SATURDAY
Bobby Charlton. Farewell to the gentleman from Manchester
While watching the Netflix documentary about David Beckham a few days ago, I last came across the figure of Bobby Charlton. In the film, the player’s father confesses his love for the ‘gentleman’ of Manchester and the England team. Such love that he named his son David Robert – “Robert is because of Sir Bobby Charlton”. A moment of football devotion that came back to me when I now heard of the death of Charlton, aged 86. But if it is for the English sir Bobby will always be remembered as the mythical number 9 of England and Manchester United, as Portuguese Charlton will forever be the hero of the 1966 World Cup title – the man who scored the goals that defeated Portugal in the semi-final. And also the one who ensured that Manchester won the European Cup in 1968, at the expense of Benfica. Both in 1966 and two years later, Bobby Charlton faced another football legend: Eusébio da Silva Ferreira. Rivals on the field, the two players were nevertheless friends off it. A relationship that Benfica now remembered: “Eusébio and Sir Bobby Charlton were not only contemporaries on the pitch, but off it they also created a friendship that made them even more legendary.”
SUNDAY
Massa surprises in Argentina, but has to deal with Milei
Even an inflation rate of 140% could not prevent Economy Minister Sergio Massa’s surprise victory in the first round of Argentina’s presidential elections. The Peronist candidate will face in the second round on November 19 the libertarian Javier Milei, an extremist who won the primaries and was held in the first polls after the first round (and published in the economic daily The Chronicler), appears with a short lead over Massa. Partly a result of the support she received from Patricia Bullrich, the conservative candidate who finished in third place in the first round with 23.8% – Massa had 36.7% and Milei 30%. With hair worthy of Boris Johnson and sideburns that would make Carlos Menem jealous of the 1980s, he managed to capitalize during the primaries on Argentine society’s dissatisfaction with the economic crisis and with a political system dominated by the duopoly of Peronism and the right. At the age of 52, Milei defends less state intervention in the economy, proposes exchanging the peso for the dollar and ‘dynamizing’ the Central Bank. Against feminism and against abortion, he guarantees that climate change is a ‘socialist lie’. Let’s see if it convinces voters.
SECOND
The incredible life of Bobi, the oldest dog in the world
Bobi was born on May 11, 1992, sentenced to death. Because there were many other animals in the house, the Costa family was determined not to keep the litter of the dog Gira, who had given birth to her puppies in the outbuilding where they stored wood, in the village of Conqueiros, in Leiria. But Leonel, the eight-year-old son, kept the dog, despite his father, who only later discovered what had happened. What no one expected at the time was that Bobi, a street dog from Alentejo, would live happily for 31 years, running wild in the backyard of his family’s house, living with cats and many other animals and spending his winter evenings cuddling with the would spend in front of the fireplace. . It was this life in the open air, without ever being chained or confined to the space of an apartment, that Bobi’s owner, the same Leonel Costa who saved his life as a baby, pointed to as the reason for his surprisingly long life . Since February, the Rafeiro do Alentejo has held the Guinness World Records for the oldest dog ever – at the time 30 years and 266 days. Now, on his 31st birthday and after a few days in the hospital, Bobi died. Celebrate your incredible life.
THIRD
Guterres and the risk of expressing an opinion on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Minutes before the opening of the UN Security Council meeting, Secretary General António Guterres unequivocally condemned the October 7 “acts of terror” and “unprecedented” acts committed by Hamas in Israel, emphasizing that “nothing can justify the murder, the deliberate attack justify’. and kidnapping of civilians”. But he also admitted that it was “important to recognize” that the attacks by the Islamist group Hamas “did not come out of nowhere”, stressing that the Palestinian people “were subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation”. Now, when we talk about a conflict as old and delicate as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, things almost always go wrong when we try to understand the positions of both sides. This is what happened to Guterres, who already quickly received criticism from the Israeli authorities and beyond: “What world do you live in?” Eli Cohen, Israel’s Foreign Minister, asked him directly. This was followed by calls for his resignation and threats to review relations with the UN, as well as demonstrations of solidarity. He himself regretted the “misrepresentation” of his words In Portugal too, reactions were divided between total support from the left and reluctance from the right, an example of the dangers of a position that depends on consensus and that, despite its prestige, has no real weight as a political ally.
FOURTH
After three weeks of chaos, Trump’s ally is new speaker
Mike Johnson, an ultraconservative lawyer virtually unknown to Americans, is the new Speaker of the House of Representatives. The election of the Louisiana congressman, a fierce Trump ally, ended three weeks of chaos in Congress following the Republican majority’s removal of Kevin McCarthy, the previous speaker (who was only elected in the 15th round), where the right wing did not forgive him for negotiating with the Democrats for a to block of the US government. Since then, they have been unable to agree on the name to present for what is the third position in the hierarchy of the American state, after president and vice president. Chosen unanimously by Republicans, Johnson’s resume is one of the leading opponents of Joe Biden’s certification as presidential winner in 2020 after convincing more than 100 members of Congress to do the same. Evangelical Christian is against abortion and marriage homo. He has opposed financial aid to Ukraine and vowed to “fight the Biden administration’s harmful policies.”
FIFTH
Israel tests invasion amid deaf dialogue at UN and Brussels
In yesterday’s speech, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again assured that Israel is preparing a land invasion of the Gaza Strip, but what brought the dawn was a limited incursion – it would have been the third since Hamas’ attack on October 7, which there are 1,400 dead in Israel and 220 hostages – in that Palestinian area that continues to be bombed. The difference is that this time images have been revealed of Israeli armored vehicles crossing the fence surrounding Gaza, isolating its more than 2.3 million residents and preventing them from leaving. These limited raids, to destroy Hamas’ positions, will be repeated, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari assured, stating that “there will be more phases of the war.” Meanwhile, calls for a ceasefire and “humanitarian pauses” were renewed in New York and Brussels. But the humanitarian aid reaching Gaza is clearly insufficient. Gaza’s Ministry of Health reports more than 7,000 Palestinian civilian deaths. The US denounces that the figures cannot be believed by Hamas, which has since released the names of 6,747 fatalities. A dialogue of deaf people that leaves no solution in sight.
FRIDAY
MAC/CCB – 9000 km2 dedicated to contemporary art
Exhibitions bringing together the collections of Berardo, Ellipse, Teixeira de Freitas and Belgian artist Berlinde De Bruyckere will fill the 9,000 m2 of the new Museum of Contemporary Art/CCB. The official inauguration took place yesterday at 9:30 PM, with a special free admission program, including a musical performance by João Pimenta Gomes (modular synthesizer) with voice of Carminho, and the performance of DJ Jonathan Uliel Saldanha. But the weekend brings concerts, tours and activities for adults and families. During the press presentation, the Minister of Culture, Pedro Adão e Silva, was finally asked about the future of the Berardo collection, including the invitation to Joe Berardo himself. The government official refuted the idea, stating that he would not invite anyone who has a dispute with the state, preferring to highlight the socialist government’s investments in contemporary art.
Source: DN
