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Pope Leo XIV will undergo surgery in the coming days to remove a nodule from his lung, with the surgery scheduled at Gemelli Hospital in Rome and a recovery time expected to be one week, despite a planned trip to Latin America. #PapaLeãoXIV #Saúde #NotíciasInternacionais (translated)

A delegation from the Economics and Territorial Cohesion Commission of Portugal is on a ten-day visit to the United States, passing through three cities, with the goal of promoting economic diplomacy and establishing contacts in technology and innovation sectors, which has raised questions about the costs and the agenda of the trip. #DiplomaciaEconómica #InteligênciaArtificial #ViagemParlamentar (translated)

A Central LenaMiu Brasil published a conversation in which one participant said she would like to take a diving trip with the other, although she imagined that entering the water could take her out of her comfort zone. The second participant stated that she liked calm trips, without Wi-Fi, but that diving might be too much because of a phobia; she said she could join the excursion and rest on the boat. The first described diving trips as days without cell phone signal, with board games, meals, and dives. In the end, the hosts said they would be awaiting the trip to happen. #LenaMiuxMintLive https://t.co/PYNZkie3FC #Viagem #Mergulho #Felicidade (translated)

Løen - JURÍDICO CABEÇÃO NA FAZENDA suggested transforming PT material into an edited image with GPT and publishing it. He proposed that the image respond to complaints about the price of picanha with the phrase "it's tough, sleep," show more Janja on television, present his travels and reforms as essential, and highlight the economic achievements of Haddad. #política #economia #Brasil (translated)

Olympiacos FC announced that the full interview with Giovanni, which he associated with an unforgettable journey with the club, would be broadcast the next day at 14:00 (GR), exclusively on its official YouTube channel. It also called on the public to subscribe to the channel and follow the updates. #Ολυμπιακός #Ταξίδι #Συνέντευξη (translated)

Felipe Leme stated that the DCE of UFV had raised the necessary amount to fund students' travel to vote. According to him, members of the directory were campaigning for Lula on social media and in WhatsApp groups and conditioned the students' trip on their support for the candidate in the second round. Leme said that the organizer of the fundraising, identified as Caio, was also promoting the pro-Lula group. The author stated that the situation could constitute an electoral crime as it involved payment for voters to vote for a candidate supported by the organizers. He also questioned whether any donor had ties to the PT and asked to be sent cases that seemed irregular so that he could expand his outreach. #CrimeEleitoral #Eleições2024 #DCEUFV (translated)

Paulo Figueiredo criticized John Kiriakou for comments about alleged CIA interference in Brazil. According to Figueiredo, Kiriakou confused a conversation involving Jair Bolsonaro with another involving Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the source of the accusation would be Lula himself. The author also accused the press of promoting this version and acting in favor of the Brazilian president. Figueiredo stated that Kiriakou worked for Sputnik, a Russian state media outlet, and noted that the producer of the channel in the United States received a mandate from the Department of Justice to register as a foreign agent. He also mentioned a report from The New Republic that described Kiriakou as a former CIA agent who became a Russian propagandist. According to Figueiredo, Kiriakou claimed to have contractually guaranteed independence but did not present the document when requested. The author further cited reports from Kiriakou that he claimed were later corrected. He said Kiriakou stated that Abu Zubaydah confessed after a simulated drowning application, but documents indicated at least 83 applications in one month. Figueiredo added that ABC corrected the report and that Kiriakou clarified he did not witness the procedure. He also stated that Kiriakou acknowledged as false a claim that Hillary Clinton arranged a $20 million payment to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, linked to the Ukrainian church. Figueiredo also mentioned that Kiriakou pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 30 months in prison for revealing the identity of a CIA undercover agent. Regarding Brazilian politics, he asserted that the PT party was using the allegation of foreign interference to attempt to annul the opposing coalition in the Supreme Federal Court. In contrast, he noted that Lula met, outside of the official agenda, with Nikolai Patrushev, advisor to Vladimir Putin and former head of the FSB, and that Patrushev visited the NAM Atlântico, Brazil's largest warship. For Figueiredo, the press did not give equivalent coverage to these connections and to Kiriakou's work for Sputnik. #CIA #Lula #Bolsonaro (translated)

Leandro Ruschel criticized a report from Globo about a Brazilian actress detained by ICE in the United States. He stated that the text used the expression "out of status" instead of "illegal," and said that, according to his interpretation, the actress had lost the right to stay in the country about two years ago and had continued to remain there, which was why she had been arrested. Ruschel argued that this choice of words presented an infraction as a bureaucratic issue and the arrest as cruelty. Although he described the case as sad, he stated that the United States had immigration laws and that those who violated them assumed the risk of arrest and deportation. He accused the editorial team of using language to influence readers' perceptions and classified the approach as activism. #Imprensa #Jornalismo #Imigração (translated)

"Ukraine is today the most crucial military partner of Europe." Liliana Reis, an expert in international relations, argues that Merz's trip to Kyiv proves that Ukraine is now the most important strategic and military partner for the future of European defense. #Ucrânia #EleiçõesBrasil #RelaçõesInternacionais (translated)

