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Brazil’s president: ‘Trump has no right to wake up in the morning and threaten a country’‌

Dear readers, ‌ This week, EL PAÍS sat down for an exclusive interview with the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The former metalworker discussed the current global turmoil, running for a fourth term against another Bolsonaro, and his relationship with Trump.  “I told him, verbatim, that two countries governed by two 80-year-old men should converse with maturity,” he said. ‌ In another special interview, we spoke to Amanda Ungaro, a former model who went from attending Trump parties to being deported. She described the hellish three months she spent in a detention center before she was flown to Brazil, with nothing, not even a cell phone. ‌ We also explored the Pet Shop Boys’ 40-year-long career, looked at why hippos are being euthanized in Colombia, and spoke to the woman behind the Spanish translation of ‘Hamnet.’‌ ‌ ‌ We hope you enjoy this selection of stories from EL PAÍS USA Edition. ‌

Lula: ‘Trump has no right to wake up in the morning and threaten a country’‌ In an exclusive interview with EL PAÍS in Brasília, the Brazilian president discusses global turmoil, elections against another Bolsonaro, his career, and his visit to Spain to meet with Pedro Sánchez and other international leaders ‌

Trump’s border wall on the Rio Grande threatens the water supply of millions‌ Dozens of Texans are fighting against the ‘Operation River Wall’ project, while scientists warn of its potential social and environmental damage

Amanda Ungaro: From sharing soirées with the Trumps to being deported by ICE‌ The former Brazilian model and ex-ambassador to the United Nations speaks in an interview about her expulsion from the United States, which she attributes to maneuvers by her former partner, and about a flight on Epstein’s plane

Artemis 3 and beyond: To set foot on the Moon, NASA needs Musk and Bezos, but their spacecraft aren’t ready‌ The US space agency is already assembling an SLS rocket and an Orion capsule to launch the next mission in 2027. The lunar landers from SpaceX and Blue Origin are prototypes that are years behind schedule

The last ‘butterflies’ of the Kurdish front‌ Fighters of the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) and members of the Women’s Defense Forces (HPJ), they live and train in caves and hidden bases as the situation in Iran worsens and small groups move toward the Rojhilat border

Baghdad’s decline two decades after the war: A mirror for Tehran‌ The Iraqi capital is still trying to recover from the destruction and economic stagnation that followed the US invasion of 2003

Spain approves granting legal status to around 500,000 undocumented migrants‌ The move is meant to regularize the situation of people already living unofficially in the country, and bucks a global trend toward harsher immigration policies

Colombia authorizes the use of euthanasia to stop the spread of Pablo Escobar’s hippos‌ The Ministry of Environment explains that no country agreed to take in the invasive species, which arrived in 1981 at the hands of the drug lord

Wizards at handling scarcity in Cuba: residents turn to coal-powered cars and rainwater toilets‌ Endless blackouts, along with shortages of water and fuel, have forced Cubans into a grueling daily struggle for survival

Frida Kahlo’s work in the hands of a Spanish bank: The controversy shaking Mexico’s art world‌ Unanswered questions surrounding the Gelman collection have fueled growing concern, driving calls for stronger protection of the country’s cultural heritage