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Community radios have existed in Brazil since the 1980s, long before
they became regulated in 1998. More recently they have been a staple on the
pages and space of the great media. We are reminded by their alleged
interference on our chaotic air traffic or when the Federal Police and Anatel
(National Telecom Agency) execute their constant orders to apprehend broadcast
equipment and put unauthorized radio operators in jail.
Saturday is wash day. Together with her daughter, Rita de Lima leaves her
house at 5 in the morning, heading toward the Piranhas River in the city of
Jardim do Serido, located in the Northeastern state of Rio Grande do Norte. She
opens her clothes basket that she has carried on her head, and washes dresses,
pants, T-shirts and underwear. 
Death threats, physical assaults and 32 lawsuits - this is what freelance
journalist Lúcio Flávio Pinto has faced as a result of the one-man battle he is
waging in the northern Brazilian city of Belém, capital of Pará state, the main
gateway to the Amazon jungle.
Brazil is huge. From northern rainforests to southern winters, we are a
nation of 188,917,618 people. In spite of this territorial vastness and
geographic differences, we all speak the same language and recognize each other
as citizens of one country. Anthropologist Darcy Ribeiro always said this was an
achievement.
The implementation of one of the most controversial mega-projects of the Lula government is imminent: the São Francisco river transposition, known as the Transposição. With this megalomaniac enterprise, which will benefit predominantly the export-oriented agro-business, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula wants to make history in the poor semi-arid region of Northeast Brazil.