Twice president of Uruguay by the historic Colorado Party, first with the return of democracy and then between 1995 and 2000, at the age of 88 Julio María Sanguinetti lives in a modest house in Punta Carretas, Montevideo.

He has just launched his new book “Memoirs of a Passion” and three days before the presidential elections and the two plebiscites, in his living room he speaks with Clarion regarding the ways of Javier Milei and its economic policy.

Always in a shirt, tie and shoes, Sanguinetti, senator until 2020, also defines Uruguayan stability as the “threat” of the popular consultation which will decide whether to nationalize pensions, which he compares to Kirchnerism and asks Mercosur to negotiate with China.

-It seems that the plebiscite on the pension issue is more important than the presidential candidates.

-The elections are obviously very relevant as is the entire government election. The other is more than relevant because it represents a qualitative change in the country’s image, its investment capacity and its access to financial markets. That we do here what Kirchnerism did in 2008 is disastrous. As regards the economic dimension of Uruguay, if credibility is valid for any country, it is worth three times as much for us. Uruguay lives on trust, lives on stability. With my colleague (José) Mujica we have preached over the last two, three years in symposiums of all kinds, with Brazilian and Argentine entrepreneurs, the Uruguay of clear rules, predictability, legal security. At the same time as 24 billion dollars are being saved by AFAPS savers (Pension Savings Fund Administrators), Uruguay ends and the dark clouds of Uruguay appear with some Kirchnerist shadows. This gives the plebiscite, therefore, a far-reaching relevance.

-Don’t the elections between presidential candidates change as much as the plebiscite?

-It doesn’t matter, even if today in Uruguay we can talk about some basic consensus. They are what allow us to say that in Uruguay there is not the famous crack that is talked about so much in our Latin America because there is a basic consensus. Today no one discusses liberal democracy, market economics, no one discusses the need for macroeconomic balance, no one discusses the evils of inflation. From there, the different sensitivities in dealing with the topic arise.

-They are the three candidates with the most possibilities from the center but with nuances?

-Basically the candidates represent two center projects. What happens is that in the Frente Amplio, just as there is clearly that definition of president, trade unionism has a very important strength and the Communist Party has an important strength well beyond the electoral sphere. They are the ones who promoted this constitutional plebiscite. They have so much political strength that the Frente Amplio had to declare freedom of action for its members and for its leadership, which, despite not agreeing with the plebiscite, does not make it explicit precisely because it is afraid of dealing with that union leadership. The Frente Amplio has that internal contradiction between a trade unionism with a Marxist tone, even if it then acts according to the rules of the game, but it is a populist Marxist trade unionism of the 1960s.

-How are they different?

-We are not the same because everyone handles it from a different perspective. The republican coalition has demonstrated that it administers the Uruguayan state according to its classic conception, which is progressive, liberal or social democratic. The Uruguayan state is a democratic welfare state, which can be administered by someone more liberal or by someone more social democratic, but the state itself is a democratic welfare state. Here there is neither the hyperliberalism proposed by Milei, nor the more socializing populisms proposed by other Latin American governments.

-What chance does the Coalition have?

-The Republican coalition has the government in its favor. He managed the pandemic well, here the Front supported the policies of Alberto Fernández, and the two models clearly compared. The Government has done well, growth has resumed, today construction is at the highest level in its history with 56,000 workers, 100,000 new jobs have been created, the real salary has recovered compared to the previous period, the fundamental values I am. But in our country the two coalitions are very balanced and will define themselves on the margins. Previous elections had been decided by 1.5%.

-For the last 10 years the Broad Front and the Coalition have governed. Growth was more or less 1%. Is it enough for politicians to get along with “Uruguayan civilization”?

-No, of course that’s not enough. Uruguay in particular is radically sensitive to the foreign market. Our internal market is very small, Uruguay lives on exports and external investments, so what happens in the world is fundamental. Uruguayan governments manage a situation in which the international situation is fundamental. The country must implement structural reforms and is implementing them. For the first time in history, Uruguay’s top export product is neither meat nor wool, but cellulose. Imagining that a product that beats meat existed in Uruguay would have been completely unthinkable, but today it is.

Julio María Sanguinetti and Javier Milei’s definition

-You spoke of Javier Milei as a hyperliberal, you are liberal, can you explain the difference?

