While Brazil appreciates the Uruguayan help, the lack of basic consensus and “effective” fake news is worrying among businessmen in the midst of an electoral climate.
Given the catastrophe that is experiencing Rio Grande do Sulwith the worst floods in history, Uruguay He offered his help, as it could not be otherwise. A helicopter of the Uruguayan Air Force (FAU) With troops and support equipment, it is already operating in coordination with the commands that organize aid in the neighboring State.
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The situation is really very serious, and Uruguay made a second offer of help, with the possibility of sending a plane Hercules with drones and boats, to combine search and rescue. This second proposal was initially discarded by Brazil, which gave rise to various interpretations. “When there is an episode of this type, it is always important to coordinate aid well, because it is not about madly adding one thing on top of another; Efforts can overlap and generate even more difficulties than solutions,” explained a Uruguayan soldier, a veteran and familiar with this type of circumstances when there are multiple collaborations in critical events. “What he did Brazil It has its logic; and if you really need more support you will ask Uruguay that he has it at his disposal,” he added.


The matter, however, aroused sensitivities and motivated controversy. Because on social networks the Brazilian government was accused of rejecting aid from Uruguay. Particularly scandalous was the opposition representative for Rio Grande do Sul, Marcel van Hattem, very active on networks. In such a way that the President of Brazil, Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, decided to respond through his own Twitter account, where he uploaded a photo of the Uruguayan helicopter, highlighting and thanking the help; and denying what she described as lies. “It is true that the first offer was made and the second was pending; Surely in the midst of both offers, the Brazilian military command was consolidated, with the arrival of high-ranking soldiers from the Federal Army, to coordinate aid in Río Grande do Sul; that may have stopped the second support he offered Uruguay; Finally, it seems that Hercules is coming out with water treatment plants, which are much needed now,” he commented.
Meanwhile, the waters recede very slowly in Porto Alegre, where a distressing situation persists, with a lack of basic food and water. And the flood is moving south, raising the level of the Laguna Merín, which also complicates Uruguay. In the basin of said lagoon, eastern zone, there are many hectares of soy Underwater. Touring the area, as far as the water allowed it to advance, a producer could not contain his tears.
Fake news
The painful episode starring Romina Celeste and his false complaint, motivated various discussions regarding how to handle the fake news, intentional lies and false information. In the episode, almost no one came out in the clear: neither the justice system, nor the journalists, nor the political actors. Commenting on the situation at a lunch organized by European business entities, a journalist asked an important European diplomat for his opinion on the subject.
“Don’t be confused,” he responded, “: the issue of fake news and the manipulation of information is not shown in this way, in an almost ridiculous episode: the elections are in a few months and what Uruguay must ensure that there are no extensive and high-tech operations, of course anonymous and through social networks, to influence the electoral result (…) this is what they tried to do Russia in USA and in some cases in European elections.” His interlocutor remained static and without saying a word. “It’s like this: this is not a matter of show business or gossip, with people who want 5 minutes of fame and are not afraid of going to jail (well, in the end not even that…). Fake news is established with tools of Artificial intelligence via Internet; and Uruguay “It is not safe from operations of this type (…) The risk does not come in packages like Romina Celeste: they are much more subtle and effective,” he concluded while asking the waiter if the soft drink was light or regular.
Consensus
In the Chamber of Commerce they are worried. In recent days the business union released a document, titled “Pact for the Homeland”, with general proposals for the political parties that appear in the elections this year. He intended for a consensus to be generated, and for all the pre-candidates for the Presidency to sign it. However – at least for now – that consensus is elusive. The main nationalist candidates signed; the colorado did the same Gabriel Gurmendez. But from the left, no news. “What did they expect?” an accountant, with experience in business chambers, but knowledgeable about politics and the left, asked scathingly. “The political landscape is very divided and it is an illusion to think of consensus,” she added with more of a political scientist’s tone than a numbers expert. “The idea of lowering the tax burden and the public spending They don’t carry it in Forehead”, he added.
Anti-Zionism
The decision of Council of the Faculty of Humanities of Udelarto suspend the activity in which Dr. Alberto Spectorowsky, because the student union accused him of being a Zionist, is having profound repercussions. “It is dramatic: Udelar is already losing all semblance of freedom,” lamented an official legislator in dialogue with a member of the Uruguayan Jewish community. He responded: “It is terrible how it is stigmatized: I am a Zionist, I have no qualms in stating it, I defend the idea of a Jewish State that is Israel. But it would seem that being a Zionist is a bad word (…) a story has been imposed.”
Due to the case, the Udelar authorities were summoned to the Parliament and they will go next week. But there is more: some Jewish students from the aforementioned Faculty have reported that they have received threats and persecutory attitudes. “It is part of a more general problem: there are several Jewish students at Udelar who no longer attend in-person classes because they feel intimidated,” comments a lawyer linked to Udelar and the community. “If we consider the events in Harvard, Columbia, etc., something similar is happening here,” he added.
Source: Ambito