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David Alandete wrote that Álvaro Pulido, a partner of Alex Saab, was in the custody of the United States and subject to judicial proceedings. According to Alandete, Pulido faced 13 charges in two cases for money laundering, related to schemes amounting to almost 2 billion dollars, bribery, and fraud in operations involving housing, food, and medicine for Venezuelans. He added that Pulido would appear before a judge on Tuesday and argued that this would allow for judgment in the 2019 case, regarding the facts for which Joe Biden pardoned Saab. #Venezuela #Corrupción #Justicia (translated)

Gustavo Martínez wrote that Vox proposed to considerably reduce the state and asked to know how that measure would be financed. To refer to those who, according to him, benefited from public spending at the expense of workers, he used derogatory language. He added that it was not enough to announce cuts and demanded figures on revenue. Martínez listed a proposal for income tax of 0% up to €22,000, 15% between €22,000 and €70,000, and 25% above €70,000. He also mentioned reducing corporate tax and VAT—from 21% to 18% in the general rate and from 10% to 8% in the reduced rate—setting the tax rate on basic foodstuffs at 0%, and eliminating taxes on wealth and on inheritances and donations. He also pointed out a 100% exemption for self-employed workers whose income did not reach the minimum wage. #Economía #Finanzas #Impuestos (translated)

Christa Pike, sentenced to death and hospitalized after a failed execution, has shown a remarkable recovery, being able to walk with assistance and eat while facing the psychological trauma of having survived the execution attempt. #ChristaPike #EjecuciónFallida #PenaDeMuerte (translated)

Felipe Leme said he received photos from a FURG student of an advertisement that, according to him, would be circulating in the streets all over Brazil. He proposed organizing a mobilization to spread posters comparing food prices in 2023 and 2026, with the message "Out Lula," as well as materials on the increase in violence against women. Leme stated that the initiative would seek to present a counter-narrative on topics that, in his assessment, harmed Brazilians the most: their wallets and violence. He also offered to map locations in large cities and asked if people would support the action. #MobilizaçãoPopular #ContraNarrativa #ForaLula (translated)

The Political Axis reported that Flávio Bolsonaro committed to adopting eight points from Augusto Cury if elected. Among the proposals, according to the publication, were the end of presidential re-election and a government of “national pacification,” without revenge or political persecution. The document also provided for expanding full-time education, integrating a telemedicine network into the SUS, combating violence against women, and doubling food production in ten years. #FlávioBolsonaro #Educação #Política (translated)

Make my day happy. He stated that there were 209,000 Chinese living in Spain and maintained that, according to his description, they did not request subsidies or go to food banks, nor did they steal mobile phones, assault people at ATMs by strangulation, harass or rape women in the metro, nor did they try to impose their customs. #España #Inmigración #Diversidad (translated)

A study from the Max Planck Institute reveals that diet, especially the consumption of ultraprocessed foods, influences the gut microbiota, which in turn predicts the likelihood of experiencing fever as a side effect after mRNA vaccination. #Vacunas #MicrobiotaIntestinal #Salud (translated)

The Great Collection, one of the largest solidarity mobilizations in Catalonia, is looking for 17,000 volunteers for its 18th edition, which will take place on November 13 and 14, with the aim of collecting food and financial donations to support people in vulnerable situations. #GranRecapte #Solidaridad #BancdelsAliments (translated)

CAMI⁷ asked those who voted blank or null, or did not vote, to read her message. She stated that the candidate Flávio Bolsonaro denied the existence of climate catastrophes and described possible impacts of El Niño in Brazil. According to the author, the phenomenon occurs when the surface waters of the Pacific become warmer than usual, altering winds and rainfall. She said this could lead to extreme heat, droughts, water shortages, and wildfires in some regions, as well as intense rains, flooding, and landslides in the South. She also warned that these effects could harm agriculture, raise food prices, and affect health. CAMI⁷ recommended following weather forecasts and alerts from the Civil Defense. #ARMYScomLula #EleNão #ElNiño #MudançasClimáticas #VotoConsciente (translated)

