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[Watch Party] Escape from New York (1981), Monday 18th August, 8pm US EDT
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I consigli di Montanelli all’ambasciatrice statunitense
Diversi [nel 1953, cone le elezioni politiche caratterizzate dalla legge maggioritaria ribatezzata “legge truffa”] erano i problemi di cui si doveva tenere conto e che complicavano l’ipotesi di un annuncio apparentemente senza problemi. Innanzitutto era indispensabile valutare l’impatto che avrebbe avuto sui partiti laici di centro, non entusiasti di un sistema troppo concentrato nelle mani della Dc e penalizzante per gli alleati minori. C’era poi una questione tempistica. In parlamento si stava già discutendo l’abrogazione della legge elettorale, quindi l’annuncio andava fatto in tempi ragionevoli e con dati precisi alla mano. Da ultimo, come si diceva, la perplessità di De Gasperi relativa alla nuova composizione di Camera e Senato non accompagnata da una issue d’impatto sull’elettorato. Si riferiva, più di ogni altra cosa, a Trieste, come annotava la signora Luce [ambasciatrice in Italia degli Stati Uniti] in chiusura di conversazione. E la questione, nel caso in cui fosse stata risolta, avrebbe potuto davvero imprimere un corso diverso agli eventi: “Quando [De Gasperi] mi accompagnò alla porta, mi chiese se sarei andata a casa per Natale. Dissi che speravo di sì. Poi, stringendomi la mano, affermò: ‘se il vostro Paese riuscirà a dare Trieste a questo governo per Natale, noi potremo farvi il regalo di annunciare che abbiamo ricontato i voti e vinto le elezioni di giugno, per poi cominciare la controversia coi comunisti. In quel caso potremmo avere qualche possibilità di vincere le future elezioni’ ” <59. Trieste, com’è noto, non tornò italiana quell’anno. Da un lato, i tempi non erano ancora maturi e, dall’altro, prevalse il senso di responsabilità di fronte a risultati e ad un parlamento ormai funzionante e legittimato <60.
#1953 #AlcideDeGasperi #ambasciatrice #caso #ClareBootheLuce #elezioni #FedericoRobbe #IndroMontanelli #legge #politiche #questione #StatiUniti #Trieste #truffa
«Le elezioni non sono andate proprio a male – commentava la Luce usando un’immagine “gastronomica” – ma certamente si sono un po’ inacidite. Non offrono presagi luminosi per la nostra linea politica sulla Nato» <61. L’ambasciatrice accusava la stampa americana di aver dato un peso eccessivo al suo intervento di Milano: i giornali avevano fornito «immagini distorte e fuori dal contesto», dimenticando che solo la destra monarchico-fascista aveva esplicitamente attaccato il suo discorso <62. La conferenza del 28 maggio alla Camera di commercio di Milano è stata spesso ritenuta emblematica dell’interventismo della Luce, poiché in quella sede minacciò gravi conseguenze per il sostegno all’Italia in caso di vittoria di una delle ali estreme <63. Una tale interpretazione della vicenda, però, suscita a qualche perplessità. Esternazioni del genere non erano una novità per la diplomazia americana: John Foster Dulles in Germania aveva espresso sostanzialmente gli stessi concetti <64. Tuttavia, quelle di Milano risultarono sgradite al Dipartimento di Stato, che aveva espressamente chiesto alla Luce di non rilasciare dichiarazioni e tenere un basso profilo <65. In più, pochi giorni prima del discorso era stata la stessa ambasciatrice a fare considerazioni analoghe sui pericoli di un’eccessiva ingerenza statunitense. Scrivendo a Ferguson, amico personale nonché influente senatore repubblicano, aveva affermato che gli elementi antiamericani in Italia stavano «ansiosamente cercando prove di interferenza o pressione americana» <66.
In questo frangente, non è azzardato ipotizzare l’influenza di una personalità importante con cui Clare Luce aveva stretto un rapporto di amicizia privilegiato: Indro Montanelli. Poco prima della partenza per l’Italia, Mrs. Luce aveva ricevuto una lettera del giornalista toscano, suo amico di lunga data <67. Augurandole un magnifico successo, che sarebbe stato «un gran bene per i due paesi», Montanelli così si rivolgeva alla Signora: «Spero di non trovarla delusa dei miei compatrioti, del loro (apparente) cinismo, della loro (superficiale) immoralità. Comunque, li affronti con coraggio, qualche volta con insolenza, e sempre con assoluta spregiudicatezza. Gl’italiani vanno pazzi per queste virtù, forse perché non conoscono la Virtù vera» <68.
Pare proprio che l’ambasciatrice abbia seguito alla lettera i consigli del giornalista, a cui tra l’altro chiedeva, a conferma del rapporto di fiducia tra i due, un elenco di persone da incontrare a Roma. Montanelli le consigliò alcuni «manipolatori dell’opinione pubblica [sic]» <69. Da neofita della diplomazia e da scarsa conoscitrice del nostro Paese, Mrs. Luce doveva affidarsi necessariamente a qualcuno che la introducesse ai pregi e ai difetti del popolo italiano. Montanelli fu il suo “Cicerone” prima della partenza, dato che avevano passato molto tempo insieme a New York <70. Ma continuò ad essere una figura di riferimento molto ascoltata anche in Italia, suggerendo perfino vie d’uscita
extraparlamentari. Non fu perciò solo una concezione semplicistica e grossolana della politica e della capacità americana di influenzare l’Italia a dettare il tenore dell’intervento di Milano a una settimana dal voto. Pesarono, come spesso accade, rapporti di amicizia, situazioni contingenti e tanti dubbi. Dubbi che, da quanto risulta dalla documentazione, rimasero in Clare Boothe Luce fino alla fine, facendo conoscere aspetti finora trascurati dell’ambasciatrice come, appunto, i tormenti sulle decisioni da prendere.
