María Corina Machado intensifies her struggle to return to Venezuela after seven failed attempts, pressuring the regime to establish an electoral calendar, amid logistical and political complications that have prevented her from finalizing her return. (translated)
"Before, fewer people went to university, they were more selected profiles. Therefore, the average level of interest or knowledge has decreased. In these 30 years, absenteeism has progressively increased. At least, in my classes, it has increased," states Juan Carlos Rodríguez, sociologist and researcher at Funcas and associate professor for three decades at the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology of the Complutense University of Madrid. (translated)
Judge Juan Carlos Peinado retires at the age of 72 after a career marked by the controversial investigation into Begoña Gómez, the wife of the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, which sparked numerous controversies and political tensions. (translated)
What is this payment? How is it possible that the Guillinsky family, who has built their wealth in Colombia and has been helped by progressive policies in their industrialization program, is not able to donate this 22 million dollars to the national university or the University of Valle? They will say the money is private, and they can do whatever they want with the capital, hoard, invest or donate, donate to whom? Donating enriches other people, and when it is offered, it is a donation; human ethics say you should donate to those who need it most, not a handout, but the necessary capital to launch projects and help other people improve their quality of life. Colombia decided to help the Spanish people and the Jewish people during World War II, opened its doors, and offered love. Mr. Guillinsky, if Colombia welcomed the founder of your family who was escaping from the concentration and death camps in Nazi-occupied Poland, and enriched your descendants with the work of thousands of Colombian workers, one of whom is the ambassador of Colombia to Israel, and does not even mention the word genocide and holocaust that the family founder exiled from Europe did pronounce, just as he spoke of the holocaust, how is it that the contemporary and very wealthy Guillinsky family, thanks to Colombia and the Colombian love for foreigners who arrived persecuted, now donates to the rich in the US who did not welcome them in the times of the Nazis? In which homeland is your heart? Well, the University of Pennsylvania should know that their financial veins are enriched by the work of thousands of Colombian workers, most of whom cannot send their children to a quality university. I hope those young people give something back to Colombia in exchange for what they learned to help lift more people out of poverty and achieve a free and wise humanity that can develop, which is Colombia, the heart of the world. (translated)
🚨🇧🇷 A SUMMARY OF BRAZIL: 1. Lula creates the blouse tax; 30 days before the election, he backtracks. 2. Lula goes four years without adjusting the Bolsa Família; 17 days before the election, he backtracks. 3. Lula regulates the Tigrinho; 9 days before the election, he backtracks. The three measures, announced just before the election, represent changes in policies adopted by the government itself. Meanwhile, other economic indicators continue to afflict Brazilian families: - Food prices continue to burden family budgets, despite the supposed official inflation rates released by IBGE. - Common gasoline recorded an average price of R$ 6.54 per liter, and S-10 diesel, R$ 7.13, in the week of September 13 to 19. - Gross debt reached 82.5% of GDP in July 2026, amounting to approximately R$ 10.9 trillion. - Brazil recorded the highest real interest rate among the 40 economies analyzed in September 2026. In nominal terms, it ranked fourth in the survey. - The CNI Industrial Survey indicated a drop in the investment intention index of Brazilian industry to 51.3 points in September 2026, the lowest level since August 2020. - The indebtedness of Brazilian families hit a new record in July: 82% of consumers reported having some type of debt due, the highest level since the beginning of the historical series by the National Confederation of Commerce of Goods, Services, and Tourism (CNC). - The Lula government adopted between 27 and 37 measures involving the creation, return, or increase of taxes. SHARE THE FACTS! (translated)
Hundreds of protesters, including radicals like the Anti-Fascist Coordinator, have camped at Puerta del Sol in Madrid in protest against housing policies and in response to the eviction of Maricarmen Abascal, demanding urgent measures from the Government. (translated)
The Sánchez government had a list with data on journalists and commentators and their political inclinations, including whether they were pro or against Sánchez. A list produced by the ministry that oversees the police. What is the purpose of such a list? It is certainly not good. (translated)
If we want a developed and sovereign country, it is necessary to support science, work, and public policies in each territory. We are meeting activists from all over the country to discuss and build real projects for the homeland. (translated)