-Milei’s ideological conception is one thing, the Argentina-Uruguay relationship is another. In the second aspect I would say that today we have an excellent relationship, the Milei government has been very positive in reasoning with us, especially on port issues and on fundamental issues for Uruguay. As for the Argentine government, I would say that it has, on the one hand, an unachievable utopian proposal and a path that nevertheless takes it in the right direction. And I would like him to try to do it with more education, conceiving it not only as protocol elegance, but as a better means of relating the Government to its own society.

-More dialogues?

-Above all respect. Sometimes there may be no dialogue but there needs to be more respect, it seems to me. That’s what I would like.

-Is this what you cultivate with your rivals from the Frente Amplio?

-It is what fortunately we cultivate here among the entire political leadership. That’s something that I would like to see, as I said, better in the Argentine government.

-And within the region, Milei now changes Uruguay’s relationship in Mercosur?

-In the region we have two visions, one Mercosur and one beyond. The relationship with Mercosur is historic and inalienable because geography dictates the law. It is also true that today our conception of Mercosur is not in tune with that which has prevailed to date. Why? For seeing him too closed. Brazil has a great tendency towards closure, Argentina has had it less today and we are confident that a much more open concept than the one we are experiencing can be created. I believe this is essential for Mercosur. We are not in the golden age of globalization, which has already passed. But that doesn’t mean we’ve returned to the post-World War II protectionist world. Mercosur must understand that it must relate better to the most economically expansive area of ​​the world which is the East, through the Pacific, through agreements with China, through anything. But this navel gazing clearly limits our growth. We must grow more, we must grow more and this applies to all members of Mercosur.

-With Milei getting closer to China, are there more possibilities?

-I would say yes. Now, as we get closer to China, we may have a better chance there. The United States remains a leading power but does not exercise absolute leadership. Russia is no longer and it is assumed that it would be replaced by China in such leadership, but this is not the case. China does not exercise the same leadership that the Soviet Union exercised in its time. It is totally different and for the better, because China does not want to export the political model to us and does not even want to interfere in politics, it is a strictly commercial empire.

King Charles endured a downpour and the traditional exotic ceremonies of the island of Samoa to try to consolidate as head of state an imperial institution that his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, wanted to defend until her death. Leaders of the 56 Commonwealth countries met with him and British Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer to begin a new phase, which includes reparations and apologies for the slavery that Great Britain practiced in its colonies.

A topic that Starmer preferred to forget to talk about the future but which is dominating the summit of this remote island. Today, it risks dividing the Summit, which is essential for the ailing British sovereign to successfully conclude his tour, without risking the unity of the institution.

All three candidates vying to become the next secretary general of the 56-nation group, led by the king, have supported financial reparations for transatlantic slavery and colonialism.

Speaking to reporters on his flight to Samoa, when asked about the repairs, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said: He was focused “on the future, not the past.”

Starmer said he wants to “look forward” and not talk about reparations for slavery, in Black History Month. Upon landing he encountered protests not unlike those experienced by the Princes of Wales during their Caribbean tour. In the rainy streets of Samoa, ordinary people, holding a sign, asked: “Reparations and Apologies.”

The prime minister says they won’t pay

Downing St said no repairs would be paid fordespite the requests of David Lammy, Foreign Secretary, before entering the government.

Lisa Nandy, culture secretary, told LBC: “The Prime Minister has been absolutely clear about this: we have no intention of paying compensation. Of course, we are respectful and will participate in the discussions. Not just on our terms, but also on the terms proposed from other countries”.

Commonwealth leaders have told Keir Starmer he will have to come to the table to discuss reparations faced with the “harmful” effects of slavery.

According to the BBC, Commonwealth nations are seeking an agreement that could start talks on the issue, via a declaration.

Frederick Mitchell, the Bahamian foreign minister, told Britain’s Today program that Starmer should take part in a discussion “must have a history” regarding repairs.

“There seems to be a reluctance to even start the conversation,” he said.

Many UK institutions have already admitted apologies. The British government has not yet done so.

“But right now we need to discuss the history of all this and the harmful effects of what happened after the abolition of slavery, which continue to influence our societies today,” he clarified.

Mitchell said he expects discussions on the wording of the statement to continue late into the night and that leaders may need to be involved to work out the details. He indicated that there was some opposition to including a statement on restorative justice in the declaration. Even if countries like his, he said, thought that this wording was “harmless” and that there really should be an “apology and commitment to making amends.”

