Trump, Putin, Netanyahu: The Illusion of Power and the Reality of War

 

Donald Trump has long claimed that he could end the war in Ukraine “within 24 hours” if he were back in power. He presents himself as a man who can dictate peace by sheer force of will. Yet the reality today proves otherwise: he does not hold the influence he imagines, neither over Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine nor over Benjamin Netanyahu’s brutal campaign in Gaza.

Putin the Dictator

Vladimir Putin has shown, time and again, that he is a dictator who sustains his power through repression at home and destruction abroad. The war in Ukraine, which began with his full-scale invasion in February 2022, has left tens of thousands dead and millions displaced. Despite global sanctions and international condemnation, Putin continues his campaign, revealing that no outside figure—Trump included—can simply “order” him to stop.

Netanyahu: The Other Face of the Same Brutality

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister, has taken a similar path of destructive obstinacy. His government’s relentless bombardment of Gaza after October 7, 2023, has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, the majority women and children. Entire neighborhoods have been flattened. The international community watches in horror, but does nothing effective. The brutality inflicted on Palestinians today echoes the darkest chapters of history, with Netanyahu’s policies resembling—shockingly—the persecution his own people once suffered under Hitler. This is not “self-defense”; it is systematic annihilation.

The Myth of Power in Washington

Trump pretends he could stop these massacres overnight. But what has he done? He speaks, he boasts, yet the wars rage on. The United States, despite being a superpower, has proven unable to halt the bloodshed. The same goes for Europe, the United Nations, and other global organizations. They issue statements, they send aid, they impose sanctions—but none of it stops the killing. The truth is simple: these leaders—Putin and Netanyahu—act with impunity, and Trump’s words mean nothing against their actions.

Money: Created for Society, Misused for Control

Money was not created to enslave humanity. At its origin, it was meant as a tool to better organize society, to simplify exchange, to serve communities. But today it has become a mechanism of domination. Humanity now treats money not as a means, but as the measure of human worth. This is a tragic distortion. Life is not built on money—it is built on solidarity, compassion, dignity, and love for one another. When money replaces these values, society loses its soul.

The Real Power Lies With the People

Putin and Netanyahu are condemned not only by history, but by humanity itself, for the massacres they orchestrate. Yet the responsibility does not end with them. Ordinary people, across nations, continue to tolerate this reality. There is enough money, enough resources in the world to end misery and rebuild societies. But wealth is concentrated in the hands of the few, while billions suffer. People know this, but they remain silent. They complain, but they do not act.

A Call to Wake Up

The wars in Ukraine and Gaza expose a painful truth: the so-called powerful are nothing without the passivity of the people. Trump cannot stop them. Washington cannot stop them. The United Nations cannot stop them. Only a collective awakening, a refusal to accept war, occupation, and exploitation, can end this cycle.

Money exists in abundance; what is missing is courage, justice, and solidarity. Humanity must reclaim its true wealth: not currency, but the capacity to share, to care, and to love.

Until the people take ownership of their future, misery will remain the norm, and the illusion of power will continue to shield dictators and warmongers from accountability.

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Manifesto for Humanity

War is not power, it is destruction.

Money is not life, it is only a tool.

Real power belongs to the people who awaken.

Putin, Netanyahu, and all who rule through fear have already lost legitimacy.

Trump cannot end wars in 24 hours, because no one owns human dignity.

Our mission is simple and urgent:

End misery, stop wars, and return the planet to the people.

Life is not measured in euros or dollars, but in sharing, in love, and in justice.

The time for waiting is over.

The future begins the moment humanity awakens.

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Unity and Respect for the Rules of the Portuguese Language in Official Documents

 I would like to highlight that the Portuguese language is unique, and all countries that use it – namely Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and others – must respect the officially established writing standards, especially in the context of official documents. By adopting Portuguese as the official language, these countries commit to preserving the precepts of the standard language, ensuring clarity and effectiveness in institutional communication.

It is important to emphasize that while the natural variations of the language enrich our language, the main difference lies particularly in the treatment of Portuguese in Brazil. Unlike other former colonial countries, Brazil must rigorously adhere to the official writing rules. This uniformity is essential to ensure the understanding and legal security of documents and administrative processes.

Recently, it has been noted that platforms like Google and other translation services have started using expressions like “Portuguese from Portugal” and “Brazilian Portuguese.” However, it is crucial to stress that "Brazilian Portuguese" does not exist as a distinct variant, as Brazil, throughout its history, has adapted the Portuguese language to its cultural and regional characteristics. Portuguese is unique, and its variations are natural and reflect the specific contexts of each country. However, this adaptation should not be confused with the creation of a new language, which causes confusion and distorts the linguistic reality. Therefore, it is necessary to reflect on how this issue is being treated in the media and digital platforms to ensure that misconceptions do not perpetuate, potentially undermining the unity of the Portuguese language.

In my professional activity, I have found that the insistence on differentiating expressions from diverse contexts can lead to misinterpretations and unnecessary treatment of lexical variations. These variations, which reflect the cultural and historical diversity of our language, should be valued as long as they are used in accordance with the rules that govern formal writing.

