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The author noted that Pedro Passos Coelho would give an interview to Maria João Avillez on SIC Notícias, between 9 PM and 10 PM, and argued that his governance should be reassessed in light of the financial conditions he encountered. According to the author, Portugal had already requested external assistance when Passos Coelho arrived at the Government in 2011, and the adjustment program of 78 billion euros had been negotiated before he took office. He maintained that during the legislature, exports rose from about one-third of GDP to nearly 40% in 2015, including tourism, and that the tourism sector gained strategic momentum. Regarding privatizations, he acknowledged that some operations were questionable and warranted scrutiny but argued that they allowed the collection of billions of euros, the amortization of public debt, and reduce financing needs and interest burdens. He also considered that cuts in the public sector were painful but questioned what the alternatives would have been when the State could no longer finance itself normally. The author further highlighted that Portugal completed the financial assistance program in 2014 and returned to market financing without a precautionary program, recovering, in his view, decision-making leeway. He stated that Passos Coelho was the most relevant politician of the century in Portugal for having made unpopular decisions and contributed to an economic change whose effects surpassed his Government. #Portugal #Política #Economia (translated)

ALK4PON3 praised AleIVCR and his team, saying that their work had evolved in events, graphics, story, and mechanics. He added that he had always trusted them and that, although he complained when they beat him, he remained on the Eufonia ship and eagerly anticipated their next projects. #Eufonia #DesarrolloDeJuegos #Comunicación (translated)

Eurídice Cabañes, in her essay Sow Futures. A Guide to Resistance for the Age of the Algorithm, criticizes technologies that foster dependence and proposes alternatives to recover memory and decolonize time in a context of predatory digital capitalism. #Filósofa #TecnologíaCrítica #CapitalismoDigital (translated)

Eduardo Bolsonaro celebrated Sachsida's statement that he would not privatize Banco do Brasil, Caixa, and Petrobras. He asserted that in a scenario he described as "post-liberalism," each country had its own view on which sectors were strategic, citing JD Vance as an example. Bolsonaro said he did not advocate for statism but believed that energy and the control of sectors capable of boosting the economy and the quality of life for Brazilians should not serve interests other than public ones. For him, the discussion involved sovereignty and the ability of Brazilians to decide their own future and how to achieve their goals. #Privatização #Soberania #Economia (translated)

Nicolás Promanzio wrote that the National Intelligence School would be headed by the Malvinas veteran Daniel Esteban, whom he called a hero, and that Tata Yofre would continue as honorary rector. He praised the professionals who, he said, would train the future agents and intelligence analysts of Argentina, and asserted that the country would be great again. #InteligenciaNacional #Argentina #Héroes (translated)

Xico Graziano stated that electoral surveys reflected the days prior, and not the future scenario. According to him, at the beginning of the week, PoderData and Datafolha showed Flávio two percentage points ahead of Lula. Graziano said that Flávio received support from Zema, Caiado, and Cury, while Cleitinho, Tarcísio, and Moro mobilized in his campaign. He also stated that in Rio de Janeiro, the PL candidate was announced as the big winner. Regarding Lula, he wrote that he remained in Brasília reorganizing the campaign and that Janja faced criticisms both inside and outside the PT; in Graziano's assessment, there were no other relevant facts. Based on this, he evaluated that Flávio was gaining ground while Lula remained stagnant, and that the next surveys would reflect recent events. #Eleições2023 #PesquisaEleitoral #PolíticaBrasileira (translated)

Pedro Menin assessed that an interview with Vorcaro to Globo could harm Lula and benefit Flávio. He called Vorcaro a criminal but also intelligent and speculated that he could blame members of the Workers' Party and say that Flávio's money was intended solely for a film. Menin also suggested that Vorcaro might align himself with the right to gain future advantages in trials. In Menin's view, supporting Lula would be a poor strategy among evangelicals, a group that, according to him, had a 70% rejection rate of the president—a percentage that could reach 90% after the leak of old tweets attributed to Ana Elisa, the PT's coordinator, about churches and believers. He stated that Vorcaro and his brother-in-law were pastors and speculated that they could turn to the church's power if their businesses did not succeed. Menin said that an attempt to prevent the interview could be seen as censorship and could lead to a 65 to 35 defeat for Lula in the second round. He also predicted that a victory for Flávio could initiate an impeachment process against Moraes and trigger a historic rise in the stock market in the following months. He noted that the text was merely a guess, that he had no non-public information, and that he could be very wrong. #Brasil #Política #Eleições2024 (translated)

