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Tuesday Brief: Ali Collects Medal in Brazil While Budget Debate Wreckage Still Smouldering

Your Tuesday rundown from all four papers. Grab your coffee, this one’s spicy.

🏅 Ali Gets Medal, Country Gets More Promises

President Ali popped across to Boa Vista on Monday and came back wearing the Medalha Forte São Joaquim — Roraima’s highest honour — presented by Governor Antonio Denarium. The Chronicle gave it the full red-carpet treatment, naturally.

Ali talked about “removing barriers to trade, improving connectivity, and creating an enabling environment for private-sector engagement” with Brazil. You know, all the things we’ve been talking about since approximately 1966.

Uncle Ramesh Take: Dey Giving de Man Medal and All-You Still Complaining?

Uncle Ramesh read de papers from Brooklyn dis morning and he got PLENTY to say.

Eh-eh! So de President gone Brazil, get de highest honour from Roraima state, talk about trade and food security and energy cooperation — and all-you STILL finding fault? De man building bridges — LITERAL bridges — between two countries and de opposition side chatting bout “we heard this before.”

You know what I hearing from Lethem side? People EXCITED. Brazilian business people coming over, Guyanese going across. Dat is REAL economic activity, not paper talk. When last time de opposition build a relationship with ANYBODY? Dey can’t even get along with deyself, much less a whole country.