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Simone Pitta: "With this first round you can see a consolidation of bolsonarism in Brazil"

Despite not having been in power in Brazil's last presidential period, and despite the allegations and convictions against former President Jair Bolsonaro for an attempted coup d'état, Bolsonarism managed to consolidate itself in the face of the elections on October 4. Now, Flávio Bolsonaro seeks to position himself as the new president of Brazil in a fight, in the shooting, with the current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. What does this triumph mean for the electorate following Bolsonaro? We analyzed it with Simone Pitta, a lawyer and doctor in political science at the University of the Andes.

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The work apocalypse of the IA is postponed (for now)

Experts see more qualitative changes (job conversion, difficulties for young people) than quantitative (mass redundancies), despite the cadastropist predictions of industry, and alert to the rise of inequality

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Spain: Government drives new decrees to face housing crisis

After days of protests and mobilizations in the Puerta del Sol in the case of Maricarren, the Government adopted two housing decrees that include the extension of protection against certain evictions until 2030, the regulation of seasonal and room rentals, and measures to stop the speculative purchase of housing by so-called "vulture funds" until 2028. In addition, there is an automatic renewal of some rental contracts and other measures in favour of tenants. Now, the decrees must be validated by Congress in a plenary session.

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Guterres says goodbye to the UN and opens the race for the new general secretariat

On 22 September, António Guterres presented his last speech as Secretary-General of the United Nations. Guterres succeeded in the post of South Korean Ban Ki-moon in 2016, following a historic process that, for the first time, included public hearings and discussions among the candidates. Now, the career for the secretariat is disputed between Rebeca Grynspan, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Olara Otunnu, among others.