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Apple has called the press and enthusiasts for an event in New York. Due to the hourly situation, this time the Keynote started at 3pm Spanish time. The event has been focused on new products that were not announced in September with the new iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR. One of the news of the day is the new Mac mini, the small of the range that is renewed almost 1,500 days later. New 13.3-inch MacBook Air: thinner, lighter and more powerful. On October 16, 2014, the last Mac mini available to date with Intel Haswell processors, WiFi AC or Thunderbolt 2 was released as new features. Since then, unconfirmed rumors and news that did not come true. Four years later, we have a new member in the form of Mac mini, the cheap Apple computer that we can connect to any monitor or TV. New Mac mini 2018: technical features and price Processors with 4 cores as a base and 6-core options to meet consumer demand. All of them are Intel 8th generation with a performance 5 times higher than the models launched in the past, something normal after the time that has passed. The RAM can be up to 64GB and 2666 MHz. In storage we see that all Mac Mini use flash memory up to 2TB with the Apple T2 security chip. We have optional 10 Gbps network connection, 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports with USB type C, an HDMI port and 2 USB type A ports. In addition, in the back we have speaker connection and for power. The basic configuration starts with 8-generation Intel i3 processors with 8GB of RAM and 128GB SSD. New Mac mini 2018: price and availability The new Mac mini can be ordered from today from 899 euros and can be purchased from next week, specifically on November 7. The color available for this Mac mini will be Space Gray, a color somewhat darker than the one chosen for the model launched in 2014. EUR 795.96 Configuration options: 6-core i7 processor +350 euros 16GB RAM +240 euros 32GB RAM +720 euros 64GB RAM +1680 euros 256GB SSD +240 euros 512GB SSD +480 euros 1TB SSD +960 euros 2TB SSD +1920 euros Network 10 Gbps +120 euros The most complete Mac mini will cost us a total of 4,969 euros with Intel i7 8th generation, 64GB of RAM, 2TB of SSD and 10 Gbps network.
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One of the most recurrent issues when talking about Android is the fragmentation and lack of updates. For this, Google has tried everything. The most recent had to do with the simplification of the model of updates and the implementation of strategies such as Android One. However, according to information from The Verge, Google would be forcing manufacturers to update the software of those references of equipment that are being used by more than 100,000 users. New Google requirements for Android manufacturers The media had access to a Google contract that specifies that Android manufacturers must install updates regularly for any po[CENSORED]r cell phone or tablet for at least two years. Specifically, the contract sti[CENSORED]tes that manufacturers must provide at least four security updates in the first year of the release of the reference. Second year updates are also included, although a minimum number is not specified. The terms of the contract would cover any smartphone launched after January 31, 2018 that has been activated by more than 100,000 users. The manufacturers, in addition, are forced to patch the weaknesses identified by Google within a specific time window. Thus, at the end of each month, the equipment with the condition of being updated must be protected against all vulnerabilities that have been identified in the last 90 days. In this way, even if there are a minimum of four updates per year, the devices will probably have to be updated one more time. On the other hand, if the manufacturers do not keep their devices updated, Google may not approve the next equipment of these companies, which means that they could not launch them. The above terms appear in the new Google license agreements in the European Union. These were renewed due to the fine charged by the European Commission to the Mountain View company. From now on, manufacturers who wish to have Google services on their smartphones will have to follow these parameters, at least if they are in the European Union. This measure, which seems coercive, could make a difference in terms of preserving users' security. At least something has been learned from events like StageFright.
