Donald Trump suspended new sanctions against Russia, justifying the decision with U.S. national interests and delaying the imposition of tariffs on Russian products provided for in the Graham Act. #Trump #Rússia #Manifestações (translated)
Our profitability continues to be threatened by unfair competition and by a platform model that operates with free prices. A price increase does little good if we continue to lose services while the number of VTCs competing with us increases. Alberto Álvarez, alias Tito, founder of Élite Taxi, commented from his refuge on a Venezuelan Caribbean island, where he has been lately, that “our profitability continues to be threatened by unfair competition and by a platform model that operates with free prices. A price increase does little good if we continue to lose services while the number of VTCs competing with us increases.” Apparently, based on what was seen in these meetings - Álvarez stated - STAC and ATC are betting on the Madrid model, to legalize the thousands of VTCs that are already demanding their regularization in the courts instead of proposing that they can become taxi drivers. We cannot negotiate a few cents of increase while leaving unanswered the possibility that thousands of VTCs obtain urban authorization and compete with us with free prices in the hands of the platforms. This shows that the narrative of Aliança Catalana, VOX, and Junts is taking hold in the sector. "Apparently, based on what was seen in these meetings - Álvarez stated - STAC and ATC are betting on the Madrid model, to legalize the thousands of VTCs that are already demanding their regularization in the courts instead of proposing that they can become taxi drivers. We cannot negotiate a few cents of increase while leaving unanswered the possibility that thousands of VTCs obtain urban authorization and compete with us with free prices in the hands of the platforms. This shows that the narrative of Aliança Catalana, VOX, and Junts is taking hold in the sector.” #TaxiBarcelona #SuplementoTaxi #TarifasTaxi (translated)
Starting next year, taxi drivers in Barcelona will implement a two-euro surcharge every time the meter is activated on Friday, Saturday nights, and holidays, while a 4.6% increase in daytime rates for working days is agreed upon. #TaxiBarcelona #SuplementoTaxi #TarifasTaxi (translated)
The Regulatory Authority for Energy Services (ERSE) proposes an increase of 1.5% in regulated electricity tariffs for 2027, influenced by the evolution of prices in wholesale markets and the decrease of excess costs with renewable energy contracts. #Eletricidade #Energia #Economia (translated)
Alejandro Bercovich published tags for users to demand that their governors or deputies enable a debate on the decree that, as he wrote, deregulated the sale of land to foreigners, rents, mobile phone rates, and prepaid medicine and social work, and interest rates on loans, among other issues. #Debate #Política #Desregulación (translated)
The Spanish government claims that the tariffs and trade restrictions proposed by the United States on Spanish ships are a matter for the European Union and not for bilateral relations, and it commits to defending its commercial interests together with Brussels. #ComercioMarítimo #RelacionesEspañaEEUU #Aranceles (translated)
Biazita Gomes stated that the measure would be adopted because it is a demand from Trump. She claimed that Brazil received one of the tariffs for refusing to give up Pix and said that a potential government of Flávio, whom she labeled as a puppet of Trump, would follow an order to end the system. In the end, she reprimanded the interlocutor for not believing in this possibility. #Brasil #Política #Trump (translated)
The large electricity retailers are beginning to offer fixed energy rates for periods of up to ten years, in response to the volatility of gas and electricity prices following the energy crisis of 2022. #ElectricidadFija #TarifasEstables #CrisisEnergética (translated)
Arthur Machado stated that what was happening in France was part of a project to weaken national sovereignties across Europe. According to him, after the Great Depression of 1929, neoliberals would have advocated for the end of nations as a way to reduce instability, transferring economic decisions to a global structure and leaving political and social management to the states. Machado said that tariffs bothered globalists because they presupposed borders and economic sovereignty. He also linked the proposal by Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan to strengthen Europe economically and militarily to Mario Draghi's plan, which he claimed sought to centralize European economic, financial, and military power. The author stated that the goal would be to transform Europe into a state, with an integrated financial system, army, common institutions, and centralized power, reducing the full sovereignty of France, Germany, and other countries. He attributed this project to liberals and described it as a transfer of power from nations to supranational structures. #França #Globalismo #SoberaniaNacional (translated)
The Chamber of Coimbra approved a 4% increase in water and sanitation rates for 2027, keeping social rates unchanged. #Coimbra #TarifasÁgua #Saneamento (translated)
The mafias in Ceuta have increased the fees to cross to the Peninsula, charging up to 15,000 euros per migrant, who must swim the last meters to the coast. #Inmigración #Ceuta #Mafias (translated)
The author pointed out that parking fees at hospitals in Seville reached up to 23.70 euros a day at Virgen del Rocío. He also accused the PP of allowing the concessionary companies to make large profits without considering the economic harm that, as he wrote, patients and their families suffered. https://t.co/TvXkqUqLWV #Sevilla #hospitales #tarifas #ES (translated)
The large electricity companies in Spain, represented by Aelec, are promoting a proposal to implement a super-reduced VAT on electricity and reviewing all the taxes that affect the sector, in a context of increasing tax pressure and rising rates for consumers. #FiscalidadElectrica #IVA #EnergíaRenovable (translated)