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59 Memorandum of conversation, C.B. Luce, A. De Gasperi, November 21, 1953, NARA, RG 84, Italy, U.S. Embassy, Rome, Records of Clare Boothe Luce 1955-1957, Lot File 64F26 (d’ora in poi RG 84, CBL), Box 4, f. Memoranda of conversations ’53.
60 Pietro Ingrao, tra gli altri, ha sottolineato la correttezza di De Gasperi e Scelba nel prendere atto dei risultati, si veda C. Rodotà, Storia della legge truffa, cit., p. 105; M.S. Piretti, La legge truffa, cit., pp. 210-211.
61 C.B. Luce to C.D. Jackson (Special Assistant to the President), June 19, 1953, FRUS, 1952-54, VI, pt. 2, pp. 1612-13. Si veda L. Nuti, Gli Stati Uniti e l’apertura a sinistra, cit., p. 7.
62 C.B. Luce to C.D. Jackson, cit., pp. 1612-13.
63 M. Del Pero, Gli Stati Uniti e la «guerra psicologica», cit., p. 977; A. Brogi, L’Italia e l’egemonia americana, cit., p. 74. Per il testo integrale del discorso in lingua originale si veda LOC, CBLP, Box 686, f. 4, May 28, 1953. Sulle varie reazioni della stampa italiana si vedano Wide press comments on Ambassador Luce’s speech, Italian press highlights n. 229, prepared by Mutual Security Agency and United States Information Service, May 30-31, June 1, 1953, DDEL, JFD Papers, 1951-59, General correspondence and memoranda series, Box 2, f. Strictly confidential – L (4); Italian elections, C. Norberg (Acting Deputy Assistant Director, PSB) to Acting Director (Office of Coordination, PSB), May 29, 1953, DDEL, WH Office, NSC Staff Papers 1953-1961, PSB Central File Series, Box 13, f. PSB 091 Italy (3).
64 Dulles mise in guardia i tedeschi sulla pericolosità di votare i socialdemocratici, M. Del Pero, American Pressures and their Containment in Italy during the Ambassadorship of Clare Boothe Luce, 1953-1956, «Diplomatic History», vol. 28, n. 3, june 2004, p. 418.
65 M. Del Pero, Stati Uniti e “legge truffa”, cit., p. 505; M. Del Pero, L’alleato scomodo, cit., p. 186. Significativo, inoltre, il fatto che la Luce ricevette il plauso dell’armatore genovese Ernesto Fassio, che non nascose le simpatie per il ventennio fascista ma fu sempre assai critico verso il Msi, si veda LOC, CBLP, Box 603, f. Fa-Fea 1953.
66 C.B. Luce (Ambassador in Italy) to H.S. Ferguson (Republican Senator), May 11, 1953, NARA, RG 59, Subject files relating to Italian Affairs, 1944-1956, Lot File 58D357, Box 11, f. 380.02 Emigration 1951-54.
67 Il giornalista trasse da un incontro-intervista del 21 marzo a New York l’articolo Clare Luce, «Corriere della Sera», 7 aprile 1953. Si veda il commento nel diario di Montanelli, citato in S. Gerbi, R. Liucci, Lo stregone. La prima vita di Indro Montanelli, Einaudi, Torino, 2006, p. 295.
68 I. Montanelli a C.B. Luce, 31 marzo 1953, LOC, CBLP, Box 606, f. 3 Mod-Mon 1953.
69 I. Montanelli a C.B. Luce, s.d. ma tra il 21 marzo, quando i due si incontrano, e il 31 marzo 1953, data in cui Montanelli ringrazia per l’approvazione dell’articolo destinato al «Corriere», LOC, CBLP, Box 606, f. Mod-Mon 1953. Altro segno della stima reciproca tra i due è un passaggio di un memorandum del 1954, in cui la Luce enumera le tante volte (sei in venti mesi) in cui si è incontrata con il giornalista, definito «un profeta di inevitabili sventure». Al sostantivo «profeta» è abbinato l’aggettivo inesistente «voluable», non è chiaro se la parola originale fosse «valuable» (prezioso) o «voluble» (loquace). Si veda Memorandum of conversation, I. Montanelli, C.B. Luce, November 20, 1954,
NARA, RG 84, CBL, Box 4, f. Memoranda of conversations ’54.
70 È Montanelli ad affermare di essere amico di Mrs. Luce «da molto prima che lei diventasse ambasciatrice in Italia», si veda Una gladio in borghese, Intervista a Indro Montanelli di M.G. Rossi e M. Del Pero, «Italia contemporanea», settembre 1998, n. 212, p. 647.
Federico Robbe, Gli Stati Uniti e la Destra italiana negli anni Cinquanta, Tesi di dottorato, Università degli Studi di Milano, Anno accademico 2009-2010 -
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Today, we remember Guevara of Gaza, Mohammed Al-Aswad, on the 51st anniversary of his martyrdom.
Mohammed was 13 years old when Marxist revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara paid his first visit to the Gaza Strip that was, at the time, administered by Egypt.
Little did he know that he will become a resistance icon and nicknamed “Gaza’s Guevara” for his tremendous role in the resistance against the occupation in Gaza and his continuous revolt against injustice and colonialism, as well as his ability to hide and confuse the enemy.
Originally, Mohammed al-Aswad, or “Gaza’s Guevara” was born in the coastal city of Haifa in 1946. Later, the boy and his family sought refuge after they were displaced from their city as a result of the 1948 Nakba and eventually ended up in a refugee camp in Gaza.
Al-Aswad grew up to become a resistance activist against the Zionist regime and was jailed for two years. After his release in 1970, he joined the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and gradually got promoted to commander of the PFLP military wing in the Gaza Strip.
During that time, he focused on training and educating resistance forces, as well as organizing demonstrations and strikes against the occupation, applying Martyr Bassel al-Araj’s doctrine: “If you don’t want to be engaged (in fighting oppression), your intellect is pointless.”
