La fuga hacia Estados Unidos del ultraderechista brasileño Flávio Bolsonaro ha dejado a la extrema derecha brasileña perpleja y descabezada. En la búsqueda a toda prisa de un nuevo líder opositor al gobierno de Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sobresale un nombre: el del recién reelecto gobernador del estado de São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas, de 51 años. Era el favorito de la élite económica y de la derecha menos radical para ser el aspirante a la presidencia en estas elecciones, pero el expresidente Jair Bolsonaro, preso por golpismo, truncó esas expectativas hace casi un año, cuando, desde la cárcel, decidió que su sucesor sería su primogénito.

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Queria desafiar o domínio dos Bolsonaro sobre a direita brasileira, e, de facto, recusou o apoio ao senador Flávio na segunda volta. Em entrevista ao Expresso, Renan Santos, que conquistou mais de 2,6 milhões de votos nas eleições de 4 de outubro, acusa a família do ex-Presidente Jair Bolsonaro de ligações ao crime organizado e critica a Justiça por se deixar politizar por quem está no poder

Queria desafiar o domínio dos Bolsonaro sobre a direita brasileira, e, de facto, recusou o apoio ao senador Flávio na segunda volta. Em entrevista ao Expresso, Renan Santos, que conquistou mais de 2,6 milhões de votos nas eleições de 4 de outubro, acusa a família do ex-Presidente Jair Bolsonaro de ligações ao crime organizado e critica a Justiça por se deixar politizar por quem está no poder

• Halloween is the busiest day for Uber and Lyft drivers.
• Lyft's CEO called it "our biggest day" in 2025.
• It can be a lucrative day for gig workers — if they can stand rowdy passengers.

The busiest day of the year for Uber and Lyft drivers is almost here.

While you might guess that New Year's Eve or St. Patrick's Day would draw the most rider demand as people go out partying, Halloween actually wins the prize for ride-hailing drivers in the US, according to ride volume data and comments from executives.

The culmination of spooky season is likely to be big again this year, with Halloween falling on a Saturday, giving people more time to party — and creating more demand for rides.

Last year, the most ride-hailing trips occurred on October 31, according to Gridwise, a data analytics company. Ride volumes were 23% higher than median rideshare volume for the year, adjusted for day of the week and quarterly seasonal variation, Gridwise said.

The next-busiest days were November 1 and July 3, the day before Independence Day. Ride-hailing volumes were about 20% above the median on each day, Gridwise said. The day after Halloween may be big because rides run late into the night.

Halloween kicks off the busiest season of the year for Uber and Lyft. Besides getting a ride home from Halloween parties, riders also request trips to the airport for flights home around Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Earlier this month, Uber offered some drivers hundreds of dollars in bonuses for driving more — a potential sign that the company needs more drivers working as ride demand ramps up.

For Lyft, Halloween 2025 was "our biggest day" and "our biggest week, and not by a little bit," CEO David Risher said a few days after Halloween 2025 on an earnings call last November.

A company spokesperson declined to say how many trips Lyft drivers completed on Halloween but said that it amounted to "millions of rides."

Uber, meanwhile, "hit a new record over Halloween weekend" in 2025, with about 130 million ride-hailing and delivery trips worth $2 billion, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said on an earnings call last November.

While lucrative, working on Halloween also comes with risks for drivers.

Raymundo Rodriguez, who drives for Uber on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, said he started driving for the app around Halloween two years ago.

There were plenty of riders, he said, but some trips involved dealing with rowdy or drunk passengers. Costumes can also pose risks: One rider dressed as a stripper left glitter on the black leather seats of his car after she got out — a mess that Rodriguez said he had to clean up himself.

This year, Rodriguez said, he's planning to skip driving for the app and take his kids trick-or-treating.

"I don't want nobody throwing up in my car," he said.

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“This reveals the DNA of Bolsonarism,” said one critic. “Bolsonarism is made of cowardice.”