The NYT points to interference from the Trump government to favor Flavio. This should be enough for Brazilians to be worried. The tone of the report is one of fear of looting and plundering the country's wealth. This would happen for decades. I have an opinion at the end. What the NYT claims, in summary: The newspaper states that it has not openly endorsed any candidate, but that the American government is trying to favor Flávio Bolsonaro against Lula. The text cites, as examples of these measures, tariffs, sanctions against Brazilian authorities, the designation of PCC and Comando Vermelho as terrorist organizations, and questions about electronic voting machines. Brazilian authorities, diplomats, and electoral technicians interviewed by the newspaper (many anonymously) say that Brazil is setting up a “barrier” to reduce the risk of interference: monitoring foreign lobbying and disinformation, responding to fraud allegations, and discussions with countries in Europe, Asia, and others about a joint reaction after the election. Lula, at the UN and in campaign propaganda, accused the Trump government of interfering to “colonize” Brazil and take its natural resources. The newspaper emphasizes that it is unclear whether this push helps Flávio. In a close contest, a nudge from Trump could decide, but it could also provoke an anti-Trump reaction and increase the vote for Lula, as the NYT says happened in Canada and Australia. The article has a tone of fear, in Brazil, that something similar to what Trump did in other countries could be repeated, coupled with American measures that the newspaper interprets as favorable to the right. All in all: within what the NYT itself can do, the pressure from the Trump government on the press is systematic, it's a big alert. However, I think Brazilians still do not grasp the magnitude of what lies ahead. There will be decades of political, economic, democratic, and social backsliding. Many do not want to hear it. They are mistakenly convinced otherwise. The plundering will run rampant and there will be no one to investigate. #Brasil #Política #Eleições (translated)
This is very serious: US$ 1 MILLION AGAINST THE STF Revealed campaign from the Trump government. The government of Donald Trump allocated US$ 1 million to finance a campaign against the STF in Brazil. The revelations were published this Thursday by the British newspaper The Guardian, which points out how resources originally intended by the US for the global human rights agenda were redirected to the interests of the American far right. According to the report, a US$ 1 million grant titled "Combating Lawfare and Censorship in Brazil" would finance civil society groups that oppose what is described as excessive judicial action and censorship by the Supreme Court of Brazil. "The Trump administration imposed sanctions on Brazilian minister Alexandre de Moraes last year, following pressure from Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of the former president," the article recalled. According to the newspaper, a Democratic congressional aide stated that a senator from the Foreign Relations Committee, Jeanne Shaheen, had maintained the blockage of ten disbursements totaling US$ 22 million, intended for projects in Brazil, South Africa, and Nigeria, as well as for promoting a right-wing ideology in the UK and Europe. This week, Shaheen sent a letter to the Trump administration to denounce interference in the Brazilian election and demand the White House recognize the election results in the country. "Throughout President Trump's second term, we observed US authorities engaged in a campaign of interference and destabilization in Brazil," the senator said in the document. "This effort intensified dramatically during the summer of 2025, when the Administration imposed targeted tariffs and sanctions in an attempt to influence the verdict of the Brazilian Supreme Court in the trial of former president Jair Bolsonaro, accused of attempting to foment a military coup to remain in power," she stated. According to the aide consulted by the newspaper, Secretary of State Marco Rubio had personally signed a memorandum to ignore the senator's blockages and authorize the allocation of funds. Destabilizing the STF For observers and diplomats, destabilizing the STF has become a priority for the Brazilian and foreign far right. The movement sees the institution as a brake on implementing an ultra-conservative project in the country and regaining freedom of action on all fronts. The money comes from the Fund for Human Rights and Democracy, created to finance Trump's conservative agenda around the world and, according to its critics, to attack any form of opposition. "The largest disbursement, totaling US$ 40 million, was allocated to a consortium led by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) — a non-profit anti-communist organization that, in the past, had received much lower amounts in grants," the report indicated. A background check document from the Department of State, consulted by The Guardian, records previous contracts between the foundation and the agency totaling US$ 96,997 in the last five years — all in the fiscal year 2022 — and notes that the organization underwent a check in 2019 related to tickets for the foundation's gala event. The document also identifies Andrew Bremberg — former domestic policy advisor to the White House during the Trump administration and former US ambassador to the UN office in Europe — as a "senior leader" of the foundation. Via ICL COUP NEVER AGAIN #STF #Trump #DireitosHumanos (translated)
An escalator in Constitución caught fire, they had to evacuate everyone and the station to enter the capital is closed during peak hours. Another day of fare increases and tickets without maintenance. https://t.co/vJaXJN9Hl9 #BuenosAires #TransportePúblico #Emergencia (translated)
The so-called "Petro blackout" is a profound act of intellectual dishonesty by the current leaders of the energy unions, as demonstrated here. In ten years, aside from the disaster of Hidroituango, they did nothing in electric generation but allowed the electricity rates to be raised speculatively. It is my government that is increasing electric generation by several gigawatts, mostly in clean and solar energy. For a drought, the best and cheapest energy is solar, whose projects were suspended in this government. #EnergíaRenovables #Electricidad #PolíticaEnergética (translated)
URGENT - China announces tariffs of 55% on Brazilian meat starting this Thursday. https://t.co/dF3cjyjWWw #Carne #Tarifas #China (translated)
El Gobierno ha decidido recuperar las ayudas de 20 céntimos por litro al combustible, pero deja sin respuestas inmediatas la situación de la factura de la luz, que afectará gravemente a los más de ocho millones de consumidores en tarifas reguladas durante el invierno. #AyudasCombustible #PreciosEnergéticos #FacturaLuz
El Gobierno español ha aprobado un nuevo Real Decreto para abordar la crisis energética derivada de la guerra en Irán, extendiendo ayudas fiscales a los carburantes y limitando las tarifas del gas y el butano, con un costo total estimado de 12.000 millones de euros para las arcas públicas. #CrisisEnergética #AyudasGobierno #PreciosEnergéticos
