Rússia acusa EUA de tentar minar secretamente o avanço dos BRICS - Roberto de Lira (InfoMoney)

 Rússia acusa EUA de tentar minar secretamente o avanço dos BRICS

Roberto de Lira

InfoMoney, 22/05/2924

Diplomata russo alega que EUA atua nos bastidores para impedir o desenvolvimento do bloco de emergentes, por entender que ele desafia a hegemonia americana

Os Estados Unidos estão tentando minar secretamente o grupo BRICS das economias emergentes, disse nesta quarta-feira (22) o vice-ministro das Relações Exteriores da Rússia, Sergei Ryabkov. Segundo a agência de notícias russa Tass, Ryabkov afirmou que Washington não gosta do grupo criado por Brasil, Rússia, Índia, China e África do Sul porque não pode controlá-lo.

"Os Estados Unidos não gostam de tudo o que está além de seu controle, por isso estão conduzindo um trabalho de bastidores para minar os BRICS", disse em entrevista. "Tudo o que vai além do modelo de monoliderança e hegemonia americana ( ) causa a rejeição de Washington", reforçou.

O diplomata acusou que, entre os esforços americano para reduzir a relevância do bloco, estão conspirações de bastidores, interrupção de projetos e complicações de atividades de suas instituições, como o Banco de Desenvolvimento. "Temos nossos próprios canais, mecanismos e formas de cooperação com cada um dos membros do BRICS, que continuam se desenvolvendo apesar da resistência dos EUA", disse Riabkov.

Ele afirmou ainda que os novos países-membros do BRICS estão se encaixando perfeitamente na organização e trabalhando com entusiasmo. "Os países que aderiram à associação expressam grande entusiasmo e grande interesse. Seu objetivo é obter resultados. Não há nenhum sentimento de que estejam causando dificuldades adicionais dentro da associação", disse.

Segundo o diplomata, a cultura dos BRICS é não ficar atolado em diferenças entre os Estados-membros, mas avançar em uma direção positiva. "Apelaremos a todos os potenciais associados para que deixem de lado os seus problemas, divergências e preocupações relativamente ao comportamento de qualquer outro membro da associação. Não é fácil, mas a nossa experiência mostra que é possível", disse.

O grupo BRICS teve duas ondas de expansão desde seu surgimento, em 2006. Em 2011, a África do Sul aderiu ao grupo original, que incluía Brasil, Rússia, Índia e China. Em agosto de 2023, seis novos membros, incluindo a Argentina, foram convidados a se juntar à associação. Buenos Aires mudou de ideia no final de dezembro do ano passado, após a eleição do presidente libertário Javier Milei.

Os outras cinco recém-chegados - Egito, Irã, Emirados Árabes Unidos, Arábia Saudita e Etiópia - começaram a trabalhar de pleno direito nos BRICS em 1º de janeiro de 2024.

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Luiz Gama: o primeiro e o maior abolicionista negro do Brasil - Airton Dirceu Lemmertz (YouTube)

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Antes da abolição da escravatura em 1888, Luiz Gama advogava pela libertação de escravos na Justiça. Conheça parte das estratégias jurídicas usadas pelo abolicionista: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMi9jEu0Oeo

A visão de liberdade e da escravidão por Luiz Gama foi diferente de outros abolicionistas justamente pelo tempo em que foi escravo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmNrJ_suXHI

O clima contra a escravidão contribuiu para a causa abolicionista de Luiz Gama? O pesquisador Bruno Rodrigues de Lima fala como eram os júris do advogado: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5dPi5HEw8c

Como Luiz Gama consegue o direito de exercer a advocacia? A historiadora Ligia Fonseca Ferreira e o pesquisador Bruno Rodrigues de Lima explicam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjL9-veydNM

De ex-escravo a advogado: qual a importância de estudar os ideais de Luiz Gama atualmente? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_svAUVXle1Y

"Se Luiz Gama fosse americano nós já conheceríamos a obra completa": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBT1BETQI2M

Lista dos trabalhos PRA mais acessados em 30 dias - Academia.edu

 Consulta ao Analytics de Academia.edu em 22/05/2024

 

Lista dos trabalhos PRA mais acessados em 30 dias

Jose Guilherme Merquior: um Intelectual Brasileiro (2021) 94

4656) A revolução que o PT nunca fez: sua modernização como partido socialdemocrata (2005-2024) 80

4652) 200 anos de constituições e regimes políticos no Brasil, 1824-2024 68

4655) Lista de trabalhos sobre Mercosul, integracao e processos correlatos (2024) 58