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Just one day after vowing he would remain in Brazil to disprove allegations of money laundering, corruption, and other crimes, far-right Brazilian Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro followed in his disgraced father’s footsteps by fleeing to the United States after losing a presidential election.

Bolsonaro, his wife Fernanda Bolsonaro, and their two daughters, ages 14 and 12, left Brazil for an unknown location in the United States, according to initial reporting by Isadora Teixeira at the Brasília-based news site Metrópoles, which was subsequently confirmed by other Brazilian and international media.

The Argentinian site Infobae reported that Bolsonaro and his family may have crossed into Argentina—which is run by his ally, far-right President Javier Milei—and then traveled to the US in a private jet. It is not known where the family went in the US.

Bolsonaro’s brother, Eduardo Bolsonaro, lives in Texas while facing criminal punishment in Brazil after trying to use the Trump administration to pressure Brazilian authorities over the prosecution of his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, who last year was convicted of conspiring to violently remain in power following leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s 2022 election win.

Flávio Bolsonaro, a 45-year-old senator representing Rio de Janeiro, was defeated by Lula in Sunday’s second-round election, but refused to accept the results and groundlessly demanded an annulment. The following day, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the seizure of Bolsonaro’s passport. He was supposed to have turned in the document Tuesday, but he didn’t.

US President Donald Trump also cast doubt on the election’s outcome, saying the contest appeared to be “rigged.”

Jair Bolsonaro also fled to the United States while refusing to acknowledge his own 2022 defeat, which occurred during the administration of former President Joe Biden.

Like Trump, Bolsonaro incited a violent insurrection in his nation’s capital following his loss.

Unlike Trump, Bolsonaro was held accountable for his crimes, and, in addition to a 27-year prison sentence—now being served under house arrest—is banned from running for any political office for the rest of the decade.

Now, with Trump back in the White House and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in charge at Foggy Bottom, Bolsonaro and his relatives are set to be issued US visas, a senior State Department official told The Associated Press.

The younger Bolsonaro’s flight—which may have been aided by his obtaining an Italian passport in 2023—contradicts his pledge on Monday, when he said, “I have never thought about leaving the country” and “I will hand over my passports and defend myself against this travesty.”

He was referring to de Morães’ order to surrender his passport amid accusations of corruption, money laundering, tax evasion, and foreign currency violations.

Bolsonaro is also the subject of an inquiry pertaining to the millions of dollars he raised from a disgraced banker implicated in a massive corrupt plot to finance a biopic of Jair Bolsonaro.

The senator has not been charged and denies any wrongdoing.

Bolsonaro’s flight stands in stark contrast to Lula, who spent 580 days in prison after being convicted in corruption cases stemming from the sprawling Operation Car Wash investigation.

In 2021, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court annulled Lula’s convictions on procedural grounds, ruling that the court in Curitiba lacked jurisdiction over the cases and separately finding that former judge Sergio Moro had acted with bias in one of them. The decisions restored Lula’s political rights and eligibility to run for office, paving the way for his 2022 presidential victory over Bolsonaro.

Lula responded to the senator’s departure by saying, “Unfortunately, the Bolsonaro family is like that.”

“Brazil is his second homeland,” the president continued, accusing Bolsonaro of “bootlicking in the United States.”

Secretary-General of the Brazilian Presidency Guilherme Castro Boulos ripped Bolsonaro, saying: “Leaders face things head-on! Rats run away!”

“It is a shameful thing, which should make Brazilian society as a whole reflect, especially those who supported and voted for Flávio Bolsonaro,” Boulos asserted. “He slapped his supporters in the face and left them on the side of the road.”

“Almost 60 million Brazilians trusted him as political leadership to run the country, and 24 hours later, he flees,” he continued. “And it’s no use coming up with this talk of persecution, of dictatorship. He ran away because he must.”

“This reveals the DNA of Bolsonarism,” Boulos added. “Bolsonarism is made of cowardice.”

