieuses, Jacques, qui vient d'organiser "Blog on the Beach", Laurent Esposito, gangnant du concours photo et Emmanuel Vivier, de Culture-Buzz & Creadrive.

Et puis c'etait un plaisir de faire la connaissance de Pascal D'Huez et de sa femme Nardac "painfeeler", de la parfois rose, parfois grise pink ego box, de Stephane Christophe Grebert, qu'on a suivi sur ce blog et qu'on retrouvera au salon de l'e-Democratie la semaine prochaine,  du podcasteur Bertrand Lenotre, de l'equipe de Parisist, moins Chryde et de Xavier, fondateur de Legitiname.

Faire une trentaine de liens dans un post, c'est comme inviter plein de gens chez soi ;)

A la prochaine !

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Walter Salles l'universel

Jussara Nunes, Le Manchot on-line, nous parle des nouvelles réalisations de Walter Salles, qu'on a vu au Forum des Halles avant l'été :

Notre Walter Salles national devient international, ou pourra-t-on dire universel ?

Choisi pour être le réalisateur du prochain On the road – Sur la route, film que sera tiré du classique écrit par Jack Kerouac ... produit par F.F. Coppola, et Paris je t’aime, on aura bientôt sur les écrans de cinéma français toujours en tant que réalisateur avec Dark water, remake du thriller japonais de Hideo Nakata .... Après les magiques Central do Brasil, Avril brisé et Carnets de voyage pour les films sortis ici, le voilà qui voyage avec sa réalisation et va atteindre Hollywood sous peu ! Longue carrière à ce petit !

Son film Dark Water ouvre ce soir, mercredi 31/08/05.

Recapitulatif des Soucis de Lula

Cet article, en anglais, resume assez bien les soucis du gouvernement de Lula: Brazil’s Lula: Corruption Crisis May Impair Latin American Giant.

