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Yesid Lancheros wrote that SEMANA reported that Verónica Alcocer made 149 trips, almost all on state planes, and transported nearly 2,100 passengers. Among them were the Catalans, Alcocer's cousin, Mario Fernández Alcocer; Carolina Plata, who Eva Ferrer pointed out as an alleged frontman; and the Italian Enrico Romagnoli, investigated for alleged corruption in Ecopetrol. Lancheros indicated that a flight to Venezuela on January 31, 2023, on a state aircraft Legacy FAC 1218, was the one Ferrer mentioned in statements to SEMANA. According to Ferrer, drugs would have been transported on that flight, and 2.5 million dollars had been brought from Venezuela. He also stated that the Catalan businessman Manel Grau told him that part of that money was intended to finance Fernández Alcocer's campaign for the governorship of Sucre in the 2023 regional and local elections. Ferrer added that, according to what he had been told, there would be photographs of Alcocer getting off the plane with gray suitcases and a movement of capital between both countries would have occurred. #Corrupción #Colombia #Ecopetrol (translated)

Sophie wrote to François Razna that a doctor had been found as well as a person to call the emergency number of the SNCF. She added that she had, like the others, looked for something sweet to give to the person concerned and wondered what else they could do. #SNCF #Secours #Médecin (translated)

The author stated that he did not fear the situation mentioned, but actually desired it, and that his oligarchic government contributed to provoking it. According to him, chaos would allow for the cancellation of elections and the imposition of oppressive and tyrannical measures. He added that no one was being fooled. (translated)

Gustavo Petro stated that the University of Córdoba had been under the control of Salvatore Mancuso, with the murders of dozens of students and professors, and pointed out that Abelardo had been an advisor to Mancuso and paramilitarism. Petro said he had held parliamentary debates on the influence of drug trafficking and paramilitary groups in politics, including public universities. He wrote that he denounced that these had been taken over to divert resources, promote violence, and restrict freedom of thought and expression. He added that, after his debates and accusations against politicians allegedly allied with armed drug traffickers, 35% of senators were convicted and imprisoned by the Supreme Court of Justice. He also claimed that the court was persecuted and replaced by the "cartel of the toga" and corrupt prosecutors. The president maintained that, after the fall of politicians linked to drug trafficking — whom he said were succeeded by family members — the University of Córdoba was freed from paramilitarism and grew significantly in coverage and quality. He stated that those who benefited from the takeover of the institution stagnated it while turning the private university into a business and hoarding peasant lands and water through violence. Petro said that these sectors governed Córdoba and had a president, despite not having a majority, and that they sought to return to the past. He attributed to them the halting of programs of his government to recover swamps, including the Grande, and to promote agrarian reform in Córdoba and Sucre. He also asserted that they wanted to stop the development of the university and the access of Cordoban youth to knowledge. Finally, he called on the Historic Pact to summon the people to elect delegates to its congress and urged resistance against what he described as a new advance of allies of drug trafficking and violence, with municipal coordinations ideally made up of women, peasants, and youth. #UniversidadDeCórdoba #Narcoparapolítica #DerechosHumanos (translated)

Gustavo Petro stated that the rector of the University of Córdoba had confronted Mancuso's paramilitarism. He said that the paramilitaries took the institution by force and killed dozens of professors and students, and he argued that Abelardo was an advisor to those groups and did business with them. He also assured that during his government there was the greatest growth of higher education in Córdoba and Sucre. #Córdoba #Educación #Colombia (translated)

Abelardo De La Espriella said that he had inaugurated the Warsaw–El Delirio road in Sucre, a stretch of 3.2 kilometers that, he claimed, completed a strategic section of the Transversal of the Montes de María and improved the connection between Sincelejo and Toluviejo, the Route to the Sea, and the Gulf of Morrosquillo. He pointed out that more than $10.2 billion had been spent on the project and stated that it would facilitate the transport of crops, tourism, and commerce. He also claimed that, during his Government, the works would be completed and delivered on time, without undue cost overruns. He presented the project as part of progress that, as he wrote, should reach the territories. #Caminos #Desarrollo #Sucre (translated)

Abelardo De La Espriella said that he inaugurated the road connection Varsovia-El Delirio, in Sucre, a stretch of 3.2 kilometers of the Transversal de los Montes de María. According to what he wrote, the road connected Sincelejo to Toluviejo, the Route to the Sea and the Gulf of Morrosquillo, and would facilitate the export of harvests, access for doctors, tourism, and trade in the region. He closed his post with patriotic and religious slogans. #Infraestructura #Desarrollo #Transporte (translated)

In its 2027 budget proposal, the French government suggests expanding the soda tax to sugary processed products to encourage manufacturers to modify their recipes, specifically targeting ice creams, cookies, cereals, and candies containing additives and a sugar content of at least 10%. #TaxeSoda #ProduitsSucrés #SantéPublique (translated)

The bill for financing social security presented by the government includes cost-saving measures, such as freezing family benefits, a tax on sugary products, and adjustments to retirement pensions, with the aim of reducing the deficit to 12.7 billion euros by 2027. #PLFSS2027 #SécuritéSociale #Retraite (translated)

Professor Boris Hansel, head of the Nutrition-Prevention unit at Bichat hospital, supports the idea of taxing sugary products to combat obesity and diabetes, while warning that this alone will not be enough to solve these health problems. #TaxeProduitsSucrés #Santé #Obésité (translated)

A tax on sugary products is being considered for the 2027 budget to combat obesity and diabetes, according to the Minister of Commerce, Serge Papin, despite concerns from Ania about its impact on the purchasing power of the French people. #TaxeProduitsSucrés #Obésité #SantéPublique (translated)

L'Association nationale des industries alimentaires (Ania) critique un projet de taxe sur les produits sucrés inclus dans le projet de loi de financement de la Sécurité sociale pour 2027, dont le gouvernement refuse de confirmer l'existence, invoquant des préoccupations concernant l'impact sur le pouvoir d'achat des Français. #Budget2027 #TaxeProduitsSucrés #IndustrieAlimentaire