I hope Iran gets its nukes and gives the world a great service by using them.

despite how much I despise Israel, this would be suicidal and would drag the whole world into war

WW3 speedrun any%

thank you :)

Has life in Brazil improved since he left?

It has, but not by much. Unemployment is lower, minimum wage has been raising above inflation. Worth to mention that several campaing promises went unfullfilled, unsurprisingly. Next year’s election has a fair chance of being won by the far right again, with a little help from Trump and his big tech cronies. Hard times ahead…

applicants are first and foremost deciding if it works

not that I agree with OP but this is the same fallacy of “voting with your wallet”, this kind of boycott simply doesn’t work long term, applicants eventually find themselves out of options and increasingly desperate as time goes by