floods in spain:

https://xcancel.com/WxNB_/status/1851375012688658443

“Sometimes a tug on the ear is a compliment,” said a Brazilian diplomatic source. On Wednesday, Caracas complained to the Brazilian chargé d'affaires about statements made by Celso Amorim, Lula's advisor, and Brazil's stance on the neighboring country's entry into the BRICS.

The Brazilian government believes that the crisis will soon cool down and relations will improve. Next year Brazil should take over the leadership of the BRICS, and by then it's possible that Venezuela will join the bloc.

Regarding the situation of the Argentine embassy in Venezuela, a country that has broken off relations with Venezuela and is under Brazilian control, it should remain the same. While the Brazilian government negotiates the arrest of Bolsonaro supporters who have fled to Argentina.

Maduro's recent comments have been seen as an attempt to shift the blame away from Lula and onto some diplomat, to avoid friction between the two leaders. Maduro also believes he is an ally of the Brazilian government, but members of the Brazilian government are trying to influence decisions against Venezuela.

In a demonstration of good relations, Russia has guaranteed the presidency of the BRICS Bank to former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, who will serve another term. The Venezuelan government is keen to join this bank to avoid US sanctions. The Brazilian government accused the Carter Center of acting with a bias in favor of the United States, because it did not have enough observers to confirm with complete certainty whether or not there was fraud in the Venezuelan elections. The Brazilian government also criticized the United States for imposing new sanctions and criticized the opposition for not presenting proof that it won the elections and for refusing to participate in negotiations with the government.

Seems like Maduro is pushing the blame to some guy named Eduardo Paes Saboia (he is unrelated to the Liberal Mayor of Rio de Janeiro and Ally of Lula). Maduro stopped talking about Lula in his recent note, idk if they talked via phone recently. I found a picture of this guy with Vtubers lol, he worked at the Brazilian Embassy in Japan for sometime, maybe this was because Japan and Brazil sigined a mutual free-visa agreement?

Road blockade in Virú on the Panamericana Norte, connecting Trujillo to Lima. Peruvians are protesting a wave of crime and insecurity that the U.S. backed right wing coup regime does nothing to curb.

Peruvian National Police (PNP) firing live shots to disperse protesters in Valle de Dios, Chao in the North of Perú. Will the US backed coup regime once again commit another massacre at the hands of SOUTHCOM trained armed forces?

Illegally ousted and detained President of Perú Pedro Castillo sending his solidarity to one of his biggest supporters since the US backed coup, Evo Morales.

The Mythology Behind the Grameen Bank

We look at the history of Bangladesh's New Leader Mohammed Yunus

Esha Krishnaswamy

The day after the color revolution in Bangladesh, Mohammed Yunus, founder of the Grameen bank, a darling of the west, and a favorite of the Clinton foundation was coronated as “Chief advisor” to the new interim government. To understand the man, and how he will govern in Bangladesh, it is important to understand his history.

Before occupying his newest role as Bangladeshi Juan Guaido, Mohammed Yunus rose to fame in the 1990s, for his Grameen bank, a bank whose purpose was to give micro-loans to poor people. It eventually expanded to create a cottage industry with his Grameen Telecom, Grameen Fisheries, Grameen Danone Food and more!

In his effort to promote the Grameen Bank, Mohammed Yunus has made outrageous claims about his micro-loan program. He once said, “Poverty will be eradicated in a generation. Our children will have to go to a `poverty museum’ to see what all the fuss was about."

Even after 40 years of founding his ‘revolutionary’ institution, Bangladesh remains as poor as ever with 71.4% of the population living on less than $5.50 a day, while 1.3 million children are engaged in child labor. Sadly, people in Bangladesh experience poverty first-hand, and life, itself, is the poverty museum.

However, if we look at articles and literature on the Grameen Bank in the West, it mostly consists of hagiographies and repetition of outlandish claims made by Mohammed Yunus. A cursory examination proves that it is anything but a poverty relief program and the only thing these micro-loans guarantee is that their borrowers will take on more predatory loans.

The theory of micro-lending goes something like this: Give an impoverished, destitute villager 10,000 Takas as a loan. They will use that money to open up a Bhel Puri stand (or something similar), and then, with the income they generate from the Bhel Puri stand, they would not only repay the loan, but they will lift themselves out of poverty using their Bhel Puri straps.

More "evidence" of DPRK soldiers in Ukraine from ROK/banderite nazis/US

https://xcancel.com/brane_mija64426/status/1852068149610582130#m

IOF loser getting sniped:
https://xcancel.com/TVFreePalestine/status/1853119955404742936

All the analysts are saying that Israel's attack on Iran failed. They had 100 airplanes in the air.

Iranian air defense (with the help of Russia) is really good. Better than Israel's. And Iran also has better missiles as well!

Moldovan Runoff elections today, Pro-EU Sandu vs Pro-Russia Stoianoglo

I think Sandu will win by something within a 5-10% margin,but who knows

Ballots are still being cast as we speak

https://x.com/GUAN_FAHRANZAYD/status/1850253566855832016

Good twitter thread about the algerian missiles program. For anyone that is interested. It is in Arabic.

Denmark’s Air Force is unable to meet NATO's demand for troop transport due to a shortage of operational EH101 helicopters, and has seen itself forced to prioritize domestic search-and-rescue missions instead. With outdated equipment and maintenance delays due to parts shortages, Denmark can barely sustain its own search-and-rescue capabilities, let alone fulfill ever-increasinsing NATO demands. Major General Jan Dam has highlighted the strain on the Air Force, stressing the difficulty in maintaining even minimal operations with the aging fleet.

• Source: DR (state media), October 28th 2024

There is something morbidly funny to me in the Zionist line that Yahya Sinwar "died like a dog." Basically just confessing that they regularly kill dogs using drone surveillance and tank shells.

It never looks quite good to compare the killing of your enemies to killing a dog, but if you're gonna use it it needs to be embarrassing for the victim and not your own side, like death by starvation or just plain execution.

Good thread if anyone missed it. What is fascism? Is modern fascism distinct from Mussolini fascism?

(link is to a Hexbear post)