France-Brazil

Colloque de l'Association Arara : La Mondialisation Linguistique

Dans le cadre des manifestations officielles de l’année Brésil/Brésils, un colloque international intitulé "La langue portugaise, le Brésil, la Lusophonie, la mondialisation linguistique : un nouveau regard" est organisé les 17 et 18 novembre à Montreuil par l'association Arara :

En effet, la langue portugaise, partage avec l’anglais, l’espagnol et le français, le privilège et la responsabilité d’être une langue de communication mondiale, plurinationale et pluri–continentale. Au cours de ces deux journées de débat, 4 thèmes fondamentaux ont été retenus et seront abordés par des spécialistes de différents pays :

• les langues latines multicontinentales et multinationales
• le portugais langue de la lusophonie ?
• la coopération entre pays de la lusophonie et entre la lusophonie et la francophonie
• l'enseignement de la langue portugaise en France, du primaire aux grandes écoles.

La ville de Montreuil, à l’initiative de ce colloque avec l’association Arara, mène une politique éducative ambitieuse afin que tous les jeunes montreuillois maîtrisent 3 langues vivantes à la sortie du système scolaire, d’ici à 10 ans.

Rencontres lycéennes franco-brésiliennes sur le développement durable

Un groupe de douze lycéens brésiliens débarquera à Paris au début de la semaine prochaine pour rencontrer une cinquantaine de jeunes français issus de différents lycées agricoles de l’hexagone. En présence de grands chercheurs et scientifiques du Brésil et de la France, ils vont discuter sur le développement durable, la biodiversité, l’alimentation et la santé. Ils seront invités à identifier les problèmes communs et les particularités de leur pays, ainsi que comparer les approches françaises et brésiliennes concernant les thèmes présentés.

Ces débats auront lieu du 8 au 10 novembre au Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), lors du Forum Science et Société 2005. Il s’agit d’un des derniers évènements de l’Année du Brésil en France. Cette rencontre de jeunes français et brésiliens a été organisé par la Casa de Oswaldo Cruz* en partenariat avec le Centre Nationale de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), et le soutien du MNHN, de l’Institut de recherche et développement (IRD), du Réseau Amérique Latine de l’enseignement agricole (DGER-MAP) et de l’association Les petits débrouillards. Liens : www.fiocruz.br e www.pasteur.fr/pasteur/international/amsud/amsud.html

Ce sera la première fois que ces douze jeunes issus de lycées publics brésiliens quittent leur pays. Ils ont été sélectionnés par concours suivi d’entretiens. Ils se préparent depuis un an pour cette expérience. Leur voyage a été financé par le Ministère des sciences et de la technologie du Brésil et le Secrétariat d’état de l’éducation de Rio de Janeiro.

Pendant leur séjour dans la capital française, les lycéens brésiliens suivront aussi une visite guidée d’un laboratoire CNRS, le lundi (7 novembre), et en profiteront pour voir les principales attractions touristiques de Paris (du 11 au 13 novembre). Ensuite, ils partent en province visiter les lycées des participants français du Forum – le Lycée d’enseignement général et technologique agricole (LEGTA) de Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot et le Lycée professionnel agricole de Castelneau le Lez – pour présenter les conclusions des débats et échanger des informations avec d’autres étudiants. Pour boucler leur aventure en France, les jeunes brésiliens participeront au Festival Place Publique Junior, en Aix-en-Provence.
 

Date d’ouverture : Mardi (8 novembre) à 9h30

Adresse : Auditorium de la Galerie de l’évolution

Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle

36, rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire – 75005 PARIS

Informations Presse : 06 66 36 57 59

* La Casa de Oswaldo Cruz est l’unité de recherche en  histoire des sciences de la Fondation Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), qui entretient depuis plus de 100 ans des relations privilégiées avec la France et en particulier avec son homologue outre-Atlantique, l’Institut Pasteur. En effet, c’est après que le Dr. Oswaldo Cruz a séjourné à l’Institut Pasteur plusieurs années au début du siècle dernier, qu’il retourna au Brésil pour se consacrer à la Santé Publique en fondant cette institution. Aujourd’hui la Fiocruz, organisme basé à Rio de Janeiro et lié au Ministère de la Santé, développe de nombreuses actions nationales dans le domaine de la Science et de la Technologie appliquée à la santé. Ceci englobe aussi bien des activités de recherche et d’enseignement que l’élaboration de politiques de santé publique en passant par la production de vaccins et de médicaments. De par sa taille et ses actions, la Fiocruz peut être considérée comme l’acteur majeur de la santé en Amérique du Sud.