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President Donald Trump sparked an intense controversy this week in the country to announce a series of immigration measures that many of his critics interpreted as a maneuver to encourage the participation of its base in the legislative elections this coming November 6. On the one hand, Trump said he plans to sign an executive order that would end the right to citizenship that today all those born in the United States with immigrant parents have. The president suggests that these are not, nor those of legal parents, but they are not from the United States. UU And, on the other, confirmed the sending of about 5,200 members of the armed forces to the border with Mexico to, presumably, prevent the entry of two caravans of immigrants coming from Honduras. Along with the military, helicopters and other equipment would arrive that would be used to support the work of the 6,500 border patrol men and 2,000 other National Guard members who had already been sent in the spring, also by order of the president. "We are the only country in the world where a person comes, has a son and that son becomes a citizen for more than 85 years and with all the benefits, that is ridiculous and has to end," the president said during an interview with the president. Axios chain, in which he anticipated the content of his executive order with which he plans to end the practice. From the outset, his detractors again stressed his "lightness" with the data, as there are 33 other countries in the world, including Canada and Mexico, where citizenship is also granted by birth. But more thoroughly, they attacked him for trying to modify the national Constitution using a decree. Something that a vast majority of experts consider impossible. Currently, the right to citizenship by birth is enshrined in amendment 14 of the Constitution. And the only way to reform the Constitution is through an action of Congress that requires a two-thirds vote, and then the approval of 75 percent of state congresses or through a convention cited by two thirds. of state congresses and then ratified by, at least, 38 of the 50 states. What Trump proposes is a clear and crude unconstitutional maneuver whose sole purpose is to plow more division and ignite anti-immigrant hatred a few days before the elections, "the powerful American Civil Liberties Union (UCLA) said in response. Still, there has always been debate in the US UU on the true scope of amendment 14. Some argue that their original intention was to guarantee citizenship for all those born in the country regardless of the status of the parents. But there is another group of experts who believe that this should not include the children of illegal parents. And there is one sector, minority and more conservative, according to which, it affirms that the purpose of the amendment was to grant citizenship to the slaves who were being released and, therefore, its current application would be wrong. Dan McLaughlin, an expert lawyer in constitutional law, puts it in simpler terms: "A debate on the merits or defects of this amendment may be pertinent, but a proper interpretation of the amendment as written guarantees citizenship to whoever is born in this country". In other words, either the Constitution is changed or a new interpretation is given through a ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice. That is why many see this as a political maneuver, because if Trump promulgates his order, this would be a demand in the act and would be suspended while doing its long course through the judicial system (at least a couple of years). But in the short term it makes him look hard on a subject, the migrant, who as he remembered was the one who took him to the White House and who now hopes will help him preserve the majorities in Congress. Something similar happens with the sending of soldiers to the border. Trump has said, without providing evidence, that criminals and terrorists travel in the Caravan and that they intend to invade the country. But the caravan is still a thousand miles from the United States. UU and it will take more than a month to arrive. If it succeeds, then usually this type of caravans tend to disperse along the way and are mostly composed of women, children and elderly people who are not committing a crime when they arrive at a border post requesting asylum. Likewise, given that by law the military can neither stop nor deport immigrants at the border, their presence will be more in support of the border guard tasks and strengthening of the infrastructure. "Sending the most powerful army in the world against a group of people seeking asylum is a shame, the military is being used for electoral purposes," says Kevin Appleby of the Center for Migration Studies. Allies of the president in Congress, like Senator Lindsey Graham, argue that there is no such thing as the president is only defending the interests of the country. Graham even promised to present a bill to end citizenship by birth, saying it has become a magnet for more people want to migrate to the US. UU But also conservatives, such as commentator Bill Kristol, who have fiercely criticized him, suggest that "the decreasing caravan of refugees is not a threat to our country or the constitutional order, but a president who tries to end the right to citizenship by birth if it is. "
