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Brazil will officially join the lawsuit that South Africa is bringing against Israel at the United Nations (UN) International Court of Justice. The South African government, successor to the apartheid regime, accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. Brazil will be a third party in the case.
A Brazilian diplomat told the column that Brazil considers that Israel “is making it clear that it will continue to disregard diplomacy, doing whatever it wants against Palestinian civilians”. According to him, this is happening not only in Gaza but also in the West Bank, “which has never had anything to do with Hamas”.
That's why “the time has come” to act on other fronts. The decision is likely to generate reactions from Israel and has the potential to aggravate the US government's attacks on Brazil. It is believed that the Brazilian government was already going to join South Africa's lawsuit against Israel, but that it was accelerated by the attacks of the US government and Trump against Brazilian sovereignty, the Brazilian government and the Brazilian people.
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The Change the Channel thing or the abuse?
CW: Suicide and SA
As far as I know Jewario killed himself in 2014 after being fired because heremovedd someone in 2013 and was fired from CA, iirc, he had a history of sexual harassment and the CA staff covered up, or didn't bother doing much.
As for the Change the Channel people, in the end Linkara and a lot of them ended up revealing themselfs as very unlikable people with huge egos. A lot of what they said was true and Doug lost credibility (also because Doug killed the nostalgia critic in some of his shitty movies, only for later on to ressurect the character).
Nowadays Doug mostly retired all characters except for the Critic (I think the Hobo Reviews was fucking up with his voice) and he continues to make his cringe reviews, and he seems to know they're very cringe but he seems happy making them (at least a lot more happier than James who feels like he's being forced at gun point to make AVGN).
jokes aside I've never watched the critic
Doug seemed to have embraced the cringe and he seems genuinely more happy now with his crew just doing cringe silly stuff for his critic videos. While he also does some more serious reviews that is just him talking to the camera without the critic stuff.
the nerd has just been in a downfall. im not into the lolcow hate watchers he has but it's just apparent that he doesn't give a damn and just wants to do minimal work on his videos as much as possible so i stopped watching.
Yea, 5 years ago he did improve a lot and seemed to have returned back to a more detailed videos (like his earthbound and polybius ones) but then he gave up again because whatever. I still find weird that there are people out there angry that he doesn't act like he did back when he was 25.
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Trump toughens US policy on Cuba and orders restrictions on tourism and financial transactions. A memorandum signed by the US president on the 30th calls for a review of US policy on the island; a US economic embargo in force since 1960 is reinforced.
In the memo, Trump states that the reviews should focus on Cuba's treatment of dissidents, policies targeting dissidents and restricting financial transactions that “disproportionately benefit the Cuban government, military, intelligence, or security agencies at the expense of the Cuban people”. The prohibitions apply to direct or indirect financial transactions with entities controlled by the Cuban Army, such as Gaesa and its subsidiaries. The exception is for transactions that benefit the United States or “support the Cuban people”.
In a possible significant change, the order said the US should look for ways to shut down all tourism on the island and restrict educational tours to groups organized and run by US citizens only. Tourism to Cuba was banned, but was relaxed in some cases during the Biden administration.
The move comes as no surprise, given that Trump had already stated that he plans to revoke sanctions relief and other penalties on Cuba, instituted during the terms of Democratic presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden. In the days before he left office, Biden had moved to revoke the US designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism. Trump's memo “supports the economic embargo on Cuba and opposes calls in the United Nations and other international forums for its end,” according to the administration.
The Trump administration also added Cuba to the list of seven countries facing tighter visitor restrictions and revoked temporary legal protections for some 300,000 Cubans that shielded them from deportation. The White House also announced visa restrictions for Cuban and foreign government employees involved in Cuban medical missions, which Secretary of State Marco Rubio called “forced labor.”
In an interview with the Associated Press this month, Cuba's deputy foreign minister, Carlos Fernández de Cossio, accused the United States of trying to discredit the medical missions and criticized the reversal of the policy of welcoming Cubans to the US. Rubio, whose family left Cuba in the 1950s, before the communist revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power, has long been an advocate of sanctions on the communist island.
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Former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari dies at age 82 - CNN
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Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, a former military general who campaigned on rooting out government corruption, has died at age 82, the presidential press office said in a statement on Sunday.