Some practical examples that illustrate the need to respect the norms are:

• The use of "Escrevente Autorizada" instead of "Escrivão," both valid expressions representing distinct contexts and lexical traditions, but that should be used in a way that respects the norm;
• The spelling "Registro" instead of "Registo," a variation that results from different orthographic practices but requires a consistent application of the established writing rules;
• The choice between "Vérifier" and "Confirm," which can vary according to stylistic preference, without compromising communicational clarity, as long as official writing standards are strictly followed.

Proposals:

1. Promote the recognition that Portuguese is a single language, valuing the natural variations while emphasizing that all Portuguese-speaking countries, particularly Brazil, due to its colonial background, must respect the writing norms that ensure the clarity and effectiveness of official documents.
2. Adapt official documents in a way that integrates linguistic variations coherently, ensuring strict adherence to writing standards.
3. Develop guidelines that reinforce respect for the Portuguese language rules in all its manifestations, preserving the unity of the language and ensuring legal and communicational security in legal and administrative contexts.

Thank you for your attention to this reflection, which aims to strengthen the identity, cohesion, and respect for the rules of the Portuguese language.

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Mozambican social security administrators heard about subsidies

 

The Mozambican Minister of Labor and Social Security said today in parliament that the Social Security administrators are being heard, as part of an inspection of the subsidies that the managers have attributed to themselves, causing criticism in various quarters.

Margarida Talapa was speaking in response to a question from the parliamentary bench of the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM), third party, on the sustainability of the start-up subsidies that the new board of directors of the National Social Security Institute (INSS) approved in favor of its members.

"We ordered an extraordinary and urgent inspection to be carried out and on the 29th [November] we received the preliminary report, which is at the INSS, for the contradictory", declared Talapa.

That government official assured that the results of the investigations will be made public.

Regarding the situation, Margarida Talapa said that INSS resources must be managed with rigor and transparency, because they belong to taxpayers and workers.

"Nothing justifies taxpayers' resources being misused," she added.

Responding to another question about the INSS investment portfolio, the Minister of Labor and Social Security stated that the entity has investments in term bank accounts, shares in companies, real estate, as well as bonds and treasury bills.

The case of subsidies that the INSS administrators approved in their favor was denounced by the weekly Canal de Moçambique and involved 20 million meticais (280 thousand euros).

The board of directors justified the award as corresponding to 75% of the assigned vehicle price to which the institution's new directors are entitled.

The controversy arises after several scandals involving the entity that manages contributions, pensions and social benefits for Mozambicans.

Among the most recent cases, in 2020, former director-general Baptista Machaieie was sentenced to eight years in prison and the payment of compensation to the State in the amount of 64 million meticais (about 1.2 million euros) for the cause. of an aircraft purchase business with INSS money.

In 2019, former Labor Minister Helena Taipo (in office between 2005 and 2015) was arrested on suspicion of receiving 100 million meticais (1.4 million euros) in bribes in 2014 in return for favoring construction companies civil and graphic sector in contracts with the INSS.

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Vaccine donations to Africa: lots withdrawn in France but sent to the continent?

 

We were already talking about it here, France via the Covax initiative promised ten million doses to Africa. Indeed, like many of its European peers, Paris is concerned about the low vaccination rate on the continent, 2%. Germany, for example, pledged at the end of August to increase aid to the Covax program from 30 million to 70 million.

While in the West, part of the population has been demonstrating for several weeks against the health passport and its corollary (compulsory vaccination), Europe is sparing its efforts to push for the vaccine on the continent least affected by Covid-19. A continent which, with the WHO in mind, was promised death in 2020. Yet he has proven to be one of those who best managed the Covid crisis.

In Africa, people are mostly skeptical about the vaccine

A mistrust that often draws on the scandals that the continent has experienced in this area. And above all in a good sense which leads them to favor endogenous solutions. The mistrust of these populations against the vaccine annoys, pushing some leaders to speak of “vaccine passport” like Cyril Ramaphosa in South Africa.

Or a desire to come in force like Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo State in Nigeria. The latter had decreed that it was forbidden to enter certain public places (markets, banks, mosques, churches) unless proof of vaccination was presented. Public anger and legal action brought by a citizen were necessary for a federal court to stay the decision.

Indifferent to this choice of an African population who believes they have other issues and concerns than following the social restrictions linked to Covid-19, Europe persists in helping them get vaccinated. And she often announces it ostentatiously, for example with the additional doses promised by Paris.

What vaccines does France plan to send to Africa in its batch of ten million doses announced at the end of August?

According to a well-researched article published on the AIMSIB * website, these are Astrazeneca doses. However, this vaccine has been withdrawn in France for children under 55 years old.