His integrity made Moshe Dayan, former occupation Minister of Security, say, “We run Gaza by day, and Guevara and his comrades run it at night.”
In one operation a group of his comrades stormed an area besieged by the regime, targeting it with explosives and machine gun fire, killing four Zionist soldiers and injuring many others. This operation occurred in full view of the besieged Palestinians, forced the occupation to retreat, and broke the siege.
He wrote, “I cannot stand the sight of our people suffering the horrors of the terrible occupation and remain silent. I can’t wait; I can’t stand it. I desire to hit them and hit them. No, rather, I desire to destroy and destroy this enemy in every place.
We can only prove our existence by action, not by words.”
Two years later, on March 9th of 1973, the occupation located Guevara after four years of chasing him. They besieged him in Gaza with hundreds of soldiers, tanks, and planes. Guevara did not falter. He and his two comrades—Kamel Al-Asmi and Abdulhadi Al-Hayek—emerged ready to battle and refusing to surrender. All three were martyred. Moshe Dayan himself came to Gaza to ensure that Guevara, the nightmare that haunted the zionists, was truly martyred.
Three years later, “Gaza’s Guevara” was martyred during a heroic battle in the Strip.
Ernesto Che Guevara’s visit to Gaza
Martyr Mohammed al-Aswad’s story is vivid proof of the significant and strong relationship between Che Guevara and the Palestinian cause, which Gaza has become the symbol of.
In fact, Che Guevara’s visit to the Strip on June 18, 1959, at the invitation of the late Egyptian President and leader Gamal Abdel-Nasser, came to establish a state of solidarity and harmony between Cuba and the Palestinian cause.
His visit to Gaza transformed the cause from regional to global and reflected his famous phrase: “Solidarity is a condition that must always be practiced.”
The occupation of Palestine and the systematic ethnic cleansing against its population triggered the establishment of Palestinian Resistance forces and the emergence of freedom fighters, legitimized by Abdel-Nasser, who was considered a leader against colonialism and imperialism.
To break the determination and resilience of the Resistance, occupation forces, led by Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister from 2001 till 2006, continuously attacked the Gaza Strip and its refugee camps, committing horrible massacres against many Palestinians and Egyptian soldiers, with no reaction from the international community that simply turned a blind eye to the atrocities.
A historic visit by all means
Che’s visit came in support of Palestinian national liberation and revolutionary movements against imperialism and colonization.
It was an exceptional visit that was met enthusiastically by resistance leaders and Palestinians.
He was accompanied to al-Bureij Camp, where Zionist committed some of the most horrible massacres, and saw the poverty and hardship that Palestinians were living in, advised Palestinian leaders to pursue the path of resistance, which they tread through their people’s resilience and steadfastness.
During the visit, he addressed the camp leader Mustafa Abu Midyan, saying, “You should show me what you have done to liberate your country. Where are the training camps? Where are the arms manufacturing factories? Where are the people’s mobilization centers?” With these words, Guevara was trying to lay out the foundations necessary for any resistance movement.
At the same time, he urged Palestinian refugees to continue their struggle in order to liberate their land from the occupation, offering to supply the Palestinian resistance with arms and training.
And the impact still echoes
Following the historic visit, Cuba offered scholarships, granted citizenships, and organized many conferences all in support of Palestine and the Palestinian people.
In addition, the island of Cuba was one of the first countries to recognize the Palestine Liberation Organization when it was founded in 1964.
Soon after his visit, the Marxist doctor became an icon for the Palestinian resistance and fighters and a symbol of revolution, especially for leftist movements.
Hasta Siempre
On this occasion, on the 54th anniversary of his martyrdom, it goes without saying that Che’s resistance, integrity, and solidarity is what we are in need of to liberate the oppressed nations, such as Palestine, Yemen, and any country in the world from Western imperialism, colonialism, and military occupation. His memory still brings forth devoted revolutionary resistance figures such “Gaza’s Guevara”, Mohammed al-Aswad.
Armed with his forwardness and valor, he would have been on the frontlines in Gaza fighting the Israeli siege. He would have been digging, using a tool as simple as a spoon, alongside the other six, the freedom tunnel that liberates the whole of Palestine from the operators of the Gilboa Prison.
source: Resistance News Network, Al Mayadeen
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Today, we remember Guevara of Gaza, Mohammed Al-Aswad, on the 51st anniversary of his martyrdom.
Mohammed was 13 years old when Marxist revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara paid his first visit to the Gaza Strip that was, at the time, administered by Egypt.
Little did he know that he will become a resistance icon and nicknamed “Gaza’s Guevara” for his tremendous role in the resistance against the occupation in Gaza and his continuous revolt against injustice and colonialism, as well as his ability to hide and confuse the enemy.
Originally, Mohammed al-Aswad, or “Gaza’s Guevara” was born in the coastal city of Haifa in 1946. Later, the boy and his family sought refuge after they were displaced from their city as a result of the 1948 Nakba and eventually ended up in a refugee camp in Gaza.
Al-Aswad grew up to become a resistance activist against the Zionist regime and was jailed for two years. After his release in 1970, he joined the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and gradually got promoted to commander of the PFLP military wing in the Gaza Strip.
During that time, he focused on training and educating resistance forces, as well as organizing demonstrations and strikes against the occupation, applying Martyr Bassel al-Araj’s doctrine: “If you don’t want to be engaged (in fighting oppression), your intellect is pointless.”
His integrity made Moshe Dayan, former occupation Minister of Security, say, “We run Gaza by day, and Guevara and his comrades run it at night.”
In one operation a group of his comrades stormed an area besieged by the regime, targeting it with explosives and machine gun fire, killing four Zionist soldiers and injuring many others. This operation occurred in full view of the besieged Palestinians, forced the occupation to retreat, and broke the siege.
He wrote, “I cannot stand the sight of our people suffering the horrors of the terrible occupation and remain silent. I can’t wait; I can’t stand it. I desire to hit them and hit them. No, rather, I desire to destroy and destroy this enemy in every place.