He also predicted that, in time, Starmer would change his mind on the issue. “It’s only a matter of time before he changes his position. “I’m sure of it,” Mitchell said.

Bahamian Prime Minister Philip Davis said he wants “restorative justice” mentioned in the statement and will seek to have a “frank” conversation with Sir Keir.

“It’s not just excuses”he told Politico.

“It’s not about money. It’s about appreciating, accepting and understanding what our ancestors experienced, which left a mark on our race, culturally, mentally and physically.”

The crisis of the draft declaration

“Heads of Government, taking note of calls to discuss restorative justice concerning the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans and chattel slavery agreed that the time has come for meaningful, truthful and respectful dialogue to forge a common future based on equity,” the draft statement reads.

The risk is that the Commonwealth will divide on the issue and weaken the king as head of state. It will be a challenge to Starmer’s position. Those leaders will approve reparations plans for past slavery. Others prefer there to be a statement separate from the official statement of the Summit, which is the most important part of Charles III’s first trip as sovereign. That declaration would not have been signed by Britain.

The truth is that something began at the summit that was not the British government’s intention: serious conversations about reparations for slavery.

This would force the kingdom to pay billions of pounds in reparations, which is what a country is required to compensate for damage done to another country or its population.

In addition to payments, restorative justice could include debt forgiveness, official apologies, educational programs, economic support, healthcare and the construction of memorial museums.

They added that reparations were not a priority for the entire Commonwealth and that issues such as climate change and the oceans remained priorities.

In an interview on the Today program this morning, when asked whether the time had come for the UK to consider reparations, Lisa Nandy, the culture minister, replied: “The Prime Minister has been clear, I think he’s right focus on the future. There are very serious challenges facing countries like the Bahamas. They are facing a triple crisis due to climate change. They are some of the countries most affected in the world by climate change. A historic debt in terrible conditions and growing poverty problems. We have to help them out of this situation, he said.

The British government has downplayed the extent of the demands. His refusal risks a difficult tour for King Charles, who seeks to consolidate his role as head of state in the Commonwealth and a new spirit for it to continue, without being accused of being the latest imperial tool. India and South Africa are not participating in the Samoa Summit. I am at the BRICS meeting with Vladimir Putin.

Downing St assures that repairs “are not the order of the day nor are apologies”. They prefer “to work with those countries to help them in their ties with international or financial institutions and not pay compensation, even symbolic.”

But at least four Labor MPs are criticizing Starmer “to change course”. They consider his position “a disenchantment” and accuse him of “old colonial attitudes”.

The Green Party says the UK must commit to paying reparations for slavery.

On a remote Pacific island, where presidents stay on a cruise ship because there are no hotels, a series of crises has begun for the British Crown and its government.

THE beet It was once just a vegetable with a striking color and earthy flavor, but it has stopped being considered a food that offers numerous vitamins and nutrients for health. And among its benefits it appears take care of cardiovascular health and help to have an active brain.

“A healthy diet involves daily consumption of vegetables, some of which are low in calories but high in calories minerals, fiber and vitamins“, he summarizes MedlinePlus, the United States National Library of Medicine.

Furthermore, they are supported by studies showing that “consuming lots of vegetables is extremely healthy and is recommended eat 3 to 5 servings each day“.

At the same time, today, both fruit and vegetables offer something more versatility in consumption in some recipes that we prepare in the kitchen. That’s why it’s important to focus on its benefits.

In the case of beets, it is an excellent source of folic acid, as well as vitamin C and potassium. Specifically, 100 g cover a third of an adult’s daily requirement of folic acid, a sixth of vitamin C and 8% of potassium and magnesium.

Furthermore, it has an appreciable amount of phosphorus and contribute something calories. Other nutrients that are found in non-negligible quantities are vitamins B1, B2, B3 and B6 and minerals iron and iodine.

Beyond what has been said, it is worth underlining, It is always essential to consult a doctor or nutritionist before making a health-related food decision, so that they can provide their professional point of view as appropriate.

What does beetroot do in the heart?

Beetroot, also called beetit is a vegetable known in popular culture for its medicinal properties.

It’s a vegetable rich in nitrateswhich the body converts into nitric oxide.

“Nitric oxide makes our blood vessels dilateallowing a greater flow of blood and therefore more oxygen to our tissues,” he explains Andy Jonesprofessor of applied physiology at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom

The consequence of this, they add, is that it can significantly reduce the risk of heart diseasebecause it coincides a study published in Nutrientsas well as mitigating inflammation and avoiding oxidative stress.

