Hear the world change with Sophie Larmoyer. Around the world, Europe 1 reporters and correspondents explore and tell the daily life of other cultures, their perception of current events and of our country. Long-format reports and fascinating guests. A sound journey to open the mind and discover the unknown.
Covid-19: disaster for those who depend on tourism
What will the summer holidays of 2020 look like? This question is vital for some, who live off tourism, as in Spain. The country welcomes 80 million tourists every year and for regions like the Balearic and Canary Islands, the whole economy is based on tourism. In 3 months already, unemployment has gone from 9 to 18%. The Spanish rely on local tourism and the arrival of a few foreign neighbors who, as in the 1960s, would drive there.
Explanations from Henry de Laguérie , correspondent in Spain
Same cause, same effects: containment measures and border closures have put Thailand on hold. Tourism has collapsed and with it the income of many Thais. Especially those of families who depend on the informal economy on a daily basis Today, many of them live on the street and swell the ranks of long queues for food aid in Bangkok.
Explanations from Carol Isoux , correspondent in Thailand
The risk of the disappearance of indigenous peoples
Epicenter of the epidemic in Latin America, Brazil is facing a catastrophic situation. The death toll from Covid-19 continues to grow and the disastrous management of President Bolsonaro, still in denial of the dangerousness of the virus, is causing chaos in this immense territory. In the Amazon, the indigenous peoples, isolated and therefore without immune defense, could disappear if nothing is done to protect them. Their lands are invaded by artisanal gold miners and loggers, thus accelerating the rate of deforestation and transmission of the virus in the absence of any control. Faced with the urgency of the situation, the famous Franco-Brazilian photographer Sébastiao Salgado launches a cry of alert in an attempt to save them. His petition received the support of many personalities. From Madonna to Paul McCartney, everyone is trying to alert public opinion to the need to act and to put pressure on Brazilian power.
Explanations from Marie Naudascher , correspondent in Brazil
Guest: the famous Franco-Brazilian photographer Sébastiao Salgado .
His petition to save the indigenous peoples: https://tinyurl.com/ya4mqwnb
A book in the world
Nicolas Carreau underlines an event in the literary field : the Pulitzer Prize, the prestigious literary prize, was awarded for the second time to the American writer Colson Whitehead for his novel Nickel boys . The only two writers who have so far received the double award were John Updike and William Faulkner. “Nickel Boys” is inspired by real facts. The novel takes place in Florida in the Dozier school, a correctional center which really existed. Through the story of two young black boys held in this institution, Colson Whitehead deals with racism and social violence.
Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead to be published in September by Albin-Michel editions
Tracing applications in the fight against Covid-19
Despite a high population density, Singapore has known only 20 deaths since the first Covid case detected on January 23. In its fight against the virus, the authorities use in particular a “contact tracing” application. Based on Bluetooth technology, this application should make it possible to detect if two individuals have been close to each other for more than 30 minutes and thus determine the cases of possible contamination.
In France, the debate is launched around the “Stop-Covid” application: necessary for some, worrying for others… Several approaches exist, in Europe France and Germany have chosen to follow different technological options.
Testimony of a Frenchman who lives and works in Singapore and tells about the means put in place by the Singaporean authorities.
Decryption with Jean-Marc Manach , journalist at Next INpact, specialist in questions of new technologies and digital surveillance.
Ramadan confined to Jerusalem
With confinement, it is a very different Ramadan that Muslims are living at the moment. Traditionally a month of fasting but also of celebration, it is the calm and silence that reign in the streets of the old city of Jerusalem in the evening. In the third holiest city in Islam, Israeli Arabs and Palestinian Arabs are subject to strict rules that are understandable during an epidemic. But the frustration expressed also reveals the feeling that the Israeli Arabs have not been the subject of as much prevention as the rest of the population.
Explanations from Clothilde Mraffko , correspondent in Israel
Travel in Autistan
Josef Schovanec , philosopher-traveler and autistic sprinkler shares with us his look at the world, a little different ...
The approach of deconfinement brings back to Josef memories of childhood, when crossing a border, for his parents political refugees and their friends, was a matter of survival. Tips and tricks for crossing borders were a very mixed subject.