Erika Hilton, a member of the Chamber of Deputies—the lower house of Brazil’s Legislature—representing São Paulo for the Socialism and Liberty Party, weighed in on social media, calling Bolsonaro “a traitor to the homeland.”

In the United States, Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) said on X that “losing an election is not grounds for asylum.”

“Yet the Trump administration is giving Flávio Bolsonaro safe haven in the United States,” he continued. “The Trump administration owes Congress answers on its role helping Bolsonaro flee Brazil in contravention of Brazilian law.”

Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic Policy and Research (CEPR), told Common Dreams:

Trump is now the most corrupt president in US history, raking in billions from his presidency. It’s no surprise when the most powerful corrupt authoritarian government in the hemisphere uses international law designed to protect the persecuted to shield another corrupt authoritarian government from criminal prosecution. Perhaps this is what is meant by the Trump-led ‘Shield of the Americas.’

Francesca Emanuele, senior international policy associate at CEPR, noted that “the United States has long served as a destination for numerous right-wing Latin American political figures who fled their home countries while facing corruption allegations, criminal investigations, or accusations of grave human rights violations, including crimes against humanity.”

“The list is extensive,” she added, “ranging from former presidents such as Panama’s Ricardo Martinelli and Bolivia’s Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada to dictators such as Nicaragua’s Anastasio Somoza.”

Emanuele also contrasted the actions of the Bolsonaros and Lula, arguing that the latter’s decision to remain in Brazil “reflected a commitment to the Brazilian people and a determination to defend his rights through the country’s own institutions, even when those institutions failed to uphold them.”

“Rather than leaving Brazil,” she told Common Dreams, “Lula stayed, fought to clear his name, and continued his political struggle alongside the people he sought to represent.”

Original article:  www.commondreams.org

Después de un día de descanso ante los acontecimientos, Pablo Motos volvió a El hormiguero este jueves con munición contra el Gobierno por el choque de trenes en Urda (Toledo), que dejó este miércoles al menos 69 fallecidos: “Cuando uno se sube a un tren, está confiando en el sistema. Está confiando en que es seguro. Y nos han engañado. No puede haber un error humano si antes no hay un fallo técnico. Ha habido un error humano después de que los sistemas de seguridad antiguos hayan fallado y los nuevos no estén instalados”, planteó en su monólogo inicial antes de recibir a la cantante Melody como invitada.

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Third-quarter underlying ​replacement ⁠cost profit rises to $8.46bn, up from $2.2bn ​a year ​ago

BP has posted a jump in its quarterly profits as the war in the Middle East drove up oil and gas prices and led to “significantly higher” trading.

The energy company said on ⁠Friday ⁠that third-quarter underlying ​replacement ⁠cost profit – a key measure of its income – rose to $8.46bn, up from $2.2bn ​a year ​ago. Analysts had expected profits of $7.33bn.

Acompanhando a realização oficial do Enem 2026 (Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio), nos dias 8 e 16 de novembro, a CNN Brasil transmitirá duas lives especiais, a partir das 20h (horário de Brasília), para a correção das principais questões de ambas as provas.

Ao longo da programação, diversos professores convidados discutirão os temas de maior repercussão e outras questões da prova em tempo real, oferecendo um guia imediato para estudantes entenderem seu desempenho logo após o teste.

Com aproximadamente três horas de duração, a exibição também trará dinamismo ao permitir que os espectadores interajam com os profissionais por meio do chat do YouTube e do TikTok da CNN Brasil. 

Correção do Enem 2026 na CNN Brasil

ENEM AO VIVO: CORREÇÃO EXTRAOFICIONAL DO PRIMEIRO DIA DE PROVA; ASSISTA EM TEMPO REAL - 08/10/26

• Datas: dias 8 e 15 de novembro;
• Horário: a partir das 20h (horário de Brasília) em ambos os dias;
• Onde: YouTube e TikTok da CNN Brasil.