After breaking a historic voting record, I decided it was time to step further out from behind the scenes and also stand at the forefront, knowing that this would mean becoming an even greater target. The social and political circumstances of the country led me to make this decision. And Santa Catarina was not a calculated choice, one of convenience or circumstance. I came here because I chose to be here. Because I have always loved Santa Catarina. Because I identify with its people, their values, and their way of life. I came because this is my home. I know that I participated and continue to participate in the construction of a right-wing movement in Brazil. We elected the last president of the Republic, the most voted federal deputy in history, and we are daily involved in the nurturing of the future head of the national executive, in addition to actively helping to elect many who have betrayed us and, above all, many good people. A process of nearly 3 decades with almost 2,000 projects and laws, in addition to mainly bringing attention by preventing the approval of harmful legislation to our entire society. I am just one of the 500,000 migrants who have come to Santa Catarina in recent years, bringing with them love, passion, life experience, and above all, respect. And who will decide in the end is the beloved people of Santa Catarina. Let's go! Let's go SC. Let's go Brazil. (translated)
And I say with the same clarity that the sustainability of the SNS is not guaranteed just by spending less, but by investing better, with planning, evaluation, good management, and stability. According to António José Seguro, it is necessary to "value careers and retain professionals where they are most needed. It is an essential investment" and "create conditions for younger people to want to build their future" in Portugal – "perhaps the greatest investment we can make in the health of the Portuguese," he pointed out. (translated)
At the International Health Forum in Cascais, the President of the Republic António José Seguro reaffirmed his willingness to promote a long-term pact that values careers and the retention of professionals in the health sector, while also warning about the challenges of climate change and health crises. (translated)
I am Ricardo Conceição and today we are going to talk about a case of an eviction of an elderly woman in Spain that is having political consequences with Sánchez's government. (translated)
TO BAN IS NOT TO PROTECT The Guide signs, alongside the licensed operators in Brazil, the manifesto of ANJL and IBJR. The ban does not end gambling in Brazil but removes protection from those who gamble. According to the Ministry of Finance, 31 million people are active on legalized betting platforms, about 20% of the national electorate, who, in their vast majority, gamble in a recreational and responsible manner. These bets will not stop being made with a provisional measure; they will only change location to uncontrolled environments that accept minors and credit cards. In the authorized market, platforms verify age and CPF, adopt mental health policies and self-exclusion, and collect taxes for public policies. We share the concern about family indebtedness and problematic gambling, and those who have the best conditions to tackle this problem are precisely a highly regulated market. The legal market today prevents 3 million beneficiaries of social programs from gambling and has already processed 1.2 million self-exclusion requests. No illegal site does this. The Brazilian illegal market has an aggravating factor: it is exploited by organized crime to apply digital scams against the most vulnerable population. The government has already blocked more than 66,000 illegal domains. Even so, in just one week in September, 6,409 were still online, and 14 new ones are created each day. The clandestine market already accounts for 41% of the volume bet in the country. With the ban, this number will jump to 100%. If the ban targets the entire regulated market, consulting firm LCA estimates that up to R$ 73 billion in revenue would be at risk between 2027 and 2030 if 100% of the demand migrates to illegal operators. If the goal is to protect the citizen, the way forward is more enforcement, not less. We are ready to discuss deposit and time limits, stricter advertising rules, care for mental health, and increased rigor in combating illegal sites. None of this can be demanded from those operating in secrecy. Banning does not protect the bettor. It only pushes them into unregulated environments. (translated)
What they need to do is apologize for all the damage caused and return Maricarmen, their tenant, the keys to her house in the same condition it was in. And if they don't do it, brave political decisions will have to be made to repair this injustice. (translated)
ATTENTION: President Lula has just made one of the largest political demonstrations in the history of Recife. Let's go for it because it will be in the first round! (translated)
Spain becomes the international shame for our rent-seeking policies and for allowing a 87-year-old woman to be expelled from her home. We cannot allow it again. We are all Maricarmen. (translated)
Portugal is involved in discussions about claims for reparations related to the Atlantic slave trade, driven by a UN resolution, with Ghana leading the campaign and the country apparently interested in supporting the cause, although there are concerns about its political implications. (translated)
"How can we be sure that this 'hacking' does not affect your policies?" "Months after the 'hacking', you overturned forty years of Spanish neutrality on Western Sahara, and more recently, defended Morocco after the invasion of Ceuta," Nicolás, a master's student, reminded him. (translated)
"They want us to be intimidated, they want us to surrender." At Harvard, at the Kennedy School of Government, a prestigious public policy center, Sánchez had a pleasant afternoon, during which he expressed his ambition to regulate artificial intelligence and many condemnations of the 'tech oligarchs': "Many of those algorithms have not been built to serve us, but to enslave us," "against AI we must fight or flee, I reject the latter," "we must abandon the fable of self-regulation," "don't believe the big companies," "we need regulations that no country, no company, no billionaire can escape"… (translated)
Young people with disabilities demand that their voices be considered in public policies and seek solutions to overcome the barriers they face in accessing decent and accessible housing. (translated)