We can only prove our existence by action, not by words.”
Two years later, on March 9th of 1973, the occupation located Guevara after four years of chasing him. They besieged him in Gaza with hundreds of soldiers, tanks, and planes. Guevara did not falter. He and his two comrades—Kamel Al-Asmi and Abdulhadi Al-Hayek—emerged ready to battle and refusing to surrender. All three were martyred. Moshe Dayan himself came to Gaza to ensure that Guevara, the nightmare that haunted the zionists, was truly martyred.
Three years later, “Gaza’s Guevara” was martyred during a heroic battle in the Strip.
Ernesto Che Guevara’s visit to Gaza
Martyr Mohammed al-Aswad’s story is vivid proof of the significant and strong relationship between Che Guevara and the Palestinian cause, which Gaza has become the symbol of.
In fact, Che Guevara’s visit to the Strip on June 18, 1959, at the invitation of the late Egyptian President and leader Gamal Abdel-Nasser, came to establish a state of solidarity and harmony between Cuba and the Palestinian cause.
His visit to Gaza transformed the cause from regional to global and reflected his famous phrase: “Solidarity is a condition that must always be practiced.”
The occupation of Palestine and the systematic ethnic cleansing against its population triggered the establishment of Palestinian Resistance forces and the emergence of freedom fighters, legitimized by Abdel-Nasser, who was considered a leader against colonialism and imperialism.
To break the determination and resilience of the Resistance, occupation forces, led by Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister from 2001 till 2006, continuously attacked the Gaza Strip and its refugee camps, committing horrible massacres against many Palestinians and Egyptian soldiers, with no reaction from the international community that simply turned a blind eye to the atrocities.
A historic visit by all means
Che’s visit came in support of Palestinian national liberation and revolutionary movements against imperialism and colonization.
It was an exceptional visit that was met enthusiastically by resistance leaders and Palestinians.
He was accompanied to al-Bureij Camp, where Zionist committed some of the most horrible massacres, and saw the poverty and hardship that Palestinians were living in, advised Palestinian leaders to pursue the path of resistance, which they tread through their people’s resilience and steadfastness.
During the visit, he addressed the camp leader Mustafa Abu Midyan, saying, “You should show me what you have done to liberate your country. Where are the training camps? Where are the arms manufacturing factories? Where are the people’s mobilization centers?” With these words, Guevara was trying to lay out the foundations necessary for any resistance movement.
At the same time, he urged Palestinian refugees to continue their struggle in order to liberate their land from the occupation, offering to supply the Palestinian resistance with arms and training.
And the impact still echoes
Following the historic visit, Cuba offered scholarships, granted citizenships, and organized many conferences all in support of Palestine and the Palestinian people.
In addition, the island of Cuba was one of the first countries to recognize the Palestine Liberation Organization when it was founded in 1964.
Soon after his visit, the Marxist doctor became an icon for the Palestinian resistance and fighters and a symbol of revolution, especially for leftist movements.
Hasta Siempre
On this occasion, on the 54th anniversary of his martyrdom, it goes without saying that Che’s resistance, integrity, and solidarity is what we are in need of to liberate the oppressed nations, such as Palestine, Yemen, and any country in the world from Western imperialism, colonialism, and military occupation. His memory still brings forth devoted revolutionary resistance figures such “Gaza’s Guevara”, Mohammed al-Aswad.
Armed with his forwardness and valor, he would have been on the frontlines in Gaza fighting the Israeli siege. He would have been digging, using a tool as simple as a spoon, alongside the other six, the freedom tunnel that liberates the whole of Palestine from the operators of the Gilboa Prison.
source: Resistance News Network, Al Mayadeen
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https://humanprogress.org/the-truth-about-che-guevara-racist-homophobe-and-mass-murderer/
#CheGuevara Was a Racist, Homophobe and Mass Murderer
Gay? Che Guevara would have sent you to a concentration camp.
and a stalinist
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/topic/ernesto-che-guevara
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https://humanprogress.org/the-truth-about-che-guevara-racist-homophobe-and-mass-murderer/
#CheGuevara Was a Racist, Homophobe and Mass Murderer
Gay? Che Guevara would have sent you to a concentration camp.
and a stalinist
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/topic/ernesto-che-guevara
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https://humanprogress.org/the-truth-about-che-guevara-racist-homophobe-and-mass-murderer/
#CheGuevara Was a Racist, Homophobe and Mass Murderer
Gay? Che Guevara would have sent you to a concentration camp.
and a stalinist
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/topic/ernesto-che-guevara
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SIGUE ⬇️
¿Héroe o villano?
Depende de a quién preguntes.
Para muchos en Serbia, fue un símbolo de resistencia.
Para el resto del mundo, el hombre que apretó el gatillo que acabó llevando a la muerte a millones.La historia no siempre da respuestas cómodas.
La tragedia que vino después: los hijos
La historia no terminó en Sarajevo.
Los hijos de Francisco Fernando y Sofía —Sofía, Maximiliano y Ernesto— quedaron en una posición incómoda desde el primer momento.
Por el matrimonio de sus padres, no tenían derechos dinásticos ni encajaban en la corte.Fueron apartados y criados lejos de Viena.
Y décadas después, el siglo volvió a alcanzarlos.
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Maximiliano y Ernesto se opusieron al nazismo.
Eso bastó para que acabaran en el campo de concentración de Dachau, donde sufrieron humillaciones y trabajos forzados.Sobrevivieron, pero quedaron marcados físicamente para siempre.
Es difícil no ver la ironía: los hijos del hombre cuya muerte inició la Primera Guerra Mundial acabaron siendo víctimas directas de la segunda.
Sus padres, por cierto, tampoco descansan con los Habsburgo en Viena.