Cronograma do 1º dia – 8 de novembro

• Redação, com Paula Nogueira;
• Inglês, com Wellington Barbosa Pimentel;
• Filosofia e sociologia, com José Maurício Mazzucco;
• Geografia, com Felipe Cozzi Yabusaki;
• História, com Vinícius Carneiro de Albuquerque;
• Português, com Laudemir Guedes Fragoso.

Cronograma do 2º dia – 15 de novembro

• Biologia, com Guilherme Francisco (Guima);
• Física, com José Carlos Garcia;
• Química, com Filippo Fogaccia;
• Matemática, com Marcelo da Silva Melo (Guará).

Sobre o Enem 2026

O Enem de 2026 tem 5.051.345 inscrições confirmadas, segundo dados do painel do Inep (Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais Anísio Teixeira). As mulheres representam 63,98% dos inscritos, o equivalente a 3.232.013 participantes.

O levantamento também mostra que 13.821 candidatos têm mais de 60 anos, evidenciando a diversidade de perfis entre os participantes do exame.

Do total de inscritos, 3,4 milhões tiveram a taxa de inscrição gratuita, o que corresponde a 68% dos candidatos. De acordo com os dados do Ministério, o estado de São Paulo lidera o ranking do número de inscrições, com 851,8 mil estudantes inscritos, enquanto Roraima ficou em último lugar, com 15,3 mil.

*Publicada por Luiza Zequim, da CNN Brasil, com informações de Giovana Christ, da CNN Brasil. Sob supervisão de Ana Beatriz Dias, da CNN Brasil

10 erros que podem zerar a redação do Enem; confira

The Republic of Cyprus has reiterated its position that the 2019 Turkey-Libya MoU on maritime delimitation is “null and void”.

Speaking during a UN Security Council open debate on emerging technologies and maritime security, Cyprus’ representative Maria Michail said “this purported agreement is null and void, does not comply with international law and, in particular, the rules pertaining to the conclusion of treaties as well as UNCLOS.”

“Geography cannot be changed, nor can the sovereign rights of states be disregarded through arbitrary maritime delimitations,” she said.

Michail added that “article 121 of UNCLOS clearly establishes the regime of islands and their entitlement to maritime zones.”

She stressed that the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea is fundamental to maritime security, legal certainty and the peaceful settlement of disputes, adding that its provisions reflecting customary international law are binding upon all states.

“The Mediterranean is our common sea. Its security and stability depend on good neighbourly relations grounded on respect for international law and the sovereign rights of all coastal states,” she said.

Addressing the main theme of the debate, she reaffirmed Cyprus’ position that “technological progress must remain anchored in international law”, particularly the UN Charter and UNCLOS.

El presidente del Gobierno, Pedro Sánchez, ha admitido, tras participar en la reunión del Cecopi del accidente ferroviario de Urda (Toledo), que “la confianza en el sistema de alta velocidad está quebrada” y que ahora es labor del Gobierno no solo investigar las causas del sinistro sino “ofrecer soluciones para que una tragedia como esta no se repita”. Ha dicho que el Estado trabaja en ello. Junto a él, el presidente de Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, ha anunciado que se rebaja a 1 el nivel de emergencia, lo que significa la retirada de parte de los efectivos desplegados en el lugar del accidente, que han llegado a ser 1.300. Mientras, el PP carga las tintas contra el el ministro de Transportes, Óscar Puente. La portavoz del PP, Ester Muñoz, considera que si no dimite por el accidente, debería ser cesado. “No debería llegar al martes”, ha asegurado en una entrevista en RNE en referencia al día en el que Puente comparecerá en el Congreso a petición propia para explicar lo sucedido. “Hay que hablar de responsabilidades políticas porque este país está en shock, está herido y no es normal lo que está viviendo España”, ha añadido. Puente ofrecerá este viernes a las 11.30 en su Ministerio una rueda de prensa para informar de las investigaciones por el accidente.

