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@hexbear.netBrazilian lawyer hired as X's legal representative quits position. Vanessa Souza, a lawyer currently based in England, was hired in the middle of this month as X's legal representative in Brazil, but the deal between her and Musk fell through even before the announcement.
Imagine if this shit explodes because some Bazinga nerd wanted the llm to write poems about cybertrucks.
Really surprised at European Socdems being pragmatic with Venezuela and PSUV. I guess even they know it's useless to recognize an imaginary goverment.
Venezuela: MEPs recognise Edmundo González as President
The EU should do its utmost to ensure that Edmundo González Urrutia, the legitimate and democratically elected President of Venezuela, can take office on 10 January 2025.
In a resolution adopted on Thursday 19 September by 309 votes in favour, 201 against and 12 abstentions, Parliament “strongly condemns and fully rejects the electoral fraud orchestrated by the regime-controlled National Electoral Council, which refused to make public the official result.” MEPs recognise Edmundo González Urrutia as the country’s legitimate and democratically elected president, and María Corina Machado as the leader of the democratic forces in Venezuela. They also strongly condemn the Venezuelan Government’s issuance of an arrest warrant for Mr González.
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MEPs highlight that despite repeated calls from the international community, the Venezuelan regime has failed to respect the 2023 Barbados Agreement between the Maduro government and the opposition in relation to the presidential election, making a free and fair election impossible.
MEPs note that reports from international election observation missions clearly state that the Venezuelan presidential election of 28 July 2024 did not meet international standards of electoral integrity. They also condemn in the strongest possible terms the murders, harassment, violations and arrests perpetrated against the democratic opposition, the Venezuelan people, and civil society, calling for an end to systematic human rights violations.
Parliament urges the EU to reinstate sanctions against the members of the National Electoral Council. It calls for the prolongation of regime sanctions and for expanding their scope to apply targeted sanctions through the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime against Nicolás Maduro and his inner circle.
MEPs welcome the role that the governments of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico are playing and urge regional actors and the international community to exert maximum pressure on Maduro’s regime and his inner circle to accept the democratic will of the Venezuelan people, recognising Edmundo González Urrutia as the legitimate and democratically elected President. If this does not happen, Parliament warns that a renewed migratory exodus to other countries in the region will follow, similar to that which has led close to eight million Venezuelans to flee the country in recent years. :::
zero business ethics
They also sold this spyware to Bolsonaro because they supported him. Then, when Lula won and asked for information about Bolsonaro and his use of this spyware, they gave Lula all the information he wanted because Bolsonaro was no longer valuable to them.
Iirc, the first models of the PS3 had basically most of the drives of the PS2 and PS1 inside it. Making it the best Consoles to emulate PS2, since it was running on basically original hardware.
I thought Palworld was just Pokéman with guns. Idk I never played the game because it looked like those "THIS WILL BE MARIO IN 2013" unity/UE4 projects.
Really sus for the ELN to attack a Military Base when theres an legislative coup attempt happening in Colombia recently. I wonder if it really was the ELN or some false-flag attack by the Colombian Far-Right.
Really interesting views by Catholic priest Helder Camera (He is quoted as having said, "When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist.")
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He never denied his communist sympathies and he openly supported dialogue with communists. He believed in the Fátima apparitons but he interpreted its call for the "conversion of Russia" as meaning that the Soviet Union would abandon it's anti-religious policies but will not be rejecting communism. He wrote: "And what was the appeal of Fatima for? Not for the annihilation of the USSR and China, but for their conversion... In 1967 the Russian Revolution will celebrate its jubilee... We must accelerate the pace, there is no more time to waste".
Câmara endorsed the position of the Orthodox Church that spouses who were abandoned should be allowed to remarry within the church. He also admitted women's ordination.
He criticized Pope Paul VI's removal of artificial contraception from the purview of the Second Vatican Council as "a mistake" meant to "torture spouses, to disturb peace of many homes", "a new condemnation of Galileo
In his famous interview with Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci, he also stated that, despite his support for non-violence, he did not condemn violent tactics: "And I respect a lot priests with rifles on their shoulders; I never said that to use weapons against an oppressor is immoral or anti-Christian. But that's not my choice, not my road, not my way to apply the Gospels"
Câmara identified himself as a socialist and not as a Marxist, but while disagreeing with Marxism, had Marxist sympathies. In the Fallaci interview, he stated, "My socialism is special, it's a socialism that respects the human person and goes back to the Gospels. My socialism is justice." He said, concerning Marx, that while he disagreed with his conclusions, he agreed with his analysis of the capitalist society.
In a poem dedicated to French Dominican priest Louis-Joseph Lebret, Câmara states his belief that Karl Marx is in Heaven, and has him decorating Lebret of behalf of Jesus Christ. :::
For a guy who started his life as a member of the Integralist Party (Fascist/Pro-Nazi Party of Brazil), he really did change all his political opinions. Besides Puyi, the Zelaya family, etc., I wonder who else used to be a right-wing/far-right person and changed their political views later in life.
Peace Process Between the Government of Colombia and ELN on the Verge of Collapse - Telesur English
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The Government’s chief negotiator, Vera Grabe, said that they will continue to persist in peace as a cry from the territories.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro urged the National Liberation Army (ELN) on Thursday to abandon acts of violence if it really intends to continue with the peace process.
Through the social network X, Petro wrote that if the ELN does not want to break the peace process say so. Do not be silent, that peace is to shout it and violence to bury it». In this way, the Colombian head of state responded to the words of the ELN leader, Antonio García. A peace process is broken if young people’s lives are broken and poor families suffer. If the ELN does not want to break the peace process, say so. Don’t be silent, that peace is for shouting and violence is for burying.
Amid the growing tensions between the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN), new statements are emerging that call into question the future of the peace process. The ELN commander, Antonio García, published a statement on his Telegram channel about the current situation.
According to García, despite the recent military operations against the ELN by the police and the military forces, the guerrilla organization does not consider the peace process to be broken. However, they point to President Gustavo Petro as the culprit of any potential break-up:
«The ELN has been subjected to military operations against it by the police and the FFMM, but we have never said that the peace process is broken. Who breaks is the President @petrogustavo with his statements», he stressed.
The top ELN leader said that the peace process between the government and the guerrillas is currently frozen, due to alleged breaches of agreements by the government of Gustavo Petro.
Further stresses that this situation has led to a stalemate in the negotiations and increased mistrust between the parties. A crucial point in the deterioration of relations was the non-extension of the ceasefire. In this context, and in search of solutions, the Minister of Defence and the Commander of the Military Forces ordered the resumption of offensive operations against the ELN.
Despite the resumption of military operations, sources suggest that it is still possible to continue the peace process: «Even in the midst of military operations peace processes can continue, that have done at various times different governments, now can not be the exception».
Last August, the ELN issued a statement in which it stated that if it was in the interest of the government to continue the peace process, also taking into account the political nature of the ELN and its status as an armed rebel organization, should be removed from the GCO list. :::