Están enterrados juntos en el castillo de Artstetten, lejos de las normas que en vida los separaron.Al final, lo que ocurrió en Sarajevo no fue un plan perfecto ni una conspiración impecable.
Fue algo mucho más inquietante.
Una cadena de decisiones humanas, errores y coincidencias que, encajadas en el momento justo, cambiaron el rumbo del siglo XX.
Y eso es lo que da más vértigo.
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𝘌𝘴𝘵𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘪́𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢, 𝘤𝘶𝘺𝘰 𝘵𝘪́𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘰 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘴 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘫𝘦𝘷𝘴𝘬𝘪 𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵 (𝘰 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥), 𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘢 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰 𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘫𝘦𝘷𝘰.
▪️𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳: 𝘝𝘦𝘭𝘫𝘬𝘰 𝘉𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘫𝘪ć, 𝘶𝘯 𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘥𝘰 𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰́𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘴 𝘺 𝘣𝘦́𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘴.
▪️𝘈𝘯̃𝘰: 𝘍𝘶𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘯 1975 (𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘨𝘶𝘯𝘰𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘴 𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰́𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘦𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘰 1974 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘰 𝘢 𝘭𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘰́𝘯).
▪️𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴:
𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳: 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰 𝘍𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰.
𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘢 𝘉𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘢𝘯: 𝘋𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘢 𝘢 𝘭𝘢 𝘋𝘶𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘢 𝘚𝘰𝘧𝘪́𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘬.
𝘔𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭: 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘢 𝘋𝘫𝘶𝘳𝘰 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤.
𝘐𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳: 𝘌𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢 𝘢 𝘎𝘢𝘷𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘰 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱, 𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘴.
𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘰š 𝘉𝘢𝘫𝘪ć: 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘰 𝘕𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘫𝘬𝘰 Č𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘪ć.𝘓𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘪́𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘰 𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘦́𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘫𝘦𝘷𝘰
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"These included agent Timothy Donahue and Georgy Simeon, who were filmed by Ernesto Campos in Bakersfield. Donahue was the agent who was subsequently pictured pointing his gun at citizens just outside Chicago after a traffic incident"
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"These included agent Timothy Donahue and Georgy Simeon, who were filmed by Ernesto Campos in Bakersfield. Donahue was the agent who was subsequently pictured pointing his gun at citizens just outside Chicago after a traffic incident"
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"These included agent Timothy Donahue and Georgy Simeon, who were filmed by Ernesto Campos in Bakersfield. Donahue was the agent who was subsequently pictured pointing his gun at citizens just outside Chicago after a traffic incident"
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"These included agent Timothy Donahue and Georgy Simeon, who were filmed by Ernesto Campos in Bakersfield. Donahue was the agent who was subsequently pictured pointing his gun at citizens just outside Chicago after a traffic incident"
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#EnVideo📹| Sector universitario de Monagas reafirma su apoyo al candidato del GPP Ernesto Luna
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The War on #Masks Has Taken on a New Meaning
This time, the masks have nothing to do with #COVID19.
By Henry Grabar
Feb 05, 20254:57 PM"Last month, state legislators in New York introduced a bill that would create a new crime: 'masked harassment.'
"That, the law explains, is when you wear a mask 'for the primary purpose of menacing or threatening violence against another person' or 'placing another person or group of persons in reasonable fear for their physical safety.'
"If that seems like a bit of a niche offense—threatening violence is already a crime, after all—it’s because the language has been watered down to attract political support. It’s a sign of New York Democrats’ cautious new approach over masks in public life, and a retreat from last spring, when anti-Israel protests, on top of a widespread urban crime panic, pushed leaders from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to consider mask bans.
"In its original form, the New York bill would have banned masks at public assemblies entirely. But the outcry from #DisabilityRights advocates, #CriminalJustice reformers, #HealthCareWorkers, and #CivilLiberties groups was swift, and so New York wound up with this bill on 'masked harassment' instead.
"Elsewhere, the pandemic-era leniency on masking in public is over. #NorthCarolina Republicans overrode a gubernatorial veto last summer to once again #BanPublicFaceCoverings, except to stop the spread of contagious diseases. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost dusted off an old law to threaten #StudentProtesters with #felonies. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has asked the state’s Senate to consider a bill to #unmask #protesters this year.
"For Republicans, it’s a chance to kill two birds with one stone. They can strike back against the perceived overreach of pandemic-era #HealthDirectives and make it easier to arrest #demonstrators at the same time.
"In #Ohio and North Carolina, the original statutes were written in the 1950s to stop demonstrations by the #KuKluxKlan, but had been ignored or suspended during the #pandemic and the #GeorgeFloydProtests. Many lawmakers have cited the recent demonstrations in defense of #Gaza as a reason to crack down again. Defending the proposed mask ban in New York, Anti-Defamation League [#ADL] president Jonathan Greenblatt said the demonstrators were using '#KKK tactics' to intimidate Jewish New Yorkers.
"That instinct was bolstered by the sense among many city residents and elected leaders that widespread masking was a factor behind the pandemic-era crime spike. That led to #Philadelphia banning #SkiMasks in parks, on trains, and in public buildings. A more recent, high-profile example came in December with the Midtown Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO #BrianThompson by a #MaskedAssassin, which prompted New York Mayor Eric Adams to call for cab drivers and business owners to ask customers to remove their masks. The new New York bill has won over the liberal Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who endorsed the 'tailored' approach. As the police say: #NoFaceNoCase.
"For what it’s worth, there are too many confounding variables and too little data to be sure if mask-wearing is associated with crime, said Ernesto Lopez at the Council for Criminal Justice, which collects crime reporting statistics from various cities. 'From a theoretical statement it makes sense that could occur, but it has not been demonstrated that’s the case,' he told me.
"But if all that weighed in favor of more mask bans, there was also widespread resistance. Disability advocates mobilized to defend the right to mask; North Carolina had to write a medical exemption into their bill at the insistence of a GOP House member. #PoliceReformers observed that #MaskBans have often been used for pretextual #policing and racial profiling against #BlackAmericans. (#AtlantaGeorgia tabled a mask ban for that reason.)