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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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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.

Tournons la page

Après avoir redigé une note à propos du malheureux brésilien qui s’est tragiquement fait abattre par des policiers anglais trop nerveux, j’ai continué à débattre le sujet avec des anglais sur divers forums. Il est désormais temps de tourner la page, mais avant de le faire, je retiens le suivant :

• pourquoi cela a t'il prit plusieurs jours pour dévoiler l’identité et nationalité de la personne abattue ?
• pourquoi la version des faits a t'elle changée plusieurs fois et continue encore à évoluer (la personne était directement liée à l’enquête sur les terroristes … et puis non ; ont avait tiré 5 balles … et puis 8 ; Jean Charles était en Angleterre légalement … et puis illégalement … et puis finalement personne ne sait ; il était sorti des bâtiments à Stockwell … et puis non, il avait dormi chez quelqu’un à Tulse Hill ; il avait sauté barrière d'entrée du métro … et puis on apprend qu’il essayait d’acheter son billet quand la police l’a approché et puis il a paniqué et sauté la barrière … etc.) ?
• les policiers qu'ont vu Jean Charles de Menezes sortir du bâtiment, avec son manteau, n’ont pas pu l’identifier ... pourquoi pas ?
• pourquoi les agents l'ont-ils laissés prendre le bus, pendant 15 minutes, sans l’interroger ? Pour voir s'il avait prit rendez-vous avec quelqu'un ? Mais ne posait-il donc pas un danger au public, sur le bus ?
• Jean Charles n’avait pas de billet de métro quand il est rentré dans la station (il me semble qu’un terroriste prémédite son acte meurtrier et va donc calculer, à un moment ou autre, le fait qu’il a interet à avoir un billet pour bien mener sa mission)

Je retiens surtout que c’est la première fois que le peuple anglais (et nous, par extension) apprend de la procédure anti-terroriste "Kratos", mise en place suite aux attentats du 11 septembre, qui notamment permet l'agent de "shoot to kill", c’est à dire, "tirer pour tuer", quand il s’agit d’un terroriste présumé. Cette politique est exportée d’Israel, où elle s’avère être la seule solution efficace pour arrêter un kamikaze. Hors, cette procédure n'avait pas étée communiquée auparavant aux anglais ! (et n'en parlons pas des questions évidentes par rapport aux droits de l'homme ... par ailleurs, est-ce possible que le plan Vigipirate comprend de mesures similaires ?). Il me semble que les Israéliens sont au courant que la politique de "tirer pour tuer" existe dans leur pays. Dans de circonstances normales, Jean Charles n’aurait pas payé avec sa vie pour avoir couru de la police. La décision d’adopter la nouvelle politique aurait dû être communiquée au public !

Pourquoi donc a t’il couru, ce malheureux ? Seul lui le sait. Rappelons nous qu’il a grandi à São Paulo, où la brutalité et bavure policière sont reconnues, par les habitants, par la presse et par les ONG. Quand on vit à São Paulo, on ne confie pas dans la police et Jean Charles a peut-être agit instinctivement. Cela ne sert à rien de dire qu'il cachait quelque chose, son référent culturel est autre. Et vous, si vous vous trouviez à São Paulo en face des gens armés qui hurlaient (d’agents en civil), que feriez-vous ? Jean Charles a fait un choix instinctif dans une demie-seconde, sans savoir que son choix lui pourrait en coûter sa vie.

Tim Hames, journaliste britannique conservateur, condamne Scotland Yard pour la bavure dans son article publié le 25 juillet 2005 (contactez-moi si elle n’est plus disponible en-ligne).

Apprenons nos leçons ... et tournons la page.