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It may have been by mistake, or it may be for any other reason, but if a file has ended up being deleted, do not think it has disappeared forever. You can recover deleted files in any storage system; it does not matter if it is the hard disk of a computer, or if it is the internal memory of a mobile phone, or of course the micro SD card of this and other devices. We explain how it is done, and also how to avoid it, to keep your hard drives and information safe ... even when you try to eliminate it forever. How to recover deleted files on a mobile or computer The tools for recovering deleted files are available to anyone; You do not have to be Civil Guard, Police, or absolutely nothing. You, at home, can recover deleted files from a storage system, including mobiles and computers, with really powerful tools and totally free. However, there are different ways and some are more effective than others; In addition, depending on the format that has been applied to the storage system, the number of files and information that we can recover will vary. You can not always 'rescue' absolutely everything. There is a wide variety of programs used to recover deleted files not only on mobile phones and computers, but in any storage system. Most are used from a Windows PC, and through a USB connection to the unit or device from which you want to retrieve information. But if there is a really fast and effective program in this field, that is Recuva. And yes, it's totally free; In addition, we do not need to install the program on the computer, but we can execute it in a timely manner, for example, through a pen drive. Recuva: what it is, what it does and how far it can get Recuva is a free software specialized precisely in this, in the recovery of deleted files. What the program is responsible for is to analyze with great detail a storage system in search of files, although there is no information about them. That is, even if a fast format or a conventional erase has been applied, this program can rescue the files as long as it has not been overwritten in the 'space' that the file occupied. Only having applied a low-level format will prevent Recuva from recovering the files-except substitution, as we mentioned. How to recover deleted files from a PC Having downloaded Recuva, we will find an assistant that suggests what type of file to look for. If we look for exclusive photos, or music, or documents, or video, the process will be streamlined because the program will delimit the analysis to certain extensions and file formats, so that it will be easier to examine the storage system. However, the most advisable thing is to click on All the files so that Recuva analyzes the whole unit and without neglecting any extension or format; something that could make me ignore files that do interest us. Having selected the type of files we want to locate, the next option is to determine where the search will take place. We can select a memory card, the Documents folder of the user of the computer, the Recycle Bin - once it has already been emptied - or in a specific location. This last option is the one that allows us to select any folder inside and outside the computer, any storage system, or any partition of a specific storage system. In addition, we can also press the option 'I'm not sure' if we want the program to search everywhere, although then it will take a lot longer. In the next step, Recuva will ask us the degree of 'depth' with which we want to carry out the search. We can select, or not, carry out a deep scan. And the most advisable thing is to activate this option because, although then the process will take some more time, it will be the way to have the greatest guarantees that, if there is any file that can be recovered from that particular storage unit, then it will be recovered. And if it does not appear, it's because that file - or those - can not be recovered. After this, we will only have to click on Start, in case we have done the configuration through the Recuva assistant. Doing the above, in the next window we will see a progress bar with detailed information about the scan of the storage system that we have selected. As can be seen in the screenshot, in which we are already analyzing the unit to recover accidentally deleted files, we can see how many files have been found, why step is the analysis of the various that will be carried out, and how much time-approximately-is left to the process of analyzing the storage system to complete the operation in full. Afterwards, a damage analysis will be carried out. This step is the one that allows to evaluate the status of the recovered files; because, although it is detected that there are files - deletions - in a storage system, they can not always be recovered completely. With this step, the program makes a detailed analysis of the files that have been found, and then it will return the information about the status in a panel where we can see the complete breakdown. In this panel, with the results of the analysis, we can see the files found, their status, their specific route -where they were stored- and select