"What looms largest, as the second Trump administration begins, is the role of protest. As Semafor’s Dave Weigel has noted, masks have become a badge of left-wing protest culture. That’s in part an extension of politicized COVID-era concerns about health and civility, but at this point it is mostly a tactic to preserve anonymity in an era of #FacialRecognition, streaming video, and #doxing. Last year, the anonymous #ProIsrael website the #CanaryMission posted photographs of hundreds of students and faculty at campus protests and posted their names and photos online, labeling some as supporters of terrorism.
"'The concern takes on new urgency as Donald Trump pledges to revoke the visas of pro-Palestine protesters, and the Trump-Musk GOP embraces the naming and shaming of otherwise private citizens. A conservative group called the American Accountability Foundation has begun circulating lists of federal workers, many of them Black, who should be
'targets' for their alleged involvement in #DEI initiatives at work."Clearly, the masked protest does not always sit well with an older generation, many of whom cut their teeth in the protests of the pre-internet age. As Georgetown professor Michael Kazin told the New York Times last year: 'I do think if you are going to demonstrate, and it’s something you feel deeply about, you should be willing to stand up and be counted.'"
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Film Review: THE 4:30 MOVIE (2024): Kevin Smith's Latest Feels Like Everyone Involved is Making it Up on the Spot
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Biofuel Boom in Brazil: Green Growth or Greenwash?
Brazil’s booming biofuel industry is hailed as a solution to climate change, yet its rapid expansion comes at a cost. The push for bioethanol and biodiesel production is driving deforestation, threatening food security, and displacing communities. As Brazil positions itself as a leader in bioenergy, concerns grow over the environmental and social impacts of this industry, spotlighting the need for genuine solutions. 🌿 #Biofuel #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateActionNow #Boycott4WildlifeThe #biofuel boom in #Brazil made from #palmoil and #soy is touted as a #climate saviour. Yet in reality, biofuel #deforestation is causing #food insecurity, #indigenous land-grabbing and #ecocide #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife 🌴🛢️🔥⛔ @palmoildetect.bsky.social
Share to BlueSkyWritten by Monica Piccinini for The Canary, republished with author permission. Read original.
Brazil’s push to expand biofuels is central to its strategy to “drive the decarbonisation agenda” and build a robust “bioeconomy,” setting the stage for this to become a major focus at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference (COP 30) in Brazil in November 2025.
Brazil’s biofuel ‘revolution’
During a ceremony at the Brasilia Air Base in October, president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared:
Brazil will lead the world’s energy revolution
This statement came as he signed the Fuel of the Future Law, a set of initiatives aimed at advancing the country’s bioenergy sector. Lula added:
Brazil will get a head start because you, the entrepreneurs, who have the capacity to produce, to research. Enacting this law demonstrates that none of us have the right to continue disbelieving that this country can be a large economy,” added Lula.
Lula announced a rise in ethanol blending with gasoline from 22% to 27%, with a target of 35% by 2030. Biodiesel blending, currently at 14%, will increase by one percentage point annually, aiming to reach 20% by March 2030.
Biofuel mandates have generated a relentless demand for crops, including sugarcane, corn, soybean, and palm oil.
Ethanol and biodiesel production in Brazil reached nearly 43bn litres in 2023, according to the 2024 Brazilian Statistical Yearbook on Oil, Natural Gas, and Biofuels, published by Brazil’s National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels (ANP).
Biofuels for energy independence
In Brazil, biofuels make up 25% of transportation fuels – a remarkably high share compared to other nations – and this proportion is still increasing. Bioethanol leads the biofuel sector, representing an average of 49% in terms of energy of the total gasoline and ethanol consumption.
Jorge Ernesto Rodriguez Morales, lecturer and researcher in environmental policy and climate change governance at the Department of Economic History and International Relations at Stockholm University, spoke to the Canary. He mentioned:
Historically, Brazilian energy policy has achieved significant success, largely due to the development of the oil industry alongside biofuels and other energy sources. This diversification has enabled Brazil to rely less on energy imports from the global market, fostering a degree of energy independence and security critical for economic stability.
He added that:
By reducing dependence on external energy sources, Brazil’s economy is less vulnerable to external shocks, such as fluctuations in oil and gas prices. Sugarcane ethanol, in particular, has been pivotal in these developments, positioning bioenergy – a renewable energy form derived from recently living organic materials known as biomass – at the forefront of national strategies to combat climate change.
Green sheen
Although bioenergy has been promoted as a climate strategy, there is ongoing debate within the scientific community regarding the actual sustainability of biofuel production.
Some scientists argue that the production of biofuels is an energy-negative process that may lead to various socio-environmental consequences. These include rising food prices that threaten food security and the conversion of forestlands for biofuel cultivation. Some state that presenting bioenergy as a climate strategy has served as a justification for the industry’s expansion in Brazil and globally.
Morales explained that:
Despite its success, the biofuels industry in Brazil developed within broader developmental and territorial security goals, often placing significant pressure on ecosystems and communities in an institutional environment that generally overlooked socio-environmental concerns. This unsustainable co-evolution of development pathways and bioenergy – marked by deforestation, land colonization, and agricultural expansion – has limited the adaptation space in agriculture. As a result, current climate policy is largely oriented toward path-dependent and potentially maladaptive strategies, such as relying on sugarcane ethanol for transportation.
A report by the Royal Society raises concerns about expanding biofuel production, highlighted issues such as the impact on food prices, the potential rise in greenhouse gas emissions due to direct and indirect land use changes (LUC) associated with biofuel feedstock production, and the risks of land, forest, water resource, and ecosystem degradation.
The Royal Society report recommends comprehensive auditing of biofuel supply chains as essential, along with enhancing transparency, data availability, and sharing. These elements are crucial for ensuring that the life cycle assessment (LCA) of biofuels is reliable and beneficial for policymaking.