Update : Mes commentaires à propos de Jean Charles de Menezes ont étés reprises par le journaliste Alan Connor sur le site du BBC :

"There has not been a great deal of reaction as yet from the Brazilian blogosphere, one exception being a post by Alex de Carvalho on "fundamental attribution errors"; de Carvalho is one of several bloggers who have found Malcolm Gladwell's book Blink useful in trying to understand the incident."

Erro fundamental de atribuição

Click here for English or if you followed the link from Alan Connor's BBC article.

Segundo a BBC, 1: Jean Charles de Menezes sai de uma casa vigiada pela segurança et chega na estação de metro Stockwell
2: Testemunhas dizem que ele pulou a a roleta do metrô
3 Depois correu a escada rolante abaixo quando 20 policiais clandestinos dele se aproximaram
4: Se recusa a obedecer ordens policiais e tenta entrar em um dos trens da Northern Line

O Globo: "Em uma reportagem reproduzida em sua edição eletrônica, o 'The Guardian' ressaltou a inocência do brasileiro, que recebeu cinco tiros na cabeça à queima-roupa ao ser tomado por um terrorista pelos policiais .... Vivendo na Inglaterra há três anos, o mineiro Jean Charles de Menezes ... tinha planos de voltar para o Brasil em um prazo de seis meses. Jean cursou até o segundo grau na cidade de Gonzaga, em Minas Gerais, foi morar em São Paulo aos 18 anos, onde fez um curso de eletricista, e partiu para a Europa aos 24 anos em busca de uma oportunidade de emprego."

Nei Duclós: "Tua biografia escassa, Jean Charles, jaz fuzilada com cinco tiros pelas costas. Tua precariedade é tão profunda, que por instantes foste confundido com um terrorista no metrô de Londres. Nossa vista cansada embarcou nessa nota fria, antes que te reconhecessem, antes que confessassem a culpa. Não eras apenas a rotina dos assassinatos de uma metrópole tomada pelo medo. Eras um pouco mais. Descobriram que encarnaste por alguns minutos esse pânico que gera o terror e põe a culpa nas vítimas. Vinhas de um nebuloso conjunto de apartamentos vigiados pela vingança. Ias para o trabalho com teus olhos de índio, que uma testemunha definiu como asiáticos, com tuas pernas criadas no interior de Minas, que ao expressarem pressa sugeriam fuga. Vestias um casaco num dia de calor, porque aprendeste como é traiçoeiro o clima para quem confia excessivamente nele. Mas a suspeita provocada pela tua roupa era apenas a violência engatilhada na esquina. Não eras tu, eletricista sem nome na multidão em trânsito, em busca da cidadania que te negaram. Eras um "criminoso" levando embaixo do braço, oculto no casaco improvável, uma estupidez que enfim puxou o gatilho."

Jean Charles de Menezes parece ser vitima de erro fundamental de atribuição, tendência das pessoas a superestimarem as características disposicionais e a subestimarem as características situacionais, ao explicarem o comportamento do outro. Estudos mostram que o erro fundamental de atribuição seria característico das culturas ocidentais individualistas (Inglaterra) e não das culturas coletivistas (Brasil).

Jean Charles de Menezes, recquiescat en pace.

In English:

The British police are ill-prepared to deal with their new reality and may need training to reduce fundamental attribution errors when dealing with suspected criminals: "people tend to have a default assumption that what a person does is based more on what "kind" of person he is, rather than the social and environmental forces at work on that person. This default assumption leads to people sometimes making erroneous explanations for behavior."

As Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink, explains:

"on a whim, I let [my hair] grow wild, as it had been when I was teenager. Immediately, in very small but significant ways, my life changed. I started getting speeding tickets all the time--and I had never gotten any before. I started getting pulled out of airport security lines for special attention. And one day, while walking along 14th Street in downtown Manhattan, a police van pulled up on the sidewalk, and three officers jumped out. They were looking, it turned out, for a rapist, and the rapist, they said, looked a lot like me. They pulled out the sketch and the description. I looked at it, and pointed out to them as nicely as I could that in fact the rapist looked nothing at all like me. He was much taller, and much heavier, and about fifteen years younger (and, I added, in a largely futile attempt at humor, not nearly as good-looking.) All we had in common was a large head of curly hair. After twenty minutes or so, the officers finally agreed with me, and let me go. On a scale of things, I realize this was a trivial misunderstanding. African-Americans in the United State suffer indignities far worse than this all the time. But what struck me was how even more subtle and absurd the stereotyping was in my case: this wasn't about something really obvious like skin color, or age, or height, or weight. It was just about hair. Something about the first impression created by my hair derailed every other consideration in the hunt for the rapist, and the impression formed in those first two seconds exerted a powerful hold over the officers' thinking over the next twenty minutes. That episode on the street got me thinking about the weird power of first impressions."