Brazil’s Lula: Corruption Crisis May Impair Latin American Giant

Aug. 1 2005 Press Release - Council On Hemispheric Affairs This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Sara Evans. • Mushrooming allegations of bribery in President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva’s administration are part of a wave of corruption charges sweeping through the Brazilian government. • The accusations are sapping Lula’s personal reputation, as well as the spirit of Brazilian democracy. Thus, Washington is likely to find it markedly easier to rein in Brazilian defiance in the areas of economic integration, oil policy and Lula’s friendship with Venezuela’s Chávez. The U.S. is also less likely to tolerate Brazil’s leadership of regional economic and political initiatives that do not resonate with those of the U.S. • In order to ensure his reelection, Lula must defend his reputation by proving that the legislature’s investigative probes have found their marks when their deliberations conclude. However, he must also push through a number of economic and social reforms to award his original constituency – the poor – from whom he is seen to have strayed. There will not be enough time in the current legislative session to do both; Lula must pick his poison. On July 27th, an investigative committee of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies called for the arrest of publicity agent Marcus Valerio de Souza. De Souza was implicated in the growing corruption scandals assaulting President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva’s government, specifically his left-leaning Worker’s Party (PT). The source of many of the allegations is Congressman Roberto Jefferson, head of the Labor Party (PTB), whose testimony before the legislature’s Ethics Committee directly accused Souza, along with Lula’s former chief of staff Jose Dirceu, former PT leader Jose Genoino and former PT treasurer Delubio Soares of participating in a scheme to collect at least $12,000 in bribes from private companies on a regular basis. This money was then distributed monthly to individual members of the Progressive Party (PP) and the Liberal Party (PL) in return for their support of the PT’s legislative initiatives. Dirceu, Genoino, and Soares have since resigned in separate attempts to protect Lula from the splattering mud. Despite his lame assertions that, since assuming the presidency, he “no longer took part” in the PT’s operation, Lula is at the helm of an administration that is rapidly losing its reputation for probity and honesty. Payback? Vote-buying schemes are not the only instances of alleged corruption in the upper tiers of the Brazilian government, and Jefferson’s accusations may have been motivated partially by vengeance. On May 14, at the beginning of the recent raft of investigations, the national Brazilian weekly news magazine Veja published a report accusing Jefferson, a federal deputy in charge of a number of state companies, of overseeing an embezzlement scheme involving the Correio, the Brazilian national post office, in which he demanded donations for the PTB from. Jefferson’s PTB had been a longstanding congressional ally of Lula’s PT until the latter called for an investigation into Jefferson’s alleged wrongdoing on May 19. Soon after, Jefferson came out with his vote-buying allegations against his former legislative allies. These latest charges against Jefferson are not surprising in light of allegations last year that the congressman demanded $180,000 monthly from the PT in return for his legislative support; Jefferson appears to have been an active participant in the very scheme he is now exposing. Damage Control In response to the allegations, which help constitute the most flagrant political scandal since Lula came to power in 2003, the president has reshuffled his cabinet. Lula’s new Chief of Staff assumed his post on June 16, and further changes occurred on July 6 as the ministers for telecommunications, health, and energy and mines were replaced by members of the centrist Democratic Movement Party (PMDB). On July 8, a new minister of labor was appointed, and on July 12, the new ministers of education and science and technology took over. Finally, on July 21, the towns and social security ministries received new leaders. Lately, the PT won control of the parliamentary investigative commission (CPI) set up by the legislature to probe the post office allegations involving Jefferson. Lula will need to make absolutely certain the committee’s findings are authentic and credible. Domestic Popularity Remains High Lula has been revered as a genuine people’s reformer since his election in 2003. His Zero Hunger Program and other social initiatives have contributed to his domestic popularity; a recent poll by the Datafolha Institute indicates that, if presidential elections were held today, Lula would win easily. Sam Logan of the InfoAmericas group ascribes the president’s appeal to a perception that he has “a desire to fight for Brazil’s poor.” Since Lula’s inauguration, fiscally conservative policies have kept the country’s economy growing, providing new funding for the president’s ambitious social programs and keeping Brazil attractive to international investors. As the Brazilian stock market has been demonstrated, its daily tally and the value of the currency rides on day-to-day developments in the corruption investigation. Latin American Ties Since his election, Lula has been a strong proponent of political and economic integration among Latin American nations. Brazil is a leader of MERCOSUR, the Southern Cone’s free trade bloc that also includes Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina as well as a number of associate members. Lula also demonstrated strong support for the December launch of the South American Community of Nations project, which aims to integrate MERCOSUR and the Andean Community into a continent-wide free trade area. Concurrently, Lula has been pursuing closer ties with Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez and Argentina’s Nestor Kirchner. The three leaders held a summit on May 11 in Brazil to discuss the formation of Petrosur, a regional oil company that would integrate the state-controlled companies of Petrobras, PDVSA and Enarsa. In addition, Lula and Chávez have signed a number of trade agreements that are predicted to increase bilateral trade between the two nations from $1.6 billion in 2004 to $3 billion in 2005, according to a Latinnews interview with Fernando Portela, president of the Venezuela-Brazil Chamber of Commerce. Behind these regional negotiations seems to lie a challenge to U.S. hegemony in the region. Chávez has openly challenged U.S. “imperialism” in the region, threatened to cut off Venezuelan oil supplies, and allied himself with longtime U.S. enemy Fidel Castro. Chávez thrives in his new role as Latin America’s uncrowned firebrand. The outspoken president represents the radical wing of the region’s shift to the left, while Lula has been seen as a moderating influence. The Brazilian president occasionally has been called on to act as a middleman to persuade Chávez to abandon stances that Washington views as belligerent and radical. On the other hand, he also has defended Chávez’s inflammatory rhetoric against U.S. critics, observing at a summit in late March that "Venezuela has the right to remain a sovereign nation and to make its own decisions.” This kind of defense, along with sales of Brazilian arms to his wayward ally, has added to Washington’s regional anxieties. It would seem that Lula has been walking a tightrope between affirming regional solidarity and placating the U.S. Now, however, in light of the corruption allegations, Lula’s own credibility is at stake, and the U.S. may find it easier to defuse his challenge to U.S. regional hegemony. Washington’s Unease As the U.S. endeavors to promote the linkage between free trade and democracy around the globe, the potential for political instability in Brazil adds to Washington’s list of anxieties over what is happening in the region. Lula’s friendship with Chávez and support for regional economic initiatives as alternatives to the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA) have created rifts in Brazil’s ties with Washington. Rampant corruption in the Lula administration not only threatens democracy’s good name in Brazil, but adds to the country’s list of transgressions, including financial misdeeds, environmental lapses and mistreatment of its aboriginal population. International Ambitions Lula’s mid-July visit to Paris for Bastille Day highlighted growing ties between the two countries. France is currently supporting Brazil’s bid for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, and the South American behemoth could be poised to make an explosive entrance onto the international stage. In pursuance of this goal, Brazil took on the leadership of the UN peacekeeping force attached to the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) in June 2004. Brazil is the largest contributor of troops to the now controversial mission, and has acquired a reputation for countenancing the perpetration of atrocities against Haitian civilians by the soldiers under its command, simply because these Haitians support the overthrown leader, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The latest installment of violence was on July 6, 2005, when MINUSTAH troops commanded by Brazil lurched out of control and proceeded to massacre 23 Haitians in Port-au-Prince’s Cite Soleil neighborhood. Lula’s Quandary Unfortunately for Lula, a June Datafolha poll showed that 77 percent of the Brazilian public believes that Lula is at least partially responsible for the recent corruption scandals, and the perception of his personal guilt can only increase as the allegations multiply. However, another recent poll by Instituto Sensus shows the president’s personal approval rating stands at 60 percent. In order to salvage the PT’s credibility with the population, which has shown volatile opinion swings over the issue, the investigation of the corruption cases will have to occupy a good deal of the legislature’s time in the coming months. According to Jonathan Wheatley of Business Week, this means that “Lula would likely have to shelve plans to reform rigid labor laws, overhaul a dysfunctional judiciary, and streamline a bewildering tax system.” Though government officials have begun negotiating a “governability pact” that would determine the agenda of the legislature and guarantee that important reform legislation would receive a hearing in the chamber of deputies, it is doubtful that the competing demands of reform and investigation can be effectively managed by an already divided government. The reforms, which are essential to Lula’s legislative agenda and his prospects of regaining political equilibrium, must be passed if he is to ensure his popularity before the upcoming election. The popular president seems to find himself precariously situated between the horns of an intractable dilemma: only by completing both the investigations and the reforms can he maintain his high approval ratings, but due to time constraints, one of these initiatives will probably fall by the wayside. As much as he attempts to distance himself from his floundering PT, Lula must stand by the party he helped create during its great travails, or risk being accused of opportunism and cynicism.