them for recovery. How to recover deleted files from a mobile In the case of a mobile, if we want to recover deleted files we will have to carry out a similar procedure. We will also have to open the program and follow the same wizard to select the type of file that we want to recover; the only thing that we are going to change is the location of the files. Not in all phones we can 'tinker' internal storage, but in Android terminals, in general, it is possible. Simply we must have connected it by USB to the computer before starting the process, in such a way that it appears as 'external unit'. In most Android smartphones, when making the USB connection to the computer, there will be two units that will be reflected: one of them corresponding to the internal storage system, and the other corresponding to the micro SD memory in case the device have a slot and, of course, an inserted card. Therefore, what we must take into account is that, in these cases, we must select one or the other location, depending on where we want to recover deleted files from the mobile, or repeat the process with each of the locations. Even if you format, the files are not deleted? This is why they are still available to recover Fast formatting 'does not erase', your files are still there Yes, even if you are formatting a storage system, the files are still there. Applying a format on a hard disk, a memory card or an SSD means that we are giving 'authorization', to the operating system, to write new data in the place where there were other files before. However, in a fast format, there is no deletion of the previous files; this erasure, in fact, is an overwrite, which is carried out when new files are saved in that same space. In no case are previous files deleted, but simply replaced by new ones with the use of the storage system, in the case of a fast format. Why you should always do low-level formatting Low level formatting means that the previous files are replaced. All the data that was in the storage system is replaced so that the previous files can not be recovered; it is the safest, but also the slowest, way compared to fast formatting and slow formatting. When applying this type of format, called low level, what we do is leave the storage unit as it came from the factory, which not only serves to prevent recovery of files from a PC or smartphone, but also solves failures and errors in according to what situations in storage systems. Can I prevent recovery of 'deleted' files from a hard drive? As we mentioned, there are different formatting methods; some are faster than others, and some are also safer than others. And for 'sure' we mean that, when doing the format, there is an opportunity for recovery, or apply techniques to avoid precisely what we explained above. The way to prevent the recovery of deleted files from a hard drive, or from any storage system, is to overwrite the 'empty' spaces of this unit. 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Mozilla launched just a few days ago its latest version of the browser, Firefox 63 based, as it has been for a few months, in the Quantum engine, which makes this a faster, more robust and more stable browser with respect to to previous versions. Thus, it uses fewer resources and offers users a more attractive as well as functional interface. However, something that many of the users of this alternative have noticed is that, while browsing with the Mozilla software, they may occasionally experience an annoying error in which the proxy server of Firefox itself, rejects connections to a web page to which we try to access Therefore, below we will offer some simple solutions to try to alleviate this annoying inconvenience related to the error of the Firefox proxy server. And that is for some inexplicable reason, this is a bug seen mainly in Mozilla Firefox and Tor, but not in Chrome, Edge or Safari. Thus, one could say that it is a common error in the Mozilla proposal, since that same "blocked" web, normally opens without problems in Chrome and other browsers. Solve problems with the Firefox proxy 63 In the first place, what we can try is to open the "Options" function from the browser menu and in the bottom part click on "Configuration", in the section called "Network configuration". To say that basically the function of a proxy server is to act as a connection link between our system and the remote server, so it is possible that this remote server has refused to identify the proxy of the same browser. Therefore, to correct the error in Firefox Quantum, we must eliminate any proxy connection to which we are connected. To do this, simply change from "Use system proxy settings" that is checked by default, to "No Proxy", located at the top of the new window. On the other hand, in the case that the error referred to is not specific to the browser, we will not be able to open any web page in it, or some could open while others do not. Therefore, the problem could be due to the configuration of the operating system LAN. So, if we find ourselves in this situation, we introduce "Configure proxy server" in the Windows 10 search bar, and click on the "LAN Configuration" button located in the "Connections" tab. After this we disable any proxy server that may be added in this section.
