Brais Suárez

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Periodista freelance en Portugal (La Voz, SER, RTVG)
Antes, en Moscú.

[Brais Suárez @SgBrais]

@FinchelsteinF Clásico Delta con sabor a cenicero

[Alexandra Prokopenko @amenka]

The West keeps looking for cracks in Putin's regime, such as elite splits and falling ratings. The real erosion is duller, as I argue in my piece for @FT In 72 hours, parliament let the finance ministry borrow past the debt ceiling — no Duma needed. The state is quietly abandoning its own procedures 1/
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[Brais Suárez @SgBrais]

@ssxamdx Wells, en Cangas

[Fonsi Loaiza @FonsiLoaiza]

Esta es la gigantesca manifestación hoy en Vigo contra el monarca Felipe VI y la celebración del Día de las Fuerzas Armadas. El pueblo gallego es impresionante.

[Brais Suárez @SgBrais]

Cuando estuve en Puebla, me encontré con un gallego que lleva 500 años bendiciendo coches mexicanos

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[Brais Suárez @SgBrais]

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Cansados da paz lusitana, os nossos guerreiros copiam batalhas culturais espanholas. Os espanhóis conseguem ser mais duros e mais brutais (e também mais inspirados, concedo) nas disputas políticas e ideológicas.

[Ilia Stepin @martbln_dev]

Portugal just signed a new nationality law 🇵🇹

here's what changed and why it matters if you moved here trusting the rules:

residency requirement for citizenship just doubled - from 5 years to 10 years for most people. no grandfathering. no transitional protections for people already in the pipeline.

think about what that means for a second.

someone left their country. packed their life. paid lawyers, accountants, relocation fees. signed leases. built a life here. learned the language. paid taxes, very high taxes. did everything right - under the rules that existed when they made that decision.

and now the government just moved the finish line. doubled it. without saying "don't worry, you're covered."

meanwhile Portugal is out here positioning itself as a digital capital

Cloudflare opened an office here. Web Summit at Lisbon. companies are investing. conferences are coming. the whole pitch is "come build here, we're open, we're modern, we're the future of Europe."
and then this.

but here's what most people outside don't understand - and what even locals don't get:

living here with just a residency permit is not the same as living here.

every time locals find out you're an immigrant they ask "why do you need a passport?"

they don't understand what it actually means:

waiting 6 months to years(!!!) just to renew your residency permit. banks treating you like a ghost - good luck getting a mortgage, a loan, or even keeping your account open where your salary lands. basic things that every citizen takes for granted become bureaucratic nightmares that follow you everywhere.

and the family reunification situation is just nightmare.

I know people who came here in 2022. doing everything right. paying taxes. building a life. and still haven't reunited with their families in 2026. recently AIMA only opened family reunification slots for the first time in over 1.5 years.

and while you wait - you can't leave the country.

not to see your parents. not for a work trip. not for anything. because the moment your residency application is pending, you're stuck. if you leave, you risk everything.

people are sitting here and years going by. not because they broke any rule. but because the system just doesn't move.

and here's the part nobody is talking about:

AIMA - the immigration agency, formerly SEF - processes cases for years. not months. years!!

under the old 5 year rule, people were waiting 7-8 years by the time the bureaucracy finished with them.

now imagine what happens with 10 years.

it won't be 10 years. it will be 13, 14, 15! easily!
no grandfathering. no "thank you for trusting us." just: new rules, good luck.

you did everything right. followed every rule. waited every queue. paid every fee.

and the government just doesn't care.

that's not how you build a digital capital.

and one more thing - there are people who invested €500K+ into this country through golden visas. half a million euros. because Portugal said "invest here and we'll welcome you." now the rules changed on them too. no grandfathering. just: thanks for the money, good luck waiting another decade.

what does that say to the next investor looking at Portugal?

@levelsio - you are living here. you know exactly what this feels like on the ground. you've been saying that Portugal is an amazing place but the system is completely broken - and people came for you for saying it.

well. here we are.

you have more reach than most people talking about this. would mean a lot if this got your attention 🙏

[Brais Suárez @SgBrais]

Serralves, único museo portugués entre os 100 máis visitados do mundo.

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[Brais Suárez @SgBrais]

@Oscarmg24 Comprar wifi en el avión, claramente

[Brais Suárez @SgBrais]

Rusia supedita su política exterior a la victoria en Ucrania. Descuida el espacio postsoviético e intenta aprovechar oportunidades en el Sur Global.

Análisis con comentarios de @Stanovaya y Carmen Claudín, de @CidobBarcelona

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[Brais Suárez @SgBrais]

@moy_qmac @miketribbianni @AngelMontesis @Svarteravn @VeryLittleRed La urss fue el primer país en legalizar el aborto, en 1920 🤣🤣

[Brais Suárez @SgBrais]

@Jglez360 La película tiene muy mala pinta, pero me encantó como novela. Cae en algunos clichés peligrosos, como romantizar la Rusia de los 90 y 00s, pero está muy bien escrito y transmite muy bien el teatro político creado por Surkov. Se debe conocer el contexto, yo creo

[Brais Suárez @SgBrais]

Visité en enero la casa de Ajmátova:

«Nadie quiere ayudarnos porque nos quedamos en casa, porque, amando nuestra ciudad y no la libertad alada, conservamos para nosotros sus palacios, su fuego y su agua».

https://t.co/jYGAe06oKA

[Brais Suárez @SgBrais]

@Stanovaya
Thanks, I've sent you a DM

[Brais Suárez @SgBrais]

@DanielVans182 Porque es el único que dio la cara. Igual ahí también lo conseguía él solo

[Brais Suárez @SgBrais]

@zigoraldama En serio?
Lo difícil es entender que alguien haga esta pregunta mintras Israel o EEUU no sufren ningún tipo de sanción.

[Brais Suárez @SgBrais]

@Olagario999 @gerclouds Pues revisa esas comas y tildes ;)

[Brais Suárez @SgBrais]

@tereixac Botarémoste de menos!!

[Brais Suárez @SgBrais]

@miguelroan1 Gracias, muy interesante. Falta el capítulo sobre cómo disfrazan la ciudad :)