Further, some evidence supports the contention that person living in cultures which tend to emphasize the individual over the group may be more likely to commit the fundamental attribution error.

Sadly, Jean Charles de Menezes seems to be the victim of this type of error by British police.

Boulevard Brasil na TVE

O programa Boulevard Brasil sera reprisado esta noite, sexta-feira, as 20h horario de brasilia. O programa pode ser visto no site internet da  TVE Brasil : "veja a tve pela web".

Boulevard Brasil é uma revista telivisual que mostra as atividades culturais e artísticas que fazem parte do Ano Brasil na França. O programa foi produzida pela presidente da TVE, Beth Carmona, e por Rosangela Meletti, produtora da French Connection.

Peaceful Protest Against All Kind of Terrorism

  Peaceful Protest Against All Kind of Terrorism 
  Originally uploaded by Frederico Mendes.

Frederico Mendes says - dit - diz:

Lets paint our hands in white (as the people from Spain did it last year, just after the Madrid's bombs) and post in our pages tomorrow, saturday. If you like the idea, please, be free to copy it and spread the word to your friends and contacts...

ps>I shot this photo above for Madrid (that's why the letter M), last year. Let's make one for London and Baghdad.

Em português:

Vamos pintar nossas mãos de branco (como os espanhóis fizeram ano passado, logo depois das bombas em Madri) e colocar em nossas páginas amanhã, sábado. Se você gostou da idéia, por favor copie esta mensagem e espalhe entre seus amigos e conhecidos.

ps>Esta foto foi feita para Madrid, no ano passado. Vamos fazer uma foto para homenagear Londres e Bagdá.

En Français:

Peignons nos mains en blanc (comme les espagnols ont fait l'année dernière, après les bombes a Madrid) et publions sur nos pages demain, samedi. Si t'aimes l'idée, publies-en sur ta page pour diffuser avec tes amis et connaissances.

ps>cette photo fût faite pour Madrid, l'année passée. Faisons-en une photo pour hommager Londres et Bagdad.

Pierre Barouh, Saravah au Forum des Images

  Pierre Barouh 
  Originally uploaded by alexdecarvalho.

Pierre Barouh nous a parlé de ses voyages et aventures ce dimanche au Forum des Images lors du visionnage de son film sur la musique populaire brésilienne, Saravah. Sans prétention, Pierre nous a raconté de ses rencontres à Paris avec Tom Jobim et avec le poète, chanteur et diplomate Vinícius de Moraes. Dans son film tourné en 1959, on voit Pixinguinha et les jeunes Baden Powell, Maria Bethania, Marina Lima (Miúcha) et Paulinho da Viola … tous devenus des personnages mythiques de la musique populaire brésilienne.

Saravá !

Walter Salles présente Central do Brasil et Madame Satã au Forum des Images

  Walter Salles 
  Originally uploaded by alexdecarvalho.

Le célèbre et très sympathique cinématographe et documentariste brésilien Walter Salles nous parla longuement et dans un français parfait de Central do Brasil, Carnets de Voyage et de ses autres œuvres ce dimanche au Forum des Images.

Il maintient également une maison de production avec son frère pour lancer de nouveaux directeurs d’Amérique Latine, tels Karim Ainouz, directeur de l’étonnant film Madame Satã. L’acteur principal, Làzaro Ramos, interprète à la perfection le flamboyant et explosif personnage João Francisco dos Santos qu’à vécu aux années 30 dans le quartier de Lapa, Rio de Janeiro.

Cabeça de Porco, Rapper MV Bill

Link: www.BrazilianArtists.net:

MV Bill is Brazil’s most controversial rapper, and polemical hero of the Rio Hip-Hop movement. He is also a resident of the favela, City of God. MV Bill is a powerful cultural warrior in the fight for social justice .... Appointed a Citizen of the World by the UN In 2004, MV Bill’s social-artistic work has been officially recognized by the Brazilian government and by UNICEF.