At the end of August, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, taken over by Gavi.org *, declared: “The sharing of doses is not only the expression of solidarity: it is an essential condition to ensure equitable and universal access to vaccines. of quality against COVID-19. This new partnership with the African Union and Gavi / COVAX will allow France to donate 10 million doses of Astra Zeneca and Pfizer vaccines to African countries. It embodies France's desire to be alongside the African populations to fight with them against the pandemic. "

These are unused doses of Astrazeneca that are intended for the African continent where the majority of the population is young, according to Dr Eric Ménat, member of AIMSIB and CSI *:

“Imagine my surprise at the end of August, when the HAS explained that the Astra vaccines were not sufficiently effective and that the DGS no longer allows French doctors to use them since the end of July, to discover that 'generously' France was going send those doses of unused and unusable vaccines back home to African countries, ”he writes.

Dr Ménat arrived at this observation by inquiring about the case of caregivers vaccinated with Astrazeneca or Janssen. They find themselves in a configuration where their first vaccination is not recognized.

Here is a summary of the article:

“- The HAS informs the doctors that the AstraZeneca and Janssen vaccines have a limited effectiveness against the new variants and in particular the delta.

- In fact, the DGS is withdrawing the possibility for the French to use these two vaccines in the future, which are no longer available for ordering.

- Caregivers vaccinated with these two vaccines therefore represent a greater danger for themselves and for others than unvaccinated caregivers.

- For the logic of the law to be respected, it therefore seems necessary that all caregivers thus vaccinated be immediately banned from practicing.

- France, after having withdrawn the right to use the AstraZeneca vaccine from its population under 55, now completely bans its use on its soil and gets rid of its unused lots by transferring them to Africa , whose populations are however predominantly among those under 55 years of age. ”

Africa, a dumping ground for vaccines?

Dr Ménat’s comments reflect the unease resulting from this “solidarity” which has met with little popular support on the spot. Above all, there are practices that conscious African youth endure less and less.

“How to qualify this shameful and false generosity towards African countries? These vaccines are not good for us, but they would be good enough for them ””?

Questions which will undoubtedly find echo on the continent, the first not to understand this extreme solicitude of the West when, moreover, the fight against immigration obliges, she is frequently invited to stay at home. In reality, this is already the case, with intra-African immigration being the majority.

Humanism or marketing hypocrisy

This is the question Dr Menat is asking.

“I find it completely shameful for France, a country of Human Rights, to be proud of sending vaccines to countries which cannot afford to buy them when she- even do not recommend them for these fellow citizens.

Isn't there a stench of contemptuous colonialism here? The complacency of industrialized countries towards so-called "developing" countries which, however, have managed the health crisis much better than we have so far. It's even worse than that, because sending this ineffective vaccine to these populations statistically much younger than us is to offer them a doubly poisoned gift and to offer them a 'drug' whose benefit-risk ratio is more than doubtful. .

Indeed, I recall that the Astra vaccine was contraindicated in France before age 55 because of its poor tolerance.

In any case, all this does not do our country credit. Gone are the days of the "Enlightenment" when France shone through its example and its humanism.

A good hearer! ”

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Mozambique in *2021*. Montechimoio village now has drinking water

 

The village of Montechimoio, in Manica province, central Mozambique, has had drinking water following the latest project by the non-governmental organization (NGO) Big Hand, the organization announced today.

 Although there is no official data, close to 800 people, of which 300 children live in Montechimoio, adds the NGO, citing information from the community leader of this village located in the district of Vanduzi.

 In a statement, Big Hand adds that it arrived in Montechimoio after the IDAI cyclone - which began to hit Mozambique on March 4, 2019 and that in total caused more than 600 deaths -, confronting a community that lived without drinking water nor school, deciding to remain in the village and start a support program for children at risk with distribution of school supplies, food and nutrition support plan, as well as medical surveillance," Big Hand's president and program manager told Lusa agency, David Fernandes.

 The covid-19 pandemic made work in the field difficult, but the organization's team continued to intervene, having managed to gather the ecessary amount to build a well that has only just started to work, he said, adding that the population used the water available in ponds. , without conditions of hygiene and safety.

 The NGO now intends to build three classrooms and several bathrooms, to start the process of transforming the school and the community with a view to combating school failure, he said.

 Founded in 2010, Big Hand supports already supported close to 8,000 children in various villages in Mozambique, according to data on the association's website.

 Although the crisis resulting from the covid-19 pandemic makes the organization's work difficult, "people continue to have a huge heart and a giant will to want to change the world and that is why they are contributing", said David Fernandes.

 David Fernandes added that Big Hand has an on-going fundraising campaign -- "A pencil for a school" -- at the cost of one euro per pencil -- aimed at raising funds for the construction of a new school in the village of Montechimoio.

 Big Hand is an NGO aimed at the development and well-being of children living in unfavourable conditions, especially for orphaned girls, ensuring their access to education, health care and nutrition, water and basic sanitation.

 Building schools, investing in equipment and training teachers and distributing seeds are among the areas in which Big Hand operates, in partnership with local agents and inclusive programs designed to prepare children for the challenges of life in close liaison, with the community where they live, says the NGO's website.

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