He died in London at about 4:30 p.m. after a “prolonged illness,” according to the statement.
Nigeria’s current president Bola Ahmed Tinubu offered his condolences to Buhari’s wife and ordered his vice president to travel to the UK to accompany Buhari’s body back to Nigeria.
Tinubu hailed Buhari’s legacy as “a patriot, a soldier, a statesman” with a “deep commitment to the unity and progress” of his country.
“He stood firm through the most turbulent times, leading with quiet strength, profound integrity, and an unshakable belief in Nigeria’s potential. He championed discipline in public service, confronted corruption head-on, and placed the country above personal interest at every turn,” Tinubu said.
Buhari was elected president in 2015 after running unsuccessfully three times. He was re-elected for another four-year term in 2019.
A former general who first came to power in a 1983 military coup only to be overthrown by another military coup two years later, Buhari will be remembered for his strong anti-corruption agenda in a country famously described as “fantastically corrupt” by former British prime minister David Cameron. Others laud his tough stance against the Boko Haram insurgency and security issues that plagued the northeast of the country for years.
A Fulani Muslim, he was born in Daura, Katsina state in Nigeria’s northern province in December 1942 and completed military training in Kaduna state, Great Britain, India and the United States.
He first came into political prominence in 1975 after a military coup that overthrew then-ruler Yakubu Gowon. Buhari was made military governor of Borno state – a state plagued by Boko Haram.
Buhari, who was married twice and has ten children, was part of Nigeria’s ruling establishment both as a military ruler and later a “reformed democrat” as he called himself during the 2015 election campaign, which he won by a landslide.
Nigerians lined the streets celebrating his victory; however, the honeymoon didn’t last long as many believed he squandered his goodwill by being too slow in his presidential actions.
He took six months to appoint ministers to his cabinet and then failed to act quickly to tackle the country’s economic crises, which was in part brought about by a weak currency and falling global oil prices.
For months, Buhari refused to devalue Nigeria’s falling currency, the naira, and weakened investor confidence. This further led to a gulf between the official and black market exchange rate.
According to economic analyst Bismarck Rewane, one of Buhari’s failings was his limited understanding of modern economics and markets policies, which plunged the country into recession. This lack of understanding was rooted in paranoia and suspicion after he was overthrown during his first military rule, according to Rewane.
He said: “In 1983, Buhari felt he was swindled when he was asked by the IMF to devalue the Naira and remove subsidy. Three weeks later there was a coup against him. Since then he has been suspicious of free market policies and he took a long time to do things. When he did do them, the impact was too little too late and not optimal.”
Rewane, who met President Buhari several times on the campaign trail and gave him some policy advice after his victory, says Buhari will be remembered as a “strong and principled leader.”
“He was a very unique governor,” Rewane told CNN. “Some people will say he was rigid, he didn’t shift when he believed in something. But I see that as a good thing. He had a strength of character is very rare in this part of this world. People here are too flexible and corrupted.”
Buhari’s first term was characterized by war on many fronts, including the Boko Haram insurgency, the secessionist pro-Biafra movement in the east of Nigeria and rampaging Fulani herdsmen across Nigeria.
Despite growing concerns around the country’s security situation, Buhari was reelected in 2019. During his second term, furious protests against police brutality erupted across the country, decrying reported incidents of kidnapping, harassment, and extortion by a controversial police unit.
Buhari vowed to do more to fight militant groups and fix the economy as the demonstrations turned deadly and continued to simmer for the remainder of his presidency.
In his final UN speech in 2022, Buhari criticized the “corrosive” effect” of fellow leaders who extend term limits to cling to power. The next year, he praised his successor and fellow party member Tinubu as “the best person for the job.”
James Carter Cathcart, a voice actor who portrayed some of the most memorable characters in the “Pokémon” franchise and became a familiar presence in several other popular animated series, died on Tuesday in the Bronx. He was 71. His wife, Martha Jacobi, said in a social media post that he died in a hospital.
Voice actress Erica Schroeder reported on Thursday that fellow voice actor and script adaptor James Carter Cathcart has died. Cathcart's wife Martha Jacobi had announced in January 2023 that he had been diagnosed with an advanced form of throat cancer. Cathcart voiced several characters in the Pokémon anime such as Professor Oak, his grandson Gary, and Team Rocket's James and Meowth. Cathart had been involved in the franchise since its first episode. He had also worked as a script adaptor for many TV series and films in the franchise.