MV Bill has recently co-authored a book with one of Brazil’s leading social anthropologists, Luis Eduardo Soares and Celso Athayde. Cabeça de Porco, asks the question:

What is the solution to this absurd violence, this inhuman injustice, this extreme inequality in Brazil?

The book brings together both the 15 years extensive research carried out by MV Bill and his producer, Celso Athayde, with Luis Eduardo Soares’s ethnographic work on youth, violence and the police.

Link: Ceafro faz lançamento de “Cabeça de Porco”

“Cabeça de porco”, livro do “rapper” MV´Bill, é lançado amanhã [15/06/05] em Salvador, numa realização do programa Educação e Profissionalização para a Igualdade Racial e de Gênero (Ceafro), do Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais da UFBA (Ceao). O lançamento, a partir das 14 horas, será na Associação Tenda de Olorum, em Massaranduba (Cidade Baixa). A obra fala da realidade dos jovens marginalizados de favelas de nove estados brasileiros, todos envolvidos com a criminalidade.

Mario Sergio Conti

Mario Sergio Conti relata as relações franco-britânicas na sua coluna, no mínimo.

No nível popular, as relações entre os rosbifes (que é jeito com que, numa metonímia culinária, os continentais se referem aos ilhéus) e os sapos (vice-versa) são ambíguas. Os franceses são fascinados pelos ingleses. Acham eles peculiares. Em Paris e nas grandes metrópoles, da alta classe média para cima, gostariam que Chirac imitasse Thatcher e Blair: quebrasse os sindicatos, impusesse medidas neoliberais, tirasse a França da pasmaceira, mas não a tornasse vassala do Império americano. Esses sapos gostariam de ter casas maiores, enriquecer e, quem sabe, até ter um rei e uma rainha de brincadeirinha – tudo como os rosbifes.

Nos meios rurais, trabalhistas e do funcionalismo público, é inamovível o apego ao estatismo francês, que lhes garante algumas proteções sociais. Ninguém quer saber do modelo inglês.

Ver tambem "Rafarinhadas, bushismos, lulices: estilos".

Mara Liz da MTV Brasil

Link: MTV Brasil.

Mas então é isso, chega de mau humor!, e se você quiser saber mais sobre tudo o que você não precisa saber sobre o Brasil na França, clique aqui: www.francebrazil.com

LOL

Isto é um extrato de um artigo engraçado na MTV Brasil sobre as experiências vividas pela mal humorada (e anti-consumidora?) Mara Liz durante o ano do Brasil na França.

Mara Liz, o site www.francebrazil.com é meu blog pessoal que não tem nada a ver com o site oficial do Ano do Brasil. Não sou pago pra manter o site (que me custa 15 euros por mês ... não é muito), não tem nenhuma publicidade (quer dizer que não sou pago pra escrever os artigos) e não sou jornalista (e como jornalista da MTV, você vai pros shows sem pagar ... eu pago).

Isto também quer dizer que escrevo sobre o que *eu* gosto e não gosto neste Ano do Brasil. E claro, meus gostos não são os mesmos que teus (mais também concordo que o Swatch é "rroroso", como você diz). Alias, seria ótimo se você criasse teu próprio blog ou site sobre o Ano do Brasil, pra comunicar sobre os eventos do teu jeito (ver aqui).

Quem sou eu? Sou um Brasileiro - Finlandês que mora em Paris há 7 anos (apesar de ser a cidade de luz, ninguém merece! Alias, os shows, exposições e musica brasileira trazem alegria pra esta cidade "estressada"). Sou consultor em administração de empresas (minha biografia) e tou querendo voltar pro Brasil no final do ano, se achar emprego lá (nada fácil!).

Mara Liz, não te conheço mais te convido pra beber um chopp pra falar dos lados positivos e negativos do Ano do Brasil na França. Ah ... se a gente se encontrar, espero poder te reconhecer:

“Mara Liz já trabalhou na MTV, já teve coelhos, já furou o umbigo, já escreveu livro, já visitou o Vesúvio, já fez terapia, já morou no Brasil, já tirou siso, já casou, já foi ao show do Nirvana, já colheu uva (não necessariamente nesta ordem). É tudo.