One study showed that eating two beets a day for a few weeks caused blood pressure to drop by an average of about 5 millimeters of mercury.

“Blood pressure essentially tends to decrease. And it can decrease between 3 and sometimes even 9 millimeters of mercury, in the case of systolic,” explains Jones.

If this decline continues, he highlights, just rreduce the risk of suffering a stroke and heart attack by 10%.

“If this type of change occurred in the entire population, the incidence of adverse cardiovascular events would be significantly reduced,” assesses the expert.

Benefits of beets for the brain

This is known As we age, cognitive function declines naturally. But the nitrates found in beets can also improve blood flow to the brain.

In this case it would mean slow the progression of dementia and other cognitive disorders. Improved blood flow ensures that the brain receives the oxygen and nutrients it needs to function optimally.

It has been proven that the consumption of beetroot juice stimulates cognition and improves the ability to make quick decisions, it also helps maintain the young brain

Studies have supported the idea that combining beetroot juice with exercise can increase connectivity in regions of the brain that control movement.

The parts of brain networks associated with motor function in people who did so began to look more like those in young adults, notes a BBC scientific publication.

Nutritional value of beets per 100 grams

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) lists its characteristics and nutritional value per 100 grams:

• Water: 87.6 grams

• Energy: 43 kilocalories

• Protein: 1.61 grams

• Total Fat: 0.17 grams

• Carbohydrates: 9.56 grams

• Fiber: 2.8 grams

• Total sugars: 6.76 grams

• Calcium: 16 milligrams

• Iron: 0.8 milligrams

• Magnesium: 23 milligrams

• Phosphorus: 40 milligrams

• Potassium: 325 milligrams

• Sodium: 78 milligrams

• Zinc: 0.35 milligrams

• Copper: 0.075 milligrams

• Manganese: 0.329 milligrams

• Vitamin C: 4.9 milligrams

• Vitamin B1: 0.031 milligrams

• Vitamin B2: 0.04 milligrams

• Vitamin B3: 0.334 milligrams

• Vitamin B6: 0.067 milligrams

• Vitamin E: 0.04 milligrams

How to consume beets for cardiovascular health and take care of the brain

Teresa Partearroyoprofessor of Nutrition and Bromatology at CEU San Pablo University, says that one option is to combine beets or alternate them with other foods with similar characteristics.

“Some studies indicate that it is possible to obtain the beneficial effect of beets with the intake of vegetables rich in nitrates“, highlights the healthcare professional in Take care of yourselfPlus.

This group includes green leafy vegetables (spinach, rocket, lettuce); other root vegetables (turnip, radish); aromatic herbs (coriander, basil), celery and rhubarb.

Beyond the typical salad with beetroot as the protagonist vegetable and the classic beetroot juice, Many other options seem to benefit from this, depending Eat your beets (Eat Your Beets), a popular blog dedicated to this food.

Here are some unusual gastronomic options with beets that can be put into practice in the home kitchen:

• Roasted beets with balsamic vinegar

• Beetroot ravioli with goat cheese

• Hummus or Greek beetroot dip

• Beetroot soup or cream

• Pickled beets

• Beetroot carpaccio

• Beetroot cured salmon

A new scandal affects the coalition that governs Spain: Iñigo Errejón, spokesperson of the Sumar Congress, the left-wing party of the PSOE and its minority partner in the governmenthe resigned that Thursday from his bench and from political life. From Sumar they confessed that they were investigating a complaint against them for sexist violence.

“The pace and way of life on the political front line, for a decade, It wore down my physical health, my mental health and my affective and emotional structure.“, the former MP said in a statement on his X account.

“On the political and media front we survive and are more effective, at least this was my case, with a way of behaving that is often emancipated from the care, empathy and needs of others”, he added without referring to the complaint against of him. This generates a toxic subjectivity which, in the case of men, the patriarchy multiplies, with work colleagues, with organizational colleagues, with emotional relationships and even with themselves”, he added.

Errejón, 40, hastened his departure from Parliament when the news was reported online the complaint of a woman who accuses him of being a psychological abuser in his private life.

It was the journalist and feminist activist Cristina Fallarás who published the anonymous story against the now former deputy who, according to a woman who was with him, “does numbers” if during the intimacy of sex They do not give in to the “humiliating practices” that he proposes.