3948) O Brasil e a pandemia da covid-19: aspectos internacionais (2021) 55

4567) Esquerda e direita na politica e na economia: ainda faz algum sentido (2024) 49

Paulo R. Almeida: O Mercosul no Contexto Regional e Internacional (1993) 48

4647) Relacao de trabalhos vinculados a tematica do Direito Internacional e do Direito Constitucional Brasileiro (2024) 47

1455) A ordem internacional assimétrica e a reforma da ONU: uma perspectiva histórica (2005) 47

1844) Integracao regional e insercao internacional dos paises da America do Sul: evolucao historica, dilemas atuais e perspectivas futuras (2008) 46

 

Vargas Llosa sobre o provável avanço da extrema direita nas eleições comunitárias europeias - The Independent Institute

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Is Europe Headed Towards the Extreme Right?

Alvaro Vargas Llosa  

The Independent Institute, Tuesday, May 14, 2024

https://blog.independent.org/2024/05/14/is-europe-headed-towards-the-extreme-right/?omhide=true&trk=rm

While it is certain that the far right (by which I mean the nationalist, protectionist, Eurosceptic right) will make headway in the elections to the Strasbourg-based European parliament that will take place in early June in 27 countries, it is far less likely that they will exercise the influence that the media and some of their rivals think—or claim they believe.

In the 705-member parliament (which will be adding fifteen new seats this time), control is firmly in the hands of a loose entente among three forces: the traditional right (European People’s Party), the traditional socialists (Alliance of Socialists and Democrats) and the so-called centrists (Renew Europe). In all likelihood, these three groups will continue to represent, together, more than the sum of any political bloc in which the far right might seek to play a major role. Even if the far right gains between 30 and 50 new seats, as some polls predict, it is extremely unlikely to displace the three blocs that tend to vote together when push comes to shove. 

This matters because, apart from passing legislation and scrutinizing the European authorities, whoever dominates the European Parliament plays a role in shaping foreign policy, including trade policy, across the union. They will have a say in appointing the officials that make up that bureaucratic labyrinth that we call the European institutions, including the executive branch, the Brussels-based European Commission.

Of the four major countries of the European Union, the far right is only ahead in France. In Germany, the union’s most significant player, the Christian Democrats, is ahead, and the far right, in second place until recently, is now losing ground to the Social Democrats and may come in third. In Italy, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s party is ahead. Although she shares some views with the far right, her tenure so far does not indicate that she belongs in that group outright (it would be more accurate to say that she has one foot in the center-right and the other on the left side of the far right if such a thing exists). Italy’s more clearly defined far-right representative in the European Parliament is running fourth or fifth, depending on the poll. And in Spain, the hard right is running a distant third to the center-right conservatives and the socialists. 

The two hardcore right-wing alliances in the European Parliament are the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) and Identity and Democracy (I&D). But the first of these alliances is a mix of parties that have ideological differences and don’t even agree on how Eurosceptic they are (Meloni’s party and Spain’s nationalist right are much less Eurosceptic than, say, Germany’s hard right or the hard-right French party that is a member of that alliance, and Meloni is a far cry from Germany’s far-right on several other issues). In fact, various members of the ECR want, after this election, to form some pact or entente with the traditional center-right, the single largest group in the European Parliament, in order to prevent the marginalization of the socialists. I&D would not be a part of such an entente—nor would they accept even if invited. 

An understanding between the ECR and the center-right is not entirely out of the question (the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, from Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union, has flirted with the idea), but that would force the ECR to make many compromises and tone down its “far-right” positions. More importantly, such an entente would still need a third partner to add up to a majority of votes in parliament. 

The only realistic possibility would be the centrist alliance, which would moderate the far-right’s positions even more! In any case, the odds of the centrists joining forces with ECR are not great. That would mean, for instance, Emmanuel Macron’s party dancing with the new party of Éric Zemmour, a ferocious critic of the French president.

Even if the prospects of the far right playing a dominant role in the next European parliament are slim, one thing should worry those who believe in an open, liberal-democratic, globalized Europe where the free circulation of goods, services, capital, and ideas is a substantive value. If the three traditional blocs—the center-right, the center, and the center-left—that currently have the upper hand manage, despite a reduced representation after the June elections, to keep the far right from translating their probable gains into significantly greater political power in Europe, the latter’s voters will become frustrated and perhaps more militant in various countries. And the far-right parties might be able to make their anti-systemic discourse relevant beyond those voters to an increasing number of Europeans who mistrust Brussels and Strasbourg, are fed up with politicians, and are hurting economically. 