A Mara Liz já fez muitas coisas numa vida plena e bem vivida ... deve ser uma pessoa bem legal e interessante ;) Seria ainda mais legal (e pofissional) se ela tivesse feito uma pesquisa e me entrevistado antes de escrever o artigo.

À bientôt, peut-être!

Update 14/06/2005 22:30: A referencia ao meu blog e meu comentário foram retirados do artigo “Brasil e França – Je t’aime, moi non plus" no site da MTV por Mara Liz, colunista de "Paris a Go-Go".

Brazil at the Prix de Diane-Hermes

Link: Brazil comes to Paris in a riot of colors - Style - International Herald Tribune.

TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2005 CHANTILLY, France

The French race course was filled with brilliantly colored plumes, exotic birds and a riot of vivid outfits - and that was before the dancers, riders and polo players from Brazil had appeared at Chantilly. The Prix de Diane-Hermes is always a chance for Parisians to display their finest feathers, and their enthusiasm for this year's Brazilian theme reached its apogee Sunday .... Add to the hats, turf as green - and sun as golden yellow - as the national flag, plus an azure South American sky, and the event seemed in perfect tune with France's "Year of Brazil."

Orkut: Comunidade do Ano do Brasil

  Orkut: Comunidade do Ano do Brasil 
  Originally uploaded by alexdecarvalho.

Criamos uma comunidade do Ano do Brasil na Orkut. Se quiserem um convite pra participar na Orkut, escrevam-me.

Nous avons crées une communaute de l'Année du Brésil sur Orkut. Si vous ne faites pas partie d'Orkut, écrivez-moi pour une invitation gratuite.

Cartes Thematiques

Quelques cartes issues du CD " Brésil, la diversité comme identité" très riche en informations, compilé par L'Atelier de Cartographies de Sciences-Po (tél : 01 45 49 53 26) :

Ce CD-Rom relève le défi de présenter toute la diversité d’un pays continent qui n’est souvent connu en France que par une série de clichés mal raccordés. En écartant toute tentative de vaine exhaustivité, tout encyclopédisme, il s’agit d’aborder un foisonnement qui étonne et peut même sembler paradoxal. Le fil conducteur est celui de l’extrême diversité, qui, à toutes les échelles, à tous les moments et sur tous les thèmes, distingue le Brésil et finalement le définit. L’identité en général n’est pas une donnée intemporelle mais une construction, sans cesse réinventée. Dans le cas brésilien, l’anthropophagie est un processus séculaire de transformation permanente de la société brésilienne par ses interactions internes et avec le reste du monde. Elle se traduit à la fois par les plus spectaculaires dynamismes et des permanences pesantes.

L’approche de cette diversité est structurée autour de quatre grands thèmes : la diversité spatiale et les dynamiques des territoires ; la diversité sociale et l’importance des inégalités; la diversité, les hésitations et les changements du rapport au vaste monde ; enfin, la diversité culturelle dont le Brésil a une expérience très ancienne, particulière, voire unique. Ces quatre thèmes sont présentés à partir de quatre grands types de documents : des textes, des photos, des entretiens

La conception et la réalisation de ce travail s’appuient sur l’expérience collective réalisée pendant trois ans à Sciences Po Paris autour d’un enseignement qui porte le même nom et auquel les meilleurs spécialistes ont bien voulu apporter leur concours. Au total plus de quarante personnes, des Brésiliens comme des Français, à des titres divers, ont participé avec enthousiasme et générosité à ce CD-Rom. Celui-ci n’aurait pas existé sans leur engagement mais aussi sans l’indispensable soutien financier du Ministère français des affaires étrangères et des commissariats français et brésilien de l’Année du Brésil en France.

Galeries Lafayette Expose le Brésil du 1/06 - 25/06

Les Galeries mettent le Brésil à l'honneur avec l'exposition "Aquarela do Brasil".