Delanoë Inaugure Paris Plage 2005

  Delanoe at Paris Plage Inauguration 
  Originally uploaded by alexdecarvalho.

Voici quelques photos de l'inauguration de Paris Plage 2005 qu'à eu lieu aujourd'hui à midi dans la magnifique Mairie de Paris, avec le Maire Bertrand Delanoë et l'ambassadeur du Brésil en France, Sergio Amaral. Cette quatrième edition de Paris Plage met en honneur le Brésil, en raison de l'année du Brésil en France (fallait-il vraiment le préciser ?). Zé Ricardo et Sandra de Sá ont chantés quelques musiques brésiliennes au début de l'évenement et les festivités ont continués aux quais de Seine avec une batucada sous le soleil.

Cidade Negra et Elba Ramalho, Espace Brasil, Paris, 17/7/05

  Cidade Negra & Elba Ramalho 
  Originally uploaded by alexdecarvalho.

Quel show! Description à venir. Photos ici et Video ici.

Carlinhos Brown, Paris, 14/07/05

  Carlinhos Brown in Paris 
  Photo courtesy of Ellie Markovitch.

La photojournaliste Brésilienne Ellie Markovitch (www.elliemarkovitch.com) était au concert de Carlinhos Brown à la Villette le 14 juillet 2005. Ses photos de l'événement sont ici (photos sous copyright et toute reproduction et vente sous réserve d'autorisation).