Political Analysis stated that it was in Alagoas, where Flávio obtained 40%, and said it heard from a beneficiary of the BF that he would vote for him because Bolsonaro had increased the program to 600. To respond to this argument, it advocated raising the benefit instead of focusing on the Master case. According to the author, Lula spent three years without adjusting it and, when he did, increased the amount by 100 reais in the second round; nearly half of the people, he added, received the payment after the election, something he claimed to have warned about. The author also stated that today there are many more cars and motorcycles in the Northeast and that gasoline, nearing R$ 7 in the region, weighs more on the family budget than it did 20 years ago. He advocated for the repurchase of the Bahia refinery and linked the price of fuels to the cost of food, saying that the left had forgotten the historical importance of land reform. In the assessment of Political Analysis, the left erred by not pressuring the government for a more radical economic agenda, which caused Lula to lose votes in his own electoral base. The author advocated for greater radicalism to increase purchasing power and said that this would not be achieved by conciliating with agribusiness and Faria Lima. #Política #Economia #Nordeste (translated)

The Wallet Card is a program from the Spanish government that provides families with children a monthly aid of between 100 and 220 euros, intended for the purchase of food and essential products in participating supermarkets, and whose application must meet certain economic and social requirements. #TarjetaMonedero #AyudaFamiliar #AlimentosEsenciales (translated)

Gustavo Petro stated that the Minister of Agriculture and Abelardo were unaware of science. He maintained that the El Niño phenomenon would arrive strongly in December and that the recent rains might not be enough to mitigate the expected damage. He also accused the Government of denying the climate crisis and neglecting food production and water, while expecting solutions from hydrocarbons, the use of which, he said, caused that crisis. #CrisisClimática #AgriculturaSostenible #CambioClimático (translated)

Gustavo Petro urged those he called "Lords of Time" not to deceive the public. He stated that the current Government had not freed up land for food production, but had removed protection areas that, according to him, his Government had established in La Guajira, Tolima, and Cundinamarca. He also claimed that the Executive was disregarding the constitutional mandate to provide special protection for food production. #Agricultura #ProducciónDeAlimentos #DerechosAgrarios (translated)

Gustavo Petro criticized the Minister of Agriculture for talking about stopping rice cultivation and called the proposal miserable for the Colombian people. He argued that rice was nutritious and that the country should move towards food self-sufficiency. He warned that a fall in the peso, a mega-drought, and rising food prices would increase hunger. He also stated that the Ibagué plateau had rice yields similar to those of the United States. Petro said he had proposed a "rice route" that would include cooperative mills owned by producers, cheap credit, cooperation with Chinese universities to improve techniques and productivity, tariff protection, and the expansion of rice-growing areas. He also suggested building the road between Ayapel, San Marcos, and Magangué, deepening agrarian reform in Magangué and southern Bolívar, and allowing water to flow in La Mojana. He asserted that Colombia should produce more cereals and replace extensive livestock farming on 15 million hectares of fertile land with food agriculture in the hands of peasant farmers and small and medium producers. He added that cashew production was important, but not as a substitute for rice-growing areas: he proposed cultivating it in low-productivity livestock areas, as a voluntary alternative to coca leaf crops and in the Colombian altillanura. Petro linked the minister's announcement about rice production to land burning in Tolima due to human action and to what he described as the idea of Abelardo and Restrepo of substituting production and intensive labor for hydrocarbon extraction and activities with less employment. https://t.co/zB0X6wz13i #Arroz #AutosuficienciaAlimentaria #ProducciónAgrícola (translated)

Gustavo Petro criticized the minister of agriculture's stance on discontinuing rice cultivation, calling it harmful to the Colombian population. He argued that rice was nutritious and that Colombia should move towards food self-sufficiency. He added that a decline in the peso, a mega-drought, and rising food prices could exacerbate hunger. Petro stated that the productivity of rice in the Ibagué plateau was similar to that of the United States. He said he had proposed a "rice route" that would include cheap credit, protective tariffs, and the expansion of rice-growing areas. He also suggested that producers become cooperative owners of mills, as in Zulia, Norte de Santander; promote an agreement with Chinese universities to improve techniques and productivity; build the road between Ayapel, San Marcos, and Magangué; deepen agrarian reform in Magangué and southern Bolívar; and allow water flow in the Mojana. Petro defended increasing the production of cereal foods and proposed replacing extensive livestock farming on 15 million hectares of fertile land with food agriculture led by peasants and small and medium-sized producers. https://t.co/zB0X6wz13i #AgriculturaColombia #SoberaníaAlimentaria #ProducciónDeAlimentos (translated)