Link: Aquarela do Brasil:

Para aumentar a visibilidade dos produtos brasileiros na França, a Agência de Promoção de Exportações e Investimentos (Apex) inaugura, neste 31 de maio, o evento promocional Aquarela do Brasil. Ele ocupa 1.200 metros quadrados, no quarto andar de uma das lojas de departamentos mais conhecidas do mundo, as Galerias Lafayette, de Paris.

Como em outras promoções comerciais deste Ano do Brasil na França, Aquarela do Brasil conseguiu colocar nas vitrines da Lafayette os produtos que têm possibilidade de consolidar um canal permanente de exportação. Moda, cosméticos da Amazônia, artesanato do nordeste, calçados, móveis, bebidas e alimentos brasileiros, em um total de 1,8 milhão de Euros, foram adquiridos pela loja e estarão à disposição dos consumidores franceses até 25 de junho.

Contra Todos

Séance unique ce soir du film Contra Todos (Contre Tous) de Fernando Meirelles, réalisateur de Cité de Dieu:

"Une famille de la classe moyenne de São Paulo aux allures de respectabilité se libère du poids de ses mensonges lorsque le père de famille, un tueur, est assassiné."

Rendez-vous sur le site du film pour les images et bandes-annonces.

Informações em português.

Infos:
20h30 au MK2 Quai de Seine
14, quai de la Seine 75019 Paris
Tel : 08 92 69 84 84
Métro: Stalingrad ou Jaures

Brazilian Muse

  glitter girl 
  Originally uploaded by alizinha.

La Blogebrity Alizinha, passionnée par le Brésil, organise de fêtes brésiliennes Samba-Pagode-Forro-Funk à New York les dimanches et offre de morceaux de musiques sympas sur son site.

Alizinha, apaixonada pelo Brasil, organisa festas brasileiras em Nova Yorke nos domingos e oferece musicas no seu site.

Alizinha loves Brazil and organizes Samba parties in New York on Sunday nights. She's a Blogebrity and you'll find some great brazilian mp3s on her site.

Orfeu Negro sur Copies Neuves

A partir de 18 mai 2005 jusqu'au...

ORFEU NEGRO de Marcel Camus :

A la veille du carnaval de Rio, Eurydice arrive de la campagne pour y retrouver sa cousine, afin d'échapper à un homme qui veut la tuer. Elle fait la rencontre d'Orphée, conducteur de tramway, et artiste adulé par le peuple pour ses qualités de danseur et de guitariste.

Marcel Camus transpose le mythe d’Orphée et Eurydice dans le Brésil moderne (de 1959), d’après un scénario de Vinicius de Moraes et musique de Tom Jobim. Ce chef d’œuvre remporta la Palme d’or à Cannes (1959) et l’Oscar du meilleur film étranger (1960).

Ne ratez pas ce grand film, qui ressort en salles sur copie neuves !

Les bandes-annonces du film sont sur Allocine.

Cinéma Reflet Medicis
3, rue Champollion
75005 Paris
Tel: 0146332597

Carutapera and São Luis do Maranhão, Brazil

Luca Prasso, Technical Director at PDI/DreamWorks, spent nearly two weeks in Carutapera, Maranhão, one of the poorest regions in Brasil. During his stay, he shot over 3500 photos, which are worth seeing. Link:

"I first heard of Carutapera from my cousins in October 2004...
They were telling me these stories of a small village, very poor, in the north-east of Brasil.
Stories of Padre Mario, a Missionary Father that has spent 36 years there, helping the people in need.
Stories of an Italian Organization, AMAR, that has been helping Padre Mario for the last 10 years.
I immediately decided then that I wanted to travel to Carutapera, meet Padro Mario and find out what else can be done.
In March 2005 I finally arrived in Carutapera and spent 12 amazing, humble, emotional and powerful days with Padre Mario and the people of Carutapera.
This website wants to tell their stories, show you their pictures...and hopefully find new ways to help them..."

Luca writes that Associazione "AMAR is an italian non-profit organization created 10 years ago to support Padre Mario and the people of Carutapera ... Every month AMAR sends Padre Mario the money to be distributed among the needy families of Carutapera ... About an hundred young children are sponsored [child sponsorship - see here] by italian families that contribute monthly for their expenses."

Luca's "Caru" photos are here.