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The Migrant Walk, in which more than 7,000 people go to the United States since October 13, is a consequence of the violence and poverty that afflict the Northern Triangle of Central America. Honduras, origin of the caravan, is the most affected State, as it is experiencing an economic crisis caused by drug trafficking and corruption. The figures are telling. Honduras is one of the most dangerous countries in the world, with a homicide rate of 43 per 100,000 inhabitants. It also records that seven out of ten Hondurans live in poverty, according to the World Bank, forcing thousands of people to emigrate to seek a better life, according to experts. The region is geographically strategic, an advantage for drug trafficking, a sector that is strengthened thanks to state oblivion, as Honduran political analyst Milton Benítez explains to EL TIEMPO: "The abandonment of the institutions made it related to an illegal traffic market. This became a niche of opportunities for the excluded of the State and its institutions ", assures Hurricane Mitch, which left at least 5,600 dead in 1998, and the coup that caused social imbalance in 2009 are just precedents of the wave of migration. "There had never been such an exorbitant amount of people who decided to leave almost the same day. However, the need for migration has been around for decades, "says sociologist Mirta Arias. The sub-coordinator of the psychosocial accompaniment area of the Sin Fronteras de México organization, Alejandro de la Peña, says it is a historical migration, the result of the Central American institutional crisis, when he recalled that Salvadorans, Guatemalans and Nicaraguans joined the march. "It is a forced displacement. It obeys to an institutional, political and economic crisis that these countries have been living for more than thirty years and is becoming more and more acute, "says the expert. 'Economic crisis' In turn, the economic crisis destabilizes the market and limits the opportunities of the po[CENSORED]tion by generating a social injustice, as stated by the president of the College of Economists of Panama, Samuel Moreno. "There is a substantial crisis in the Honduran economy, the figures and the amount of unemployment reflect it. If a national emergency plan is not made, that could be deepened, "says Moreno. With some 9.2 million inhabitants, Honduras has an unemployment of 6.7 percent, to which 1.5 million people are added in underemployment (work that does not meet the minimum legal requirements), according to the Secretariat of the I work in this country. "Poverty indicators and the latest surveys made resemble Honduras with the conditions of African countries," says Moreno. However, GDP documents an improvement in recent years, with a representative increase of 4.8 percent in 2017. But, at the same time, other factors are aggravating. "The issue of GDP growth is not the main determinant to truly measure the economic situation. Inflation is around 6 percent; it is not alarming, but there is an increase in living costs, "says Moreno An unpo[CENSORED]r government? The political system lost credibility because the ruling party perpetuated itself in power with thirteen presidents, says Arias. "The State does not provide the po[CENSORED]tion with the right to security. There is total insecurity and impunity. Nobody does justice, and people no longer believe in anyone, "says the expert. The Government of Honduras comments that there are about 3,400 Hondurans who returned by their own decision to their country in the safe return plan, but it is not proven, according to Yellow Dog TV reporter Whitney Godoy. "This has not been voluntary. The immigrants denounce that through deceits they are taken to the shelters, and there they are locked up, "says Godoy. "These people have determined not to return to Honduras, they feel rejected by the government of President Juan Orlando Hernández. He is working to return these people, but they will not leave, they will not want to go back all that time invested in traveling several countries, "the journalist adds. Meanwhile, Hondurans continue their journey towards the so-called 'American dream'. "They are being cared for and receiving food from communities and churches. The Red Cross provides medical care, and other organizations, "says Godoy https://html2-f.scribdassets.com/4ni9fr2iww6mffmf/images/1-cf4b2f398b.jpg De la Peña reiterates that accompaniment at the border is necessary. "Throughout this journey they will require a series of direct services and international protection, which is an obligation of the Mexican State," he says. Thus, although this represents a social problem, the president of EE. UU., Donald Trump, can benefit from the upcoming elections thanks to threats of economic cut and militarization of the border he announced, according to Benítez. "EE. UU it will not give way; It will toughen the policy, but it will strengthen Trump. He is going to enter into an electoral process in which he needs to be the savior for that supremacy, the one that put an end to an exodus of people who could 'attack' his country, "says Benítez. According to UN figures, 2,622 men, 2,234 women, 1,070 children and 1,307 girls go to the border. All have their own motivations, but they flee with the same objective: "To seek protection from the hostile environments in which they find themselves in their countries of origin," de la Peña said.