Demand driving deforestation
The use of feedstocks like sugarcane, palm oil, corn, and soybean – predominant in Brazil – has sparked significant controversy, primarily due to competition with food production and concerns about converting agricultural land into fuel production. Rising demand for agricultural products poses a risk of increased deforestation and the use of land with high biodiversity value to satisfy this demand, along with related freshwater consumption.
The EU Deforestation-Free Regulation (EUDR) identifies soybean as one of the world’s leading drivers of deforestation. Trade interests appear to be the main barrier to removing soy biofuels from the Renewable Energy Directive, as Europe imports nearly 90% of its soy for biodiesel production from Brazil, Argentina, and the United States.
Dr David Pimentel, a professor of ecology and agricultural sciences at Cornell University, asserted that there is insufficient land, water, and energy available for biofuel production. He also highlighted environmental issues associated with converting crops into biofuels, such as water pollution from fertilisers and pesticides, air pollution, soil erosion, and contributions to global warming.
Pimentel conducted calculations that accounted for all the inputs needed to produce ethanol, including machinery, seeds, labour, water, electricity, fertilisers, insecticides, herbicides, fuel, drying, and transportation. He found that producing one litre of fuel-grade ethanol (5,130 kcal) requires an energy input of 6,600 kcal, indicating that biofuel production is an energy-negative process.
‘Serious socio-economic impacts’
A report published in the Biofuel journal states that measuring greenhouse gas emissions linked to ethanol fuel should account for emissions at every stage, including production, processing, distribution, and vehicle use. This comprehensive assessment is known as the core well-to-wheels LCA emissions, along with any additional emissions resulting from LUC.
Morales discussed some of the impacts of implementing a climate policy that relies on biomass fuels. He told the Canary:
Current climate policy positions biomass-based fuels as a replacement for fossil fuels in the transport sector, with sugarcane ethanol as a flagship solution for greenhouse gas reduction in international climate negotiations. However, scaling up bioenergy production can have serious socio-environmental impacts.
He added that:
Like food production, ethanol requires land, water, and nutrients, meaning that a large-scale expansion could intensify the negative side effects of agricultural growth. These include significant socio-environmental challenges related to sustainable development goals, such as deforestation (SDG 15), CO2 emissions from land-use change (SDG 13), nitrogen losses (SDGs 13, 14, 15), unsustainable water withdrawals (SDG 14), and food security risks (SDG 2), among others.
Brazil biofuel policies
During Brazil’s colonial period (1500-1822), sugarcane plantations established the basis for political power through land monopoly and slavery. Policies were implemented to promote the economic interests of the agribusiness sector.
In response to the energy and sugar crisis of the 70s, Brazil launched a national ethanol program called “Pró-Álcool” in 1975. This initiative included tax breaks, subsidies, and lower financing costs to benefit the sugarcane industry, including producers, planters, distillers, and the automotive sector.
The “Pró-Álcool” policy led to significant repercussions, such as the exploitation of workers (bóias-frias) and environmental degradation, which the Brazilian government neglected out of concern that environmental regulations might hinder economic growth and development.
From 1992 to 2004, while Brazil’s total greenhouse gas emissions rose by 80%, the government defended its support for ethanol on environmental grounds, positioning bioenergy as a “sustainable energy source.” This approach framed bioenergy as part of a climate strategy, leading to its promotion at international levels to combat climate change.
Overlooking indirect land use changes
However, the socio-environmental impacts of bioenergy production were largely overlooked, including direct and indirect LUC, water and biodiversity loss, deforestation, fertiliser pollution, and soil erosion.
In 2017, the “Renovabio” initiative was launched as a new government program aimed at promoting the growth of the bioenergy sector, with an emphasis on various types of biofuels, such as biodiesel, biomethane, bioethanol, and biokerosene.
A report published in the Biofuels journal indicates that Brazil’s RenovaBio programme does not account for direct or indirect LUC in its emissions calculator, potentially leading to an overestimation of decarbonisation levels and encouraging biofuel production with greater environmental impacts. To ensure the program is environmentally effective and delivers appropriate signals to decision-makers, it is crucial to incorporate LUC parameters into the calculator.
Morales mentioned that:
Brazil’s ethanol diplomacy aims to portray the nation as climate-conscious, using biofuel as leverage in climate negotiations. Many countries have followed Brazil’s ‘successful’ example by integrating bioenergy into their climate policies, even though its social and environmental costs are widely acknowledged.
Biofuel Expansion
Raízen, formed from the merger of Cosan and Shell, along with BP Bunge, Atvos, São Martinho, Tereos, Lincoln Junqueira, Cofco, Coruipe, Adecoagro, Katzen, Millenium, Brasil BioFuels (BBF), and Agropalma, represent some of the leading bioenergy companies in Brazil.
In October, Katzen International, a prominent bioethanol company, announced the successful completion and launch of the INPASA Agroindustrial S/A bioethanol plant expansion project in Sinop, Mato Grosso. This expansion boosted the plant’s production capacity to 2.1bn litres per year, establishing it as the largest grain-based dry mill bioethanol facility in the world.
Corn ethanol production in Brazil is projected to reach 7.7 billion litres in 2024/25, representing a 20% increase compared to previous years.
The biofuel industry is making significant investments in the state of Pará. Governor Helder Barbalho has announced plans for a biofuel refinery to be established in the municipality of Redenção, located in the southeastern part of the state. A collaboration between the Mafra Group and Companhia Mineira de Açúcar e Álcool (CMAA), which together comprise Grão Pará Bioenergia, will contribute over $350 million to this project.
Barbalho said that:
These are the agendas that will be challenging for us: the forest agenda, the energy production agenda. These are different agendas in which each one of them can present their solutions.
Alongside the refinery, a fattening service for cattle will be provided to partner ranchers, allowing them to use the refinery’s facilities for confining their animals. The primary feedstock for cattle confinement will be Dried Distillers Grain (DDG), a by-product of corn ethanol production.