“He is a psychological abuser,” defined the woman who reported him.

“It throws you out of the house.”

“He is extremely kind at the beginning in taking a liking to you, when he sees that he has achieved something the rudeness and gaslighting begins (it is always you who does not understand the deputy). In the afternoon he shows you affection and also makes relationship proposals and “After two hours he kicks you out.”the woman explained.

“If you do something he doesn’t like, he punishes you with silence and indifference so that you learn to respect God, which is what he believes him to be,” he added.

As the afternoon passes in Spain, four other women dared to come forward and brand Errejón as a molester.

The actress Elisa Mouliaá confessed it this Thursday: “I am a victim of sexual harassment by Iñigo Errejón and I want to report it”he dared to say on his social networks.

In his resignation statement, Errejón justified his departure: “I have been working on a personal path and psychological support for some time.but the truth is that to advance in it and take care of myself, I must abandon institutional politics, its demands and its rhythms”.

Before admitting to his party colleagues that the accusations against him are true, the former deputy observed: “I, after an intense and accelerated political cycle, I reached the limit of the contradiction between the character and the person. Between a neoliberal lifestyle and being the spokesperson for a group that defends a new, more just and humane world. The ideological struggle is also a struggle to build better, more attentive, more supportive and, therefore, freer ways of life and relationships. “You can’t ask people to vote differently than they behave in their daily lives.”

Repercussions

President Pedro Sánchez distanced himself from the now former spokesperson of his coalition partners: “The government works for a feminist Spain where women have the same rights, the same opportunities and the same freedom and security as men,” Sánchez wrote.

“My full condemnation for those who attack this equality project,” added the president without naming Errejón.

“Our commitment against machismo is firm and without exceptions”said the vice president, minister of labor and representative of Sumar, Yolanda Díaz. It was she who appointed Iñigo Errejón as Sumar’s parliamentary spokesperson in January, when she was still at the helm of the party.

From Podemos, the ex-MP’s former militant colleagues repudiated the mistreatment suffered by Errejón. “The silence is beginning to be broken. Even famous people see that impunity is breaking down, this is important,” said Ione Belarra, general secretary of Podemos.

From the opposition, the People’s Party accused Sumar of covering up for Errejón: “They knew it and they hid it.”

From leader of the left to denounced as a molester

There was a time when Iñigo Errejón it was a promise of hope for thousands of Spaniards. With his best friend Pablo Iglesias he founded Podemos, the party that in 2014 was able to capture the social indignation that was weighing on Spain and from which Errejón left when the clash of egos with Iglesias left him almost breathless.

The guy who had a PhD in Political Science from the Complutense University of Madrid He wanted to become a reference for the left at a national level.the. He was the youngest candidate to participate – with his own party – in a general election, those of November 2019, in which he even competed with his former political and life partner, Pablo Iglesias.

It was then that he presented himself with his brand new formation, Más País, inspired by a previous alliance with former mayor Manuela Carmena to found Más Madrid, a label with which he previously aspired to govern the autonomous community of Madrid but failed.

Another setback for progressives

These are hard times for the Spanish left. The possible and imminent accusation of corruption of José Luis Abalos, former minister and former organizational secretary of the PSOE – the party of which President Pedro Sánchez is general secretary – affects the socialists. And Sumar, that conglomerate of parties to the left of the PSOE that debuted in the general elections in July last year with Yolanda Díaz as leader, is falling apart.

Sumar’s poor election result in the European elections in June had a negative impact on Díaz, who resigned as party leader.

Errejón served as Sumar’s spokesman in Congress since January this year. It had already been, between 2016 and 2017, with Podemos. And between 2019 and 2023 parliamentary spokesperson for Más País.

In the hours following his resignation, television stations and websites recalled some of his most contradictory statements with what Iñigo Errejón had just admitted. When she said, for example, that “the feminist movement certainly is “the biggest and best breath of fresh air to democratize our country”.

Or when, from the pulpit, he shouted: “The commitment to a feminist Spain It is not a rhetorical commitment, it is not a verbal commitment. It is a commitment that must also be reflected in who we are and how we do things.”

At one time he even went so far as to urge the Spaniards “so that we can proceed to a more mature discussion in Spain on what is happening with masculinity, what is happening with sexual-affective education in schools and institutes.”