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The X platform claims to have complied with Brazil’s requirements and asks to restore the service

The new representatives of company X in Brazil presented a document to the Supreme Court on Thursday, in which they alleged to have complied with all the determinations of that court and asked that the suspension of their services be lifted, official sources reported.

The request was sent to Magistrate Alexandre de Moraes, who is responsible in the Supreme Court for a process on the dissemination of false information and hate crimes on the Internet, who on August 31 suspended the activities of the company of tycoon Elon Musk in the country.

The judge made that determination after the company refused “repeatedly and systematically” to comply with Court decisions, which ordered the suspension of profiles that “sowed misinformation and hatred.”

X withdrew his legal representatives from Brazil and failed to pay financial penalties of almost four million dollars, among other discontemnt.

Musk used his own social network to respond to De Moraes, whom he even called a “dictator” and even accused of “violating” the Brazilian Constitution itself, although in the face of the judge’s firmness he has gradually accepted all his decisions.

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X at the time of the suspension had 20 million users in Brazil

In the document presented this Thursday, the new legal representatives of X in the country allege that the company has finally complied with all the court decisions and formally asked for “the restoration of the operation of the platform in Brazil.”

The social network X had about twenty million users in Brazil at the time of its suspension and had been in the sights of Justice for months, especially for allowing the spread of false information and hate messages, mostly attributed to activists of the extreme right.

That was reflected in the sentence of Judge De Moraes who, on August 31, ordered the suspension of X in the country, for his “repeated, conscious and voluntary breaches of court orders and payment of fines.”

According to the magistrate, all this would be intended to “institute an environment of total impunity and a ‘lawless land’”, as well as facilitating “the action of extremist groups and digital militias on social networks,” through a “massive dissemination of Nazi, racist, fascist, hate and anti-democratic speeches.”

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Marco Rubio warns Venezuela against military action against Guyana

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Venezuela on Thursday that a military attack on Guyana would be “a big mistake” and “a very bad day for them,” expressing his support for Georgetown in its territorial dispute with Caracas.

“It would be a very bad day for the Venezuelan regime if they attacked Guyana or ExxonMobil. It would be a very bad day, a very bad week for them, and it would not end well,” Rubio emphasized during a press conference in Georgetown alongside Guyanese President Irfaan Ali.

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Ecuador oil spill worsens as containment dam collapses

The collapse of a containment dam holding back part of the 25,000+ barrels of oil spilled from a pipeline rupture nearly two weeks ago has worsened the environmental crisis in northwestern Ecuador, contaminating rivers and Pacific beaches.

The Ecuadorian government attributed the March 13 pipeline rupture—which led to the spill of 25,116 barrels of crude—to an act of sabotage. The spill affected three rivers and disrupted water supplies for several communities, according to authorities.

On Tuesday, due to heavy rains that have been falling since January, a containment dam on the Caple River collapsed. The Caple connects to other waterways in Esmeraldas Province, a coastal region bordering Colombia, state-owned Petroecuador said in a statement on Wednesday.

Seven containment barriers were installed in the Viche River, where crews worked to remove oil-contaminated debris. Additional absorbent materials were deployed in Caple, Viche, and Esmeraldas Rivers, which flow into the Pacific Ocean.

Authorities are also working to protect a wildlife refuge home to more than 250 species, including otters, howler monkeys, armadillos, frigatebirds, and pelicans.

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“This has been a total disaster,” said Ronald Ruiz, a leader in the Cube community, where the dam was located. He explained that the harsh winter rains caused river levels to rise, bringing debris that broke the containment barriersthat were holding the accumulated oil for extraction.

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Federal court blocks Trump’s use of Enemy Alien Act for deportations

A federal appeals court upheld the block on former President Donald Trump’s use of the Enemy Alien Act on Wednesday, preventing him from using the law to expedite deportations of alleged members of the transnational criminal group Tren de Aragua.

With a 2-1 ruling, a panel from the Washington, D.C. Court of Appeals affirmed previous decisions by two lower court judges, maintaining the legal standoff between the White House and the judiciary.

On March 14, Trump invoked the 1798 Enemy Alien Act, a law traditionally used during wartime, to deport hundreds of Venezuelans whom he accused of belonging to Tren de Aragua, a criminal organization that originated in Venezuelan prisons.

The centuries-old law grants the president the power to detain, restrict, and expel foreign nationals from a country engaged in a “declared war” or an “invasion or predatory incursion” against the United States, following a public proclamation.

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