Fueling conflicts
A report by NGO Imazon revealed that Pará accounted for 57% of the degraded forest areas in the Amazon. Forest degradation surged from 196 km² in September 2023 to 11,558 km² in the same month this year – nearly a 60-fold increase.
The state of Pará, which will host COP30, is marked by conflicts, including those related to the palm oil industry. Palm plantations in Pará cover an area that was once rainforest, approximately 226,834 hectares, nearly equivalent to the size of Luxembourg.
An investigation by the NGO Global Witness revealed that two major Brazilian palm oil companies, Agropalma and Brasil Biofuels (BBF), were implicated in conflicts with local communities in the state of Pará. BBF faced allegations of environmental crimes and violent efforts to suppress indigenous and traditional communities. Meanwhile, Agropalma was associated with community evictions and land grabbing.
A study by scientists Lucas Ferrante and Philip Fearnside revealed that biofuel companies, such as Millenium Bioenergia, are establishing a production chain for biofuels and food products derived from monocultures on Amazonian Indigenous lands and within other traditional communities.
Millenium announced plans to “partner” with Indigenous and traditional communities, proposing unpaid labour to produce corn, fish, chickens, pigs, and confined cattle. This approach not only infringes on human rights but also poses a risk of triggering new pandemics due to zoonotic leaps linked to environmental degradation.
Biofuels an exercise in greenwashing Brazil’s climate policy
Brazil must expand biofuel production to meet growing demand, which will increase logistical pressures nationwide. Critical to this expansion are infrastructure projects, such as the construction of highways like the Amazon’s BR-319, connecting Manaus to Porto Velho, and the Ferrogrão railway project, linking Sinop in Mato Grosso to the port of Miritituba, situated across the Tapajós River from Itaituba in Pará. These developments are likely to cause irreversible environmental degradation and adversely affect numerous indigenous and traditional communities in these areas.
Morales highlighted the Brazilian government’s position and priorities concerning the expansion of biofuel production:
In foreign environmental policy, the Brazilian government has historically been reluctant to prioritise environmental protection over economic growth, often attributing major environmental issues to developed countries. Although various administrations have made efforts to address environmental challenges such as biodiversity loss and climate change, these issues remain secondary concerns, frequently viewed as obstacles to short-term political and economic goals.
He added:
Positioning bioenergy as a climate strategy has effectively justified broader policies supporting the biofuel industry and contributed to the greenwashing of Brazil’s climate policy on the international stage. Several countries have mirrored Brazil’s approach, adopting bioenergy into their climate agendas in response.
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Written by Monica Piccinini for The Canary, republished with author permission. Read original.
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Don Pasquale, 1932
https://www.reddit.com/r/OldOpera/comments/1r548mc/don_pasquale_1932/Tonight, for Valentine's Day, I decided to treat myself to Don Pasquale. I had promised myself I would listen to it, first at Christmas, then New Year, and failed to do so both times. Now, I'm glad I waited. What could be better than my favourite singer in a work by my favourite operatic composer?
Libretto
https://archive.org/details/donizettisoperad00doniWikipedia Link ((since I mentioned it)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_PasqualeRecording
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FeEiRH5ULkUnlike when I first heard the opera, I didn't read the full libretto, just the Wikipedia entry. This is simply because I wanted to enjoy the beautiful voices and music and not be distracted by my screen reader speaking while it was playing, or have to stop occasionaly to read and then listen to more. However, I do remember it, and I love the story itself. It's hilarious, with scheming but no violence or cruelty, just fun. I laughed on a personal note as well, because I myself prefer seniors for partners. I felt sorry for poor Don Pasquale when he saw all of the things being bought and how much money was being spent, but the acting made it extremely comical, and the interaction between him and Norina was priceless.
This was an excellent production, with wonderful sound quality. The only thing that annoyed me was the huge gaps during the record changing. I would expect them when listening to real seventy-eights, not a digital copy. I have never heard this anywhere else, including the 1907 Pagliacci, the much later radio performances of various operas, and even other studio recordings. It was really distracting. The singing, however, was mostly excellent. I say that because although Adelaide Saraceni didn't have an annoying high-pitched, bright voice that gives me a headache (not being mean, it literally does), she didn't really impress me in this role either. I have also heard parts of it sung by Toti Dal Monte and Amelita Galli-Curci, and I wish the latter had been chosen for this recording because she was perfect. I really liked Ernesto Badini and Afro Poli, together and apart. I'm not normally one to gravitate to baritones or basses, but both are worth researching for more recordings. I had definitely heard Afro Poli in the past, so I recognised him, but I had to look up his name. "Cheti, cheti immantinente" made me laugh because it reminded me so strongly of Gilbert and Sullivan's patter songs. Even the plot itself would have been perfect for an operetta. Notice I didn't mention the entire reason for my listening to this opera, namely Tito Schipa! I had forgotten how incredibly small his part was. I'm sure it could easily fit on two seventy-eights. It was, obviously, perfect, but it left me sad and wanting more. It seems that, every time I hear Ferruccio Tagliavini sing something from his repertoir, it's always a big part. I actually heard more of Schipa in Act II of Manon! But, at least it's something, and his arias here were beautiful.
Overall, I would very much recommend this opera for anyone who wants to have fun and laugh. The story, music, and singing are all wonderful.
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Para recordar la vida, la obra y la vigencia del pensamiento de Ernesto "Che" Guevara a 56 años de su partida física, con gusto compartimos dos materiales audiovisuales:
📽️ "Recordando al Che en imágenes"
https://fotogramas.politicaconciencia.org/w/rjhVRpW8NYHjcH2SXEFP8i
📽️ "A 54 años de su siembra"
https://fotogramas.politicaconciencia.org/w/9hy1LgUsSzpdYGDxhmicRt
Esperamos que sean de su agrado.