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In October 2017, Western Digital launched the first 14 TB hard drive, which represented a new record in storage capacity. While we are still waiting for units of 16 and 18 TB, which will arrive before 2020, the company has once again broken the record by launching a 15 TB hard drive: the highest capacity in the market. Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC620: the first 15 TB hard drive The model in particular is the Ultrastar DC HC620, which is available in two capacities of 14 and 15 TB. Obviously, these types of units are not available to most mortals, but are designed for data centers and servers for the cloud. The key to this type of units is that, in the long term, they offer greater energy efficiency, in addition to requiring less space. This is the reason why many companies are constantly renewing their storage, changing even hard drives that work to sell them and acquire new ones with their multiple advantages. To be able to introduce more and more terabytes in the hard disks it has been necessary to go making innovations that allow to increase the density of its interior. Up to 10 TB, most manufacturers use a stacking form called Perpendicular Magnetic Recording, or PMR. From there, it has been necessary to use the so-called Shingled Magnetic Recording, or SMR. SMR allows increasing the density by stacking the storage in layers, but sacrificing speed of reading and writing on the road. As the main problem we have a slow writing speed, but reading along with other hard drives. This is due to the Read-modify-write mechanism used by these units, which take the information that exists in a site, temporarily store it in a cache while it is being written, and then place it again. SMR and Helio: the keys of this new 3.5-inch hard drive The main clients of this type of units are aware that normally very little information is written in these units, and basically what is done most of the time is reading it. In addition, the information is distributed by hundreds of units at a time, so the speed of writing is not a serious problem. WD has improved this mechanism with this new 15 TB unit, being 31% more efficient than the previous generation of SMR. The maximum transfer speed is 255 MB / s, with 2.5 million guaranteed hours of constant operation, which is equivalent to 285 years in a row. The largest WT unit of 14 TB, the HC530 introduced a few months ago, used PMR, but the company has had to resort to SMR to continue increasing capacity. In addition, these units are sealed, which favors greater durability to enter less dust that can damage its interior, and allow to enter helium inside instead of air with its HelioSeal technology. Helium is less dense, so it offers less resistance to moving parts inside the hard drive, including the plates themselves. It also generates less vibration and less consumption.
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Massive access to the Internet in these times is carried out from all types of devices and platforms, both mobile and desktop, so the precautions that we take in a few products to avoid possible cyber attacks, should also be considered in the rest. It is true that there are operating systems that are more likely to be "violated" on issues related to their security and privacy, or at least there are, as is the case of Microsoft Windows, which are the priority target of the attackers due to their huge penetration in the market. However, over the years and thanks to the technological advances that have been received, other products such as mobile phones based on the Google system, Android, have also been growing in terms of attacks received by technological offenders. One of the main ways of "penetration" are the stores from which users download the apps that later form part of their terminals, whether the official Android, or other third parties. And is that the aforementioned Google Play Store also suffers leaks in the form of malicious applications on more occasions than would be desirable, both for the same Google, as for users. That is why the search giant already implements its own protection system against this type of tools, the Google Play Protect. Thus, many users around the world who use an Android device, trust that this method of protection prevents the arrival of malware to your phone or tablet, but as we have just seen, that can be a considerable error. Google Play Protect on Android does not offer the protection we would like This is something we just learned based on the latest data published by the company specializing in security issues, AV-Test, where they have analyzed in depth a total of 20 antivirus solutions for Android, as they inform us from the SoftZone portal . Taking into account that 3 sections were analyzed here: protection, usability and functionality, with a maximum of 6 points for each one, it has strongly attracted the attention that the last place was occupied by the integrated security solution, Google Play Protect. While the maximum is 18 points, the winners of the comparison have obtained up to 13 points, but Google's proposal has remained at 5.5, received only in usability.