Elle commente :

Carlinhos Brown, compositeur et artiste Brésilien, a joué dans au Kiosque à musique au Parc de la Villette le 14 juillet 2005 pour célébrer l’année du Brésil en France. De centaines de personnes ont dansé et chanté avec Carlinhos et ses 15 musiciens.

Pendant 11 au 17 juillet 2005, le Parc de la Villette découvre plusieurs facettes du Brésil, y compris le football, la mode, la musique, de l’art et même du « churrasco » (grillades).

La musique de Carlinhos Brown est un mélange de la percussion Afro-Brésilienne et roche. Il a travaillé avec Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Marisa Monte, Djavan, et João Bosco.

English

Brazilian composer Carlinhos Brown performs in the "kiosque à musique" at La Villette Parc on July 14, 2005 in Paris, France. Hundreds of people singed and danced with Brown and 15 musicians. Many brazilian performances are taking place in France in 2005 as part of the "year of Brazil in France," a series of events promoting Brazilian culture.

Carlinhos Brown's music is a mixture of Afro-Brazilian percussion, rock and soul music. He worked with Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Marisa Monte, Djavan, and João Bosco, to name a few. In the '90s, Brown created the Timbalada, a drum band with more than 120 instrumentalists and singers. He promotes social-music projects directed to the poor youth of Salvador, Bahia in Brazil. Brown got international exposure when he composed five of the twelve tracks of “Brasileiro”  that won a Grammy for best album in the “World Music” category in 1985.

Português

Compositor e artista Carlinhos Brown eletriza a audiência no Parque da Villette 14 de Julho de 2005 em comemoração do Ano do Brasil na França. Centenas de pessoas cantaram e dançaram com Carlinhos Brown e sua banda. O parque comemorou outros aspectos da cultura brasileira dos dias 11 a 17 de Julho com futebol, moda, concertos et churrasco.

A musica de Carlinhos Brown é uma mistura do Brasil-Afro e rock. Ele trabalha com grandes nomes da musica brasileira incluindo Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Marisa Monte, Djavan, e João Bosco.

Obrigado, Ellie!

Programme Brésilien le 13 et 14 Juillet à Paris

De nombreux programmes sont à l’affiche au cours de deux prochains jours à Paris :

Bastille :

• Grande fête brésilienne Viva Brasil, le 13/07 à partir de 20h30 (gratuit). Nouveau: Viva Brasil photos.

La Villette :

• Carlinhos Brown, le 14/07 à 17h30 (gratuit)

Opéra Garnier :

• Musique brésilienne lors du concert d'inauguration du festival Paris quartier d’été (gratuit) :
• À 15h Concerts dans les espaces publics du Palais Garnier
  Paulo Moura et Yamandù Costa, 45mn, Os Fuzileiros da Fuzarca, 45mn, Abaçaï, 45mn
  Entrée libre sans réservation, dans la limite des places disponibles.
• À 19h30 Grande salle du Palais Garnier
  Monica Salmaso, 50mn, Seu Jorge, 50mn, Elza Soares, 60mn
  Retrait des places le jour même (14 juillet) à 11 h à la billetterie du Palais Garnier. Les billets numérotés (2 maximum par personne) seront distribués dans l'ordre d'arrivée (pas de réservation). Ouverture des portes à 18h30 pour les personnes munies de billets.

Espace Brésil :

• La Soprano  Claudia Riccitelli, le 13/07 à 17:30 (gratuit)
• Villa em Movimento, ballet de Marilia de Andrade,   le 13/07 à 20 hs. (gratuit)
• Musica Preta ( Toni Garrido, Sandra Sá e Zé Ricardo )  le 14/07 à 17:30 (gratuit)
• Elba Ramalho, le 14/07 à 20h (gratuit)
• Le président Lula visitera l'Espace Brésil, mais le lieu ne sera pas ouvert au public au moment de sa visite. (Lula défilera le 14/07 avec Chirac et signera quelques accords, dont un de co-production cinématographique et un autre pour l'achat de Mirages).

De très grands artistes brésiliens, donc, et tout est gratuit ! Avec ce beau soleil, on se croirait presque au Brésil ...

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