Aside from Pokémon, Cathcart (who also goes by the names Jimmy Zoppi, Billy Beach, and Carter Cathcart) also voiced the character of Miki Kaoru in Revolutionary Girl Utena, Cyniclons Tarb in Tokyo Mew Mew, Dilgear and others in The Slayers, Weevil Underwood in the 2000 Yu Gi Oh! anime, Kumi's Borg in Alien Nine, Sir Gallant in Kirby: Right Back At Ya!, and Butchie in One Piece.
Trump put tariffs on Canada, Mexico and the European Union. And they all negotiate with him beforehand. Trump accused Canada of worsening the opioid addiction epidemic in the US and taxed the country +35%; Mexico too, Trump accused Mexico of collaborating with its drug cartels to target the US. +30% tariffs. Meanwhile, he taxed Europe +30% for not opening businesses in the US.
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Russia also defended Brazil and took a swipe at the US. A day after Trump announced a 50% surcharge on Brazilian products, Russia's deputy foreign minister, Serguei Riabkov, suggested that the BRICS could expand even further According to Riabkov, partner countries such as Bolivia, Cuba, Malaysia, Vietnam and others can bring “added value” to the bloc and strengthen the multilateral front. The speech was seen as a diplomatic response to US tariffs, which are trying to isolate Brazil and attack the BRICS for geopolitical reasons. With the bloc more united, Brazil gains support against US blackmail.
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Does this seem absolutely insane to anybody else? It might be the weed I may have just now, but this realization blew my mind
Tbh, this sort of happened in Venezuela. The Venezuelan Elite/Bourgeois did everything possible to remove Chavez, a military coup, a legislative coup and even a general strike organized by the gusano-aligned trade unions. When Chavez's goverment, and his supporters, survived all these attempts, from 2002/3 forward a part of the Bourgeoisie decided to ally themself with the Chavista goverments. The USA and Right-Wing in Venezuela nicknamed them Bolibourgeoisie
Lots of Venezuelan, Colombian and Syrian Bankers and Businessmen helped Maduro and Chavez deal with the sanctions and crisis. Pretty sure the family that owns Globovisión is very pro-Chavismo (Which reminds me of Ricardo Belmont in Peru, who owns Viva TV and several radio stations. He used to be a neoliberal, but since 2019 he has become a big fan of AMLO and has decided to adopt a more center-left position. He was very close to Pedro Castillo's government and used his radio stations to support Castillo).
Lula makes fun of Bolsonaro and says tariffs are based on “lies”. During an event in Espírito Santo about the Mariana dam, the PT leader made fun of what was supposed to be a conversation between Eduardo Bolsonaro and Donald Trump, with the former pleading for his father's freedom.
"So I want to say, with all due respect to President Trump, you are misinformed, very misinformed. The United States does not have a trade deficit with Brazil. It is Brazil that has a trade deficit with the United States. Just so you have an idea, in 15 years, between trade and services, we have a deficit of 410 billion dollars with the United States. It's up to us to tax him. Now, what is the reason he gives for taxing us? Firstly, he's fighting a lie that the United States doesn't have a deficit with Brazil. Secondly, what is his logic?
[Lula does a voice mimicking Trump]: "Oh, pwease don't presecute Bolsonaro, pwease stops this immediately. Stop this immediately!"
[Lula returns to his normal voice]: Because the 'thing' [Jair Bolsonaro] sent a son [Eduardo Bolsonaro] who was a congressman away from the Congress to go there and ask:
[Lula does a childish voice mimicking Eduardo]: “Hey, Trump, for God's sake, Trump, my free my daddy, don't let my daddy be arrested, bwaah bwaah”.
[Lula returns to his normal voice]: These people need to be ashamed of themselves. Be ashamed of yourself, be ashamed of yourself, because the smallest thing in a man, he has no character. You saw his son on the internet yesterday reading a letter:
[Lula does a childish voice mimicking Eduardo]: "'Oh, Trump, Trump' you know? 'Pwease say you won't tax Brazil, if my father isn't arrested.' What kind of man is this, folks? What kind of man is this who has no shame? Shouldn't he be facing his trial head on and proving that he was innocent [instead of doing this]?"
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