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Tras el trágico accidente de trenes en Urda (Toledo), se ha cortado la línea de alta velocidad que enlaza Madrid con el sur, que mueve cada año a más de ocho millones de viajeros. Eso obliga a quienes tienen que desplazarse entre ambos puntos a buscar alternativas de transporte. La línea de autobús Madrid-Sevilla ha multiplicado por cinco el número de plazas, Iberia y Air Europa han incrementado los vuelos un 40%, mientras los viajes compartidos en coche en Blablacar se han sextuplicado. El Ministerio de Consumo ha detectado un aumento generalizado de los precios en los transportes alternativos al tren, como el avión, y monitoriza desde ese día los precios de otros medios de transporte. El departamento de Bustinduy intentará recuperar el mecanismo para topar los precios que ya aprobó en febrero, pero PP, Vox y Junts tumbaron luego en el Congreso.

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A agenda fiscal brasileira deve ser tratada como um movimento apartidário, voltado a trazer a gestão das contas públicas para patamares civilizatórios. A avaliação é do economista Daniel Couri, especialista em contas públicas, ao WW.

Couri destacou que, embora um ajuste fiscal seja necessário, ele não é suficiente para resolver a questão do crescimento econômico no país.

“Isso é só para colocar o endividamento dentro de patamares civilizados”, afirmou o especialista, reforçando que o ajuste representa apenas uma parte de um processo mais amplo, e não a solução definitiva.

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Situação fiscal preocupante em perspectiva global

O economista apresentou dados que ilustram a gravidade da situação fiscal brasileira em comparação internacional.

Segundo Couri, em 2026, apenas 21 países de uma lista de 180 nações terão uma dívida maior do que a do Brasil — e quase todos eles são países avançados.

Em relação aos gastos com juros, a situação é ainda mais alarmante: somente Bahrein e Egito devem gastar mais do que o Brasil nessa rubrica.

Diante desse cenário, Couri manifestou surpresa com o fato de o debate público se concentrar tanto na necessidade do ajuste em si, quando esse movimento sequer é capaz de resolver a questão do crescimento.

“Eu acho que isso deveria ser suficientemente forte para convencer o Congresso de que essa agenda é apartidária”, declarou.

A mudança na composição do Congresso Nacional, mencionada no debate, foi apontada como um fator de incerteza adicional sobre as perspectivas de avanço das reformas necessárias.

Elections are never enough by themselves, but the stunning results from Serbia, Brazil and Hungary have given us hope in dark times

It is undoubtedly too early to declare victory, but the recent electoral defeats of Viktor Orbán, Aleksandar Vučić and Flávio Bolsonaro make me wonder: is 2026 turning out to be the year democracy slowly, but surely, fought back?

Even in Israel, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reigning bloc lost its parliamentary majority and saw the spectacular rise of Arab parties. Though the opposition may not be able to form a government yet, it does have the larger parliamentary bloc.

David Van Reybrouck is a Belgian author and philosopher laureate for the Low Countries. He is the author of Against Elections: The Case for Democracy, and the initiator of Democracy27

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Los controladores del centro de coordinación de Atocha (Madrid) ordenaron al AVE 2080 que siguiera un protocolo equivocado antes de que el miércoles embistiera al Iryo 6076 en la localidad toledana de Urda, causando al menos 69 muertos y 58 heridos. Así se desprende del libro de normas del maquinista de Renfe y de los testimonios recabados por este diario de tres expertos con experiencia en el manejo de la línea de alta velocidad que une Madrid y Sevilla.