BTS 방탄소년단 Peru⁷ stated that the drone exhibition in tribute to BTS took place on October 8, 2026, between 20:00 and 20:10, in Costa Verde, a different area from the hotel where the group was staying. The fanbase maintained that BTS Peru Fanclub did not call anyone to gather in front of the hotel or disturb public order. The organization pointed out that the ROAD TO 7 projects required months of volunteer work and coordination, aiming to showcase Peru as a country capable of hosting BTS and ARMY. It also mentioned that international media had highlighted these initiatives and urged that the behavior of some individuals not be attributed to the entire community. The account stated that the harassment in front of the hotel had been occurring since BTS's arrival in the country and that it was not solely the responsibility of fans. It added that it had asked followers, media, content creators, and the public to respect the privacy and rest of the artists, as well as the tranquility of guests and neighbors. BTS 방탄소년단 Peru⁷ said that the situation had led to questioning the continuity of future projects of that magnitude. It also requested to report accounts that were live-streaming from the hotel or inciting disturbances, and called on people not to go to the location or support the harassment. #BTS #ARMY #Respeto (translated)

Ángel Víctor Torres, Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, urged future rulers to prioritize democratic memory in a debate on the importance of remembering and learning from the Civil War during a conference in Seville. #MemoriaDemocrática #GuerraCivil #DerechosHumanos (translated)

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, wants to turn part of his private golf club in West Palm Beach (Florida) into an official residence for future presidents of the country, according to a report on Wednesday by The Washington Post. #Trump #ResidenciaPresidencial #Golf (translated)

Jesús Fernández-Villaverde pointed out that the Community of Madrid went from 1.27 homes per household in 1995 to a peak of 1.31 in 2002 and to 1.11 in 2026. According to his figures, during that period the real price per square meter rose from 2,273 to 4,069 euros. He attributed the drop in the ratio to both the growth of the Madrid population—from 5.1 million to 7.2 million—and the reduction in the average size of households, from 3.1 to 2.6 people. The author argued that smaller households also increased the demand for housing: even with the 1995 population, Madrid would today need about 20% more homes. He cited Castilla y León, where the real price per square meter remained at the 1995 level and households averaged 2.2 people, as an example of similar family evolution. Fernández-Villaverde indicated that the price per square meter reached 4,453 euros in 2007, when there were 1.24 homes per household, and he argued that the boom was due to cheap credit and speculation, not excessive construction. Between 2002 and 2008, he claimed, Madrid added about 400,000 households and only about 310,000 homes. He also described both the 4,453 euro price from 2007 and the 2,569 euro price from 2012 as temporarily distorted. In his view, measures that only affected prices, including the two decrees from the previous week, did not address the limitation of supply. He suggested that Spain had to choose between competing for the existing homes or betting on building more. #Vivienda #Madrid #PreciosInmobiliarios (translated)

“It's slowing down a bit the bleeding.” The current context, summarizes Javier Colón, founder of the consulting firm Neuro Energía, “is slowing down a bit the bleeding,” but it has a double edge: “Since futures are rising now, when the pool starts to decrease, it will reverse,” he warns. #TarifaRegulada #Electricidad #ReformaEnergética (translated)

Update Olivia Brasil stated that the profile was managed by six female university students, among them students from public institutions and scholarship recipients from private colleges. According to the group, some were beneficiaries of Bolsa Família, members of CadÚnico, from the Northeast, living in favelas and marginalized areas of Rio de Janeiro or LGBT. One of the members said she was a Northeastern migrant woman living in the largest favela in Latin America and stated that her mother worked hard to provide her with a better life. She wrote that her work on the profile also represented other people and expressed concern about what she considered a surrender of the state and the country to people who rejected her existence and that of those close to her. The group reported having suffered an attempted censorship the day before, when the profile was hacked. They said they continued to express their views on relevant topics and that the portal, created in 2023, had always shown its political stance. They also stated that they feared for their own safety and said that comments from people within the same fandom made them feel unwell and encouraged attacks from opponents of Lula's re-election. The group requested respect and stated that rights and futures were at stake, with no time for ego disputes. (translated)

Animetrends reported that Yoshihiro Togashi, the author of the manga *Hunter x Hunter*, announced that, due to physical and mental health issues, he would finish the work he had already committed to and reject new projects to focus on his own manuscripts. https://t.co/bE2YA6JLb2 #HunterXHunter #YoshihiroTogashi #Manga (translated)

Google has launched its first satellite of Project Suncatcher into space to test artificial intelligence chips and assess the feasibility of building space data centers, with future plans to connect multiple satellites to create an infrastructure of AI powered by solar energy. #Google #InteligenciaArtificial #Espacio (translated)

JH Fonseca stated that future interest rates had dropped almost 100 points with Flávio Bolsonaro winning the first round of the election. He said that on Saturday he had told Dani Marques that the mere expectation of a Flávio victory would be enough to lower interest rates, and attributed this reaction to her credibility. #JurosFuturos #Eleições2023 #FlávioBolsonaro (translated)