My stupid recipe, Doctor Restrepo, achieved the highest employment rate, the lowest rates of hunger and poverty of the 21st century, and some of the highest levels of per capita income in the last quarter of my government in the entire history of Colombia. You and Abelardo today, just as you did in Duque's government during the first month of his administration, shot up unemployment almost to the double-digit figures that you handed over to my government. That's called a step back! It's unfortunate that a part of the Colombian electorate believes that Colombia's destiny is to go backward. Again the IMF, again over-indebtedness that you promoted, Dr. Restrepo, by giving subsidies to the rich and imposing a gasoline subsidy paid with the budget. These days, that is called economic ignorance and anachronism. I propose my support from the opposition to make a great agreement for the equitable progress of Colombia. What allowed us to have the best social economic figures of the century was: 1. Leaving hydrocarbon extraction and moving to real production in industry, commerce, and tourism. Prioritizing production, that is, the transformation of materials to make other materials for a good life for people, automatically raises employment levels and overall productivity. 2. Raising the minimum wage every year to the level of the vital basket for a family. This was demanded by the social doctrine of the Catholic Church in the encyclical "Rerum Novarum" by Leo XIII, and you, as a fervent Catholic, should apply it. In that encyclical and in that of Francis I about the "common home," and in that of Leo XIV about "a dignified Humanity," you would find a comprehensive agreement with the progressivism I lead. 3. A leading role of the state in the economy in strategic matters such as tariffs for industrialization, abundant and cheap credit for small and medium-sized industries, cheap credit for industry, food production, exports, and zero-interest credit for any national industry that produces an increase in Colombia’s computational capacity, energy, and railroads. 4. Leading the decarbonization of the economy through a 100% clean electricity generation matrix, replacing the prohibitively expensive gas with extremely cheap and abundant solar energy in Colombia. Remember that in my government I managed to increase growth in the four years by 500% in the naval industry and 200% in the electric automotive industry. 5. Redistributing another million hectares among farmers and doubling food production in the country to lower the prices of the family basket and increase real wages. You and we can lower the interest rate set by the Board of the Bank of the Republic by configuring another majority in the board that is friendly to production and work. 5. And if you don’t want, Mr. Restrepo, to reach agreements given the mind-numbing sectarianism that predominates, then just remember my advice: work and nature are the sources of wealth, and in Colombia, the real wage as an expression of the value of work allows the expansion of the internal market, both formal and informal, and increases the number of companies and workforce. When the country decides to return to legitimate institutions, it might be too late for you, but these will be the economic bases already experienced with positive data for a national agreement. #EconomíaColombiana #Progreso #DesarrolloSostenible (translated)

BTS not only arrives in Bogotá to fill El Campín. It is also moving the economy of the entire city. 💜 According to the District Institute of Tourism, their two concerts will generate more than $99 billion in spending by attendees. 🍜 $39.108 billion in food and beverages 🏨 $29.384 billion in accommodation 🚍 $17.557 billion in transportation within Bogotá 🛍️ $12.976 billion in shopping and souvenirs In addition, *18.4% of ticket purchases were made from outside of Colombia* and nearly *25% of attendees will arrive from other cities in the country*. And there is another piece of data that illustrates what is happening: between September 30 and October 4, air reservations to Bogotá increased by 46.6% compared to the same period in 2025. Two concerts. More than 53,000 people per date. Visitors from Colombia and other countries. And an entire city feeling the impact of ARIRANG. 🇨🇴💜 Bogotá definitely knows that BTS is here. 📰 Read the full article: https://t.co/YjdfthhT7c https://t.co/YjdfthhT7c #BTS #Bogotá #Economía (translated)