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Falta de personal y una fuerte presión sobre los hombros de los operarios en horas pico de tráfico. Son dos de las quejas recurrentes de los sindicatos al referirse al Puesto de Mando y Centro de Regulación y Control (CRC) que el gestor de la infraestructura ferroviaria Adif tiene junto a la estación madrileña de Atocha. En él trabajan un centenar de personas en torno a Da Vinci, uno de los sistemas de vigilancia de la red ferroviaria más avanzados de Europa. Desde sus pantallas se monitoriza el control de tráfico centralizado, las comunicaciones fijas y GSMR, la señalización, sistemas de seguridad, sistemas de planificación y regulación del tráfico, videovigilancia y control de las estaciones. Hasta ahora, un motivo de orgullo para la compañía dependiente del Ministerio de Transportes, pero es aquí donde se fragua la cadena de órdenes inconexas que acaban el miércoles en tragedia, con el choque de dos trenes y al menos 69 víctimas, en la localidad toledana de Urda.

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Todo se quedó antiguo de repente: la visita al cardiólogo, la revisión de la caldera de gas, la cita con la fisio o el podólogo. Se quedó antigua la partida de cartas de los miércoles, la comida familiar de los jueves, el vermut con los amigos de los viernes y hasta el texto que tenía uno preparado para esta esquina del periódico se quedó de súbito obsoleto. Al principio, cuando apenas sabíamos, las cosas se iban quedando antiguas muy despacio, pero después de los primeros muertos la vida entera se quedó de golpe suspendida, antigua, igual que el tráfico rodado y los semáforos y el mobiliario urbano. La tarta de cumpleaños que tenías que recoger también se quedó antigua, se infartó, lo mismo que el siglo XXI. En los hospitales, los niños nos nacían antiguos y velábamos en los tanatorios cadáveres pretéritos.

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Ganó Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva en la segunda vuelta de las elecciones de Brasil cuando nadie lo esperaba, y la remontada tuvo tintes épicos. Consiguió lo más difícil, movilizar a los más perezosos y convencer a los indecisos para que le dieran su voto. En esa batalla tuvo una gran importancia la campaña por redes sociales, destinada a llegar a los más jóvenes y que estuvo en manos de un también joven “general”, tal como lo llamó Lula el domingo al valorar su victoria: André Janones, diputado y antiguo cobrador de autobús. Se dedicó a dirigir un ejército de colaboradores para inundar la esfera digital con un torrente de mensajes a favor de Lula hasta el punto de romper la burbuja de la izquierda y llegar a otra gente. También, y un poco a la vieja manera, colaboraron para que Lula ganara unos cuantos músicos. Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Chico Buarque y Geraldo Azevedo grabaron una canción que defendía las políticas sociales y ambientales del legendario político y que contenía el eslogan Bora, Lula. Con ese vamos, Lula, dale, Lula, respondían haciendo un juego de palabras al Fora Lula que abanderó su adversario, Flávio Bolsonaro. Y, por lo que se ve, fueron más convincentes.

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Con un saldo insoportable de vidas rotas, la tragedia ferroviaria de Toledo nos devuelve de golpe a la más cruda realidad: no podemos normalizar que viajar en transporte público se convierta en un acto de fe frente a fallos evitables y cadenas de negligencias. Confiamos en una red que, ante la primera brecha, delega toda la responsabilidad en el factor humano bajo presiones incomprensibles. La modernidad de un país no se mide solo por la velocidad de sus trenes, sino por la firmeza con la que prioriza la seguridad por encima de cualquier urgencia operativa. Exigir transparencia y responsabilidades hasta el final no es solo una deuda con las víctimas y sus familias, sino la única manera de rescatar la confianza en unas infraestructuras públicas que hoy nos duelen en el alma.

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Escuchas a alguien dar una noticia, con el móvil en la mano, mientras estás haciendo algo apetecible, a una temperatura casi perfecta, lejos de casa, y lo que sujetas en la mano no es un café con leche. Te has dejado el teléfono en el bolso un par de plantas más abajo, las ojeras con las que amaneciste se han apaciguado y das las gracias por no sentir las vibraciones de siempre emitidas por ese dispositivo del que ahora depende tu vida más que la cartera. Te dices que todo puede esperar.

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