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Nine out of 10 climate catastrophe survivors in Brazil suffer from psychological disorders

Nine out of 10 inhabitants of Rio Grande do Sul, a state in southern Brazil that has been suffering for 43 days from the worst climate catastrophe in history, are psychologically affected by the tragedy, suffering from anxiety and depression linked to losses and the fear of suffering new floods, according to a study released on Tuesday by the local press.
Post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression and exhaustion (burnout syndrome) are mental health diseases cited by those who responded to a survey carried out by professional psychologists from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, capital of Rio Grande do Sul, which borders Argentina and Uruguay.
According to the varied responses of the survivors to the floods that began on April 29 and began to recede at the beginning of June, anxiety is generated for example when finding an open faucet and listening to the noise of water or with nightmares that the house is being flooded.
Among the data collected by the researchers, anxiety stands out with 91 percent, followed by exhaustion 60 percent and depression, with 50 percent.
The coordinator of the study, psychiatrist Simone Hauck, told the RBS news network, in Porto Alegre, that the environmental catastrophe that caused at least 175 deaths, 38 missing and from which almost 450,000 people are still being evacuated, affected even those who were not victims of the floods.
There are similar reactions between the victims and the volunteer rescuers, who responded that they dream of water entering the apartment and think that “few things will be worth obtaining in life if they can be lost at any time,” he explained.
The specialist said that these symptoms appear temporarily, with which they should decrease as the tragedy passes, with the resolution of housing problems or other problems related to the flood.
According to the television network, experts warned that the highest suicide rate in Brazil is that of Rio Grande do Sul, even before the tragedy.
The Ministry of Health of the federal government of Brazil formed a team of 300 mental health professionals to attend to those affected by storms and floods in Rio Grande do Sul since the end of last April.
The survey on the mental health of survivors aims to make a map of the neighborhoods and regions that should receive priority in public investment in the area of mental health, such as the construction of care centers and the hiring of psychologists and psychiatrists.
International
Deportation flight lands in Venezuela; government denies criminal gang links

A flight carrying 175 Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States arrived in Caracas on Sunday. This marks the third group to return since repatriation flights resumed a week ago, and among them is an alleged member of a criminal organization, according to Venezuelan authorities.
Unlike previous flights operated by the Venezuelan state airline Conviasa, this time, an aircraft from the U.S. airline Eastern landed at Maiquetía Airport, on the outskirts of Caracas, shortly after 2:00 p.m. with the deportees.
Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, who welcomed the returnees at the airport, stated that the 175 repatriated individuals were coming back “after being subjected, like all Venezuelans, to persecution” and dismissed claims that they belonged to the criminal organization El Tren de Aragua.
However, Cabello confirmed that “for the first time in these flights we have been carrying out, someone of significance wanted by Venezuelan justice has arrived, and he is not from El Tren de Aragua.” Instead, he belongs to a gang operating in the state of Trujillo. The minister did not disclose the individual’s identity or provide details on where he would be taken.
International
Son of journalist José Rubén Zamora condemns father’s return to prison as “illegal”

The son of renowned journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín, José Carlos Zamora, has denounced as “illegal” the court order that sent his father back to a Guatemalan prison on March 3, after already spending 819 days behind barsover a highly irregular money laundering case.
“My father’s return to prison was based on an arbitrary and illegal ruling. It is also alarming that the judge who had granted him house arrest received threats,” José Carlos Zamora told EFE in an interview on Saturday.
The 67-year-old journalist was sent back to prison inside the Mariscal Zavala military barracks on March 3, when Judge Erick García upheld a Court of Appeals ruling that overturned the house arrest granted to him in October. Zamora had already spent 819 days in prison over an alleged money laundering case.
His son condemned the situation as “unacceptable”, stating that the judge handling the case “cannot do his job in accordance with the law due to threats against his life.”
International
Miyazaki’s style goes viral with AI but at what cost?

This week, you may have noticed that everything—from historical photos and classic movie scenes to internet memes and recent political moments—has been reimagined on social media as Studio Ghibli-style portraits. The trend quickly went viral thanks to ChatGPT and the latest update of OpenAI’s chatbot, released on Tuesday, March 25.
The newest addition to GPT-4o has allowed users to replicate the distinctive artistic style of the legendary Japanese filmmaker and Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki (My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away). “Today is a great day on the internet,” one user declared while sharing popular memes in Ghibli format.
While the trend has captivated users worldwide, it has also highlighted ethical concerns about AI tools trained on copyrighted creative works—and what this means for the livelihoods of human artists.
Not that this concerns OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, which has actively encouraged the “Ghiblification”experiments. Its CEO, Sam Altman, even changed his profile picture on the social media platform X to a Ghibli-style portrait.
Miyazaki, now 84 years old, is known for his hand-drawn animation approach and whimsical storytelling. He has long expressed skepticism about AI’s role in animation. His past remarks on AI-generated animation have resurfaced and gone viral again, particularly when he once said he was “utterly disgusted” by an AI demonstration.
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