Joaquin Teixeira Eterno contrasted a statement from 2022 about poor people being able to eat picanha and travel first class to Disney with a proposal from 2026 to cut their credit cards, justified by the intent to prevent them from going into debt. #pobreza #crédito #viagem (translated)

Father Gilson, from Som do Monte, said that he prayed the Holy Rosary with the followers on Friday, directly from the Diocese of Paulo Afonso, in Bahia. He stated that he had slept little after a long trip, but described the prayer as special and renewing, and said that the experience had been worthwhile. He also asked them to pray for him during his return home and asked the followers which moment had marked them the most. #SantoRosário #Oração #DiocesePauloAfonso (translated)

URGENT: The U.S. Embassy announced the suspension of consular services at its representations in Brazil starting this Friday, citing security concerns. This measure comes just two days before the Brazilian presidential election. According to Metrópoles, the American Embassy in Brasília was the target of a threat, and employees were advised not to report to work in person this Friday. The State Department confirmed that it is addressing the situation with Brazilian authorities, stating it is in "close cooperation" to handle security issues. The alert extends beyond the cancellation of visa services: American citizens needing emergency assistance have also been advised not to visit diplomatic facilities. So far, Washington has not revealed the nature of the threat, who might be behind it, or whether there is any connection to Sunday’s election. The U.S. has also not raised the general travel alert level for Brazil nor announced the withdrawal of diplomats. Therefore, a central question remains: what motivated such a measure just 48 hours before the Brazilian election? #Eleições2022 #Segurança #Diplomacia (translated)

Figures like Lula are very rare. Not only because he is the first president from the working class and the greatest popular leader in our history, but for everything he represents and for all the transformation he brought to this country. There is a Brazil before Lula and a Brazil after. Those who know this country, those who know history, know what I am talking about. I, from the Northeast, son of a bricklayer, living in a boarding house in my childhood, was doomed to repeat the sad trajectory of all those who preceded me. But in the middle of the way, there was Lula. And with him came the chance to become the first in my family to attend university. With him came the possibility for my family, who worked hard their whole lives and never achieved anything because the country didn’t provide opportunities, to ascend socially. With him came the own house, our first car, our first plane trip, our first international trip, our second apartment. This man changed my life. Changed the lives of tens of millions. Brought dignity, hope, and the right to dream for the workers of our country. I always say that Lula's contribution to Brazil is already made. He has already done much more than what is expected of a single man. A boy from the countryside who came out of misery, shining shoes in the streets, to become the reorganizer of the trade union movement, to lead the fight against the dictatorship, to become the president who took the country out of the hunger map and ended the scourge of drought. Lula is 80 years old. He should be resting. That baton should have been passed to us on the left a long time ago. But we didn't do it. And there he is again, at 80 years old, trying to save this country once more. An extraordinary figure, who owes nothing to the greatest fighters of the popular classes in recent centuries. I respect those who will vote for Hertz, Samara, Edmilson Costa. But frankly? I lament those who will miss the opportunity to vote, for the last time, for a giant of history of Lula's magnitude. The radical left will still recognize the greatness of this man. Probably only after he is no longer among us – as usually happens, by the way. But I am sure that the realization will eventually come. #Lula #História #JustiçaSocial (translated)

The U.S. Department of Justice arrested a Department of Energy employee, Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy, on suspicion of materially supporting the Houthis from Yemen, including purchasing materials for explosives and an unauthorized trip to the Yemeni capital. #EstadosUnidos #Iémen #FBI (translated)

“Itamaraty is 'at the service' of Lulinha's partner. O Globo and CNN reveal that the Brazilian Embassy in Madrid helped lobbyist Roberta Luchsinger, a friend of Fábio Luís Lula da Silva, Lulinha, in the search for schools in the Spanish capital. The Itamaraty confirmed the support: the then ambassador Orlando Leite Ribeiro met Luchsinger and Renata Abreu Moreira, Lulinha’s wife, at a commercial promotion event in September 2024, and the educational sector of the embassy provided school contacts. In January 2025 the diplomat stated he was 'entirely at their service.' Messages mention offers of people and vehicles; the ministry denies the use of official cars and classifies the assistance as routine for Brazilian citizens. Laughter. Luchsinger did not move. Lulinha moved last year and remains in Spain, according to the defense. The same column by Malu Gaspar had already noted that the lobbyist organized, according to the Federal Police, a trip worth R$ 1.8 million for Lulinha and the family to see the Northern Lights. Calling this 'routine assistance' is mockery. The embassy is not a concierge for a president's child or a lobbyist circulating around the family. Taxpayers fund representation abroad to defend national interests, not to create a school list in Madrid while the firstborn settles in Europe. It’s the same old pattern: the public at the service of the family's private interests, with an official note saying that there was no irregularity. The abuse of purpose is exposed. The little bearded ones at Itamaraty need to go!” #Itamaraty #Corrupção #Educação (translated)