Between the local, the national, and the international: the emergence of an organized Esperanto youth movement in Brazil
Founded in 1967 in Santos Dumont by the Esperanto youth groups from Rio de Janeiro and Ceará, the Brazilian Esperanto Youth Organization (Brazila Esperantista Junulara Organizo, BEJO) aimed to cross millions of square kilometers in order to bring together isolated groups and individuals, whose worst ennemy was the distance. Notably, how could Esperanto also fulfill …