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The Brazilians will decide this Sunday whether they will be governed by the far-right Jair Bolsonaro, who leads the polls, or by the leftist Fernando Haddad, who tried to form a 'democratic front' to prevent the victory of an apologist of the dictatorship. military (1964-85). Bolsonaro, a 63-year-old former army captain, won the first round with 46 percent of the vote, compared to 29 percent for Haddad from the Workers' Party (PT). The ballot polls predict a victory for Bolsonaro, with results between 56 and 59 percent against some 41 to 44 percent of Haddad. The voters of Bolsonaro paid more attention to their promise to fight a galloping criminality by making more flexible the bearing of arms and their denunciations against corruption than to their misogynistic, homophobic and racist outbursts or their lack of important initiatives in their 27 years as deputy. The winner will have to govern next to a Congress with parties weakened by the scandals and dominated by the conservative lobbies of the agribusiness, the evangelical churches and the defenders of the bearing of arms. The PT will continue to be the first force in the Chamber, despite having lost several deputies after being one of the parties most affected by the bribery investigations in Petrobras. That scandal led to the imprisonment of its historic leader, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2010), who has been serving a 12-year prison sentence since April. Fernando Haddad, 55, was appointed candidate in September, replacing Lula. Its takeoff was based on the millions of Brazilians who benefited from Lula's social inclusion policies. But it did not achieve, after the first round, more than the "critical support" of the main center-left leaders, who reproach the PT for its political-financial maneuvers during its eight years in power. Who will be elected on January 1, 2019 replaced the conservative Michel Temer, the most unpo[CENSORED]r president since the return of democracy, which took office in 2016 after the dismissal of Dilma Rousseff, PT, accused of mani[CENSORED]ting public accounts. Democracy in danger? Haddad promised to fight until the last breath to prevent "fascism from settling in Brazil"; and Lula asked from prison to relegate the divergences between "democrats". "We can not let despair lead Brazil towards a fascist adventure," warned the ex-president in prison. Bolsonaro, who still carries a colostomy bag due to a stab wound in his abdomen in September, campaigned essentially on social networks, without participating in any debate, alleging a medical prescription. His convalescence did not soften his violent tirades at all. "Either they leave or they go to jail. Those marginal marginals will be banished from our homeland, "he shouted on Sunday in an intervention by telephone transmitted at a rally in São Paulo. That harangue "raging" led Alberto Goldman, former governor of São Paulo and member of the center-right leadership PSDB (the party of former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso), to announce that he would vote for Haddad. Goldman believes that democratic institutions will resist a Bolsonaro government. "But I'm not willing to pay to check it," he said. Márcio Coimbra, coordinator of postgraduate programs at the Faculty of International Relations of the Mackenzie Presbyterian University in Brazil, discovers that Jair Bolsonaro can take measures "that affect democracy". Brazil, the academic argues, has "a strong Public Prosecutor's Office, a strong Supreme Court of Justice and an open Congress." "It is possible that it carries out reforms of the Constitution in order to adapt it to its agenda, but that it will not affect democracy," he says. Two golden ages Bolsonaro and Haddad intend to relive heroic times, although different. The PT's campaign motto, 'The happy people again', evokes the "golden age" of Lula's governments, with a buoyant economy driven by high prices for agricultural products. The lost paradise of Bolsonaro is another: "We want a country similar to the one we had 40 or 50 years ago," he said in a radio interview. The period of reference, from 1968 to 1978, was the hardest of the military dictatorship, with persecutions and torture of opponents. But it was also at the beginning of the Brazilian "economic miracle", an industrialization project. In foreign policy, Bolsonaro showed willingness to approach the American Donald Trump, including an increase in pressure on the socialist regime of Venezuela, in full economic and social marasmus. Haddad wants to strengthen South-South relations. In the event of victory, the economic guru of Bolsonaro, Paulo Guedes, will try to launch a privatization program to reduce debt, bureaucracy and reactivate the economy, which comes from two years of recession and two more of weak growth. But in the face of resistance in his own field, Bolsonaro had to clarify that he would only privatize peripheral activities of Petrobras or Eletrobras and ruled out the participation of foreign groups in the generation of energy.