São Luis, Capital of Maranhão

Named in honor of Louis XIII, the Capital of Maranhão, São Luis, was founded in 1612 by two French Lieutenants in the service of Marie de Médicis (mother of King Louis): Daniel de la Touche, Seigneur de la Ravardière, who later became vice-admiral of the fleet of La Rochelle in 1621, and his associate, François de Razily, Seigneur de Razily et Aunelles. The historic city center of São Luis became a Unesco World Heritage property in 1997. Other Brazilian WHC properties include Salvador de Bahia, Ouro Preto, Olinda, Diamantina and Goiás.

Overall, the state of Maranhão has some of the best yet undiscovered tourist destinations in Brazil, including the outstanding Lençóis Maranhenses.

Mademoiselle Chanel à Paris : 24/06/05 - 2/07/05

Ce n'est plus qu'une rumeur (voir article du 8/03/05), la Comédie des Champs-Elysées accueillera du 24 juin au 2 juillet 2005 la pièce créée et mise en scène par Jorge Takla : « Mademoiselle Chanel » :

"Ce spectacle, dont le texte est signé Maria-Adelaide Amaral, est un hommage brésilien à l’une des plus grandes ambassadrices de la création française, Gabrielle Chanel, figure mythique, symbole de la femme moderne du XXe siècle.

Depuis la création de « Mademoiselle Chanel » à São Paulo, en mai 2004, grâce au soutien de la Fondation Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP*) et à l’appui de la Maison Chanel (costumes et croquis de Karl Lagerfeld), ce spectacle se joue à guichets fermés et a décroché de nombreux prix.

« Mademoiselle Chanel » propose à travers la vie de Coco Chanel une réflexion sur le processus de création, la solitude, l’amour, le pouvoir, magistralement interprétée par une légende du théâtre brésilien, Marília Pêra, avec émotion, humour, ironie et séduction.

La pièce se jouera du 24 juin au 2 juillet à 21h, (relâche le dimanche). Spectacle en brésilien, surtitré en français."

Agora é oficial (ver artigo do 8 de março), "Mademoiselle Chanel", será montada na Comédie des Champs-Elysées, do 24 de junho ao 2 de julho. A apresentação será em português com legendas em francês.

Infos:
Comédie des Champs-Elysées
15, Avenue Montaigne
75008 Paris
Tarifs : de 16€ à 42€ Réservations
Pass des Coulisses : 27€ (1ère catégorie)
Location : 01.53.23.99.19 à partir du 16 mai 2005.

Grupo Revelação

Leur clip, à Montreux.

Nous cherchons un producteur en France pour ce groupe, qui jouera en Angleterre, Allemagne et Suisse au mois de Juillet. Ecoutez leur clip et si ça vous intéresse, parlons en !

Year of Brazil in France Collage

  Year of Brazil in France Poster Collage 
  Originally uploaded by alexdecarvalho.

View the posters - Voir les affiches - Veja os cartazes

Le Diable à Quatre de Alice de Andrade

Nous avons assistés au très sympathique film Le Diable à Quatre de Alice de Andrade hier soir (rediffusion mardi 19/04/05 à 16h) lors de la 7ème édition du Festival de Cinéma Brésilien de Paris:

"Les destins de quatre personnages se mêlent dans le petit périmètre d’un quartier de Copacabana,loin des clichés de Rio.Deux hommes et un petit garçon amoureux d’une même jeune femme. Une comédie sociale loufoque sur quatre mousquetaires ..."

Accédez au programme complet des films.

C'était également l'occasion de déguster une Brahma dans sa nouvelle bouteille aux courbes, lors du récent lancement international.

Cycle Made in Brasil à Dijon

Ne manquez pas le cycle Made in Brasil du 11 mars au 4 juin 2005 à Dijon:

Ce voyage musical vous emmène de la Samba de Coco de Renata Rosa au Forro de Seu Luis Paixao et Silverio Pessoa, puis du Mangue Forro de Dj Dolores jusqu’au Samba Rap de Marcelo D2 et au Brasilian Jazz de Nelson Veras Group & Magic Malik, en passant par des sélections éclectiques de bonnes musiques brésiliennes par quelques-uns des meilleurs spécialistes du genre ...