Alvaro Vargas Llosa is a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute. His Independent books include Global Crossings, Liberty for Latin America, and The Che Guevara Myth.
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A nova Guerra Fria chega à Inteligência Artificial: EUA e China em posição de combate - GZero

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Is it time for US AI companies to leave China?

Microsoft has asked 700-800 of its China-based employees working on cloud computing and artificial intelligence to leave the country, extending them offers of employment in different countries including the US. While these employees will have the option to stay put, the move signals Microsoft’s awareness that it may not be tenable to be a US company working on AI within China for much longer.

Last week, American and Chinese officials met to discuss artificial intelligence policy in Geneva, Switzerland. White House National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said US officials “raised concerns over the misuse of AI” by China (without giving specifics), which pushed back against American “restrictions and pressure” on their use of the technology. In the past two years, the Biden administration has imposed strict export controls limiting the flow of semiconductors to China and its allies, hampering its ability to train and run AI models and applications.

Increasingly, companies are caught in the middle of these tensions — especially those like Microsoft and Amazon interested in serving both economies and tapping into China’s talent pool. The White House is also considering a new rule that would require licenses to sell cloud services to Chinese customers, a move that could further hinder Microsoft’s revenue in the country — and lodge the US government between China and the American firms they need to scale up AI capabilities.

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Google and OpenAI’s competition heats up

Both Google and OpenAI held big AI-focused events last week to remind the world why they should each be leaders in artificial intelligence.

Google’s announcement was wide-ranging. At its I/O developer conference, the company basically said that it’ll infuse AI into all of its products — yes, even its namesake search engine. If you’ve Googled anything lately, you might have noticed that Gemini, Google’s large language model, has started popping up and suggesting the answers to your questions. Google smells the threat of competition not only from ChatGPT and other chatbots that can serve as your personal assistant but also from AI-powered search engines like Perplexity, which we tested in February. It also announced Veo, a generative video model like OpenAI’s Sora, and Project Astra, a voice-assisted agent.

Meanwhile, OpenAI had a much more focused announcement. The ChatGPT maker said it’s rolling out a new version of its large language model, GPT-4o, and powering its ChatGPT app with it. The new model will act more like a voice-powered assistant than a chatbot — perhaps obviating the need for Alexa or Siri in the process if it’s successful. That said, how often are you using Alexa and Siri these days?

The future of AI, the company thinks, is multimodal — meaning models can process text, images, video, and sound quickly and seamlessly and spit out answers back at the users.

Most importantly, OpenAI said that this new ChatGPT app (on smartphones and desktops) will be free of charge — meaning millions of people who aren’t used to paying for ChatGPT’s premium service will now have access to its top model — though rate limits will apply. Maybe OpenAI realizes it needs to hook users on its products before the AI hype wave recedes — or Google leapfrogs into the consumer niche.

GZero, May 21, 2024

A destruição maciça perpetrada por Putin em sua guerra de agressão contra a Ucrânia - CDS

Não sei se Lula, seu governo, ou a diplomacia brasileira tomam conhecimento ou se interessam por esse tipo de destruição gratuita, assassina, terrorista: 

Humanitarian+general:

• According to information provided by the Situation Center of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Russian forces shelled 13 regions of Ukraine over the past day. A total of 115 towns and villages and 150 infrastructure objects were attacked with various types of weapons. The number of casualties is being updated/clarified.

• On the night of May 21, Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 29 attack UAVs of the "Shahed-131/136" type, 28 of them were shot down.

• During the night of May 20-21 in Kharkiv, the occupiers attacked one of the favorite leisure spots of local residents. Four people were injured.

• The enemy struck Kharkiv throughout the night. Debris from enemy "Shahed" drones was found at four locations. According to the State Emergency Service, 5 people were injured as a result of the Russian "Shahed" attack. At 7:05 AM, the Russians launched a missile strike on a transport infrastructure facility, injuring a 53-year-old civilian man. As a result of the shelling, 25 trucks and buses and 3 cars were damaged.

• On May 21, Russian forces launched drone strikes on a police vehicle evacuating people from the Vovchansk community. The law enforcement officer suffered a concussion.

• On Tuesday, May 21 Russian forces dropped explosives from a drone on the village of Antonivka in Kherson Oblast, resulting in injuries to three women.

• On May 21, Russian forces targeted the Shumenskyi neighborhood in Kherson. An apartment building was hit, injuring three people, including a 15-year-old boy.

• Russian forces launched a missile strike on Konotop in Sumy Oblast, damaging industrial infrastructure. The consequences of the Russian attack are being clarified.

• The Russian occupation authorities have declared thousands of apartments and houses in the occupied territories of Ukraine as "ownerless property" and intend to confiscate them for the benefit of the state. According to calculations by "Novaia Gazeta Europa," over three years, the occupation administrations have identified 13.3 thousand "ownerless" real estate objects, half of which were identified in less than the full year of 2024.

• According to Petro Andryushchenko, an advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol, up to 80,000 Russians have arrived and are currently residing in Mariupol, which is temporarily occupied by the Russian army. Russia's aggression has led to one of the largest humanitarian catastrophes in Mariupol. The city is nearly 90% destroyed due to shelling. The occupiers are also demolishing damaged buildings to conceal the evidence of their crimes. During the blockade and occupation, Russian forces destroyed 50% of the city's high-rise buildings—934 buildings in total, of which 465 have already been demolished. Over 52,000 apartments of Mariupol residents have been destroyed.

Centre for Defence Strategies (CDS) is a Ukrainian security think tank. We operate since 2020.

"Ninguém está acima da lei", diz o procurador do TPI, emitindo decisão de processo contra Netanyahu e líderes do Hamas

 Na verdade, alguns permanecem à margem da lei, como as grandes potências e potências menores como Israel, mas também grupos terroristas. Mas a condenação MORAL é necessária.

Alguns poucos aliados dos criminosos, à direita e à esquerda, tentam ignorar a seriedade do trabalho do TPI contra indivíduos que cometem crimes de guerra e contra a humanidade. Entre eles se encontra, infelizmente, o presidente do Brasil, Lula, por razões que sinceramente desconheço.

Paulo Roberto de Almeida

“Nobody is above the law.”

CNN Meanwhile in America, May 21, 2024

This is how Karim Khan, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, on Monday explained his application for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defense minister and several top Hamas leaders.

The ICC’s decision to accuse Netanyahu, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and others of war crimes and crimes against humanity created global shockwaves – and caused uproar in the internal politics of Israel and its close ally, the United States.

It is unlikely that anyone named will go on trial anytime soon. Neither Israel nor the United States recognizes the jurisdiction of the ICC, although the court says Gaza falls within its writ after Palestinian leaders formally agreed to be bound by the court’s founding principles in 2015. There is also no clear way to extricate Sinwar from Gaza to face justice.

Hamas' October 7 attacks in Israel killed 1,200 people and took around 240 hostage. Israel’s subsequent campaign in Gaza has killed tens of thousands of people and spread hunger across the enclave, as it tries to eradicate the terror group. Supporters of Khan's move on Monday would argue that the victims on both sides – many of them civilians – deserve some kind of justice. But the great power politics that have long hampered the ICC are already threatening to make its latest attempt to take action as impossible to implement as its previous arrest warrants against Russian President Vladimir Putin over his invasion of Ukraine.

The United States has long opposed the ICC because of the possibility that it could prosecute Americans. Like Russia and China, it does not recognize the jurisdiction of the court, blunting its effectiveness. Yet again, we saw the contradictions exposed when the US bemoans Israel’s failure to do more to protect civilians – but balks at serious attempts to make those responsible pay a legal price.

US President Joe Biden called Khan’s request for arrest warrants “outrageous” and said “whatever this prosecutor might imply, there is no equivalence — none between Israel and Hamas.” Republicans are already warning of sanctions against the court. “The ICC has no authority over Israel or the United States, and today’s baseless and illegitimate decision should face global condemnation,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said. “International bureaucrats cannot be allowed to use lawfare to usurp the authority of democratic nations that maintain the rule of law.”

Biden has been at odds with Netanyahu recently over the prime minister’s unwillingness to take US advice to roll back his plan for an even bigger incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah. While his defense of Israel on Monday might ease some of the criticism to his right, the politics of Monday’s developments are horrible for the president. Every time Biden defends Netanyahu, he gets in trouble again with the progressive and younger voters who are irate about the terrible civilian toll in Gaza and whose indifference to Biden threatens his hopes in November’s election. 

 

And the US’ defense of what many see as Israel's disproportionate response to the horror of Hamas' original terrorist crime will only increase cynicism, even among its friends, the next time Washington raises human rights and the global rule of law.