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Fede Sturzenegger stated that a tweet from Flor Carignano about DNU 70/23 showed, in his opinion, that Kirchnerism was against the benefits that the norm had granted to Argentines. He described it as a force protecting the "elite" and claimed that its proposals would lead to stagnation and poverty. In defending the decree, Sturzenegger said that after the repeal of the Rental Law, four times more apartments were being published and that prices had dropped by more than 30% in real terms. He also stated that, since the DNU, the prices of medications had fallen by 20% in real terms; domestic tickets by 51%; and tourist packages by 40%. He added that in 2025 there were 33 million passengers and that international connections from cities in the interior increased by 70%. Regarding foreign trade, he attributed part of the 63% drop in appliance prices and the 43% drop in textiles to the changes in the decree. He also said that more than 750,000 satellite internet connections allowed access for almost 3 million people in the interior, and that tourism reforms had increased the number of agencies by almost 40% and employment in the sector by more than 10%. Sturzenegger pointed out that some labor and land provisions had been taken to Congress, while others had been challenged in court. He stated that the DNU had removed trade restrictions, reduced paperwork, and allowed contracts in the chosen currency, among other changes. He concluded that the debate about the decree should be kept in mind in the elections of the following year. #DNU70 #Kirchnerismo #Argentina (translated)

The Villalcampo hydroelectric power station in Zamora has opened the process for the termination of its exploitation contract, presenting an opportunity for the municipalities that host reservoirs to claim compensation for the historical damages suffered due to the flooding of lands and the exploitation of their natural resources. #Hidroelectricidad #Compensaciones #Zamora (translated)

Gustavo Petro stated that an organizational chart showed that Abelardo had placed 16 members of his law firm in key positions that, he claimed, allowed for the return of assets to drug traffickers. He added that he would later show that many assets of drug traffickers removed from the OFAC list had been purchased by the National Land Agency (ANT) to be handed over to the peasantry, and that many were still in the process of extinction. #Narcotráfico #Corrupción #Justicia (translated)

Sometimes it's very easy to declare a trade war —or any war—, but it's very difficult to stop it. The European Commissioner for Trade, Maros Sefcovic, announced this Friday from Beijing a preliminary agreement with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Wentao, which aims to reduce exports of Chinese hybrid vehicles to Europe, facilitate licenses for essential rare earths to the continent, and promote access to the Chinese market for key European sectors such as olive oil, auto parts, and footwear. #UE #China #Comercio (translated)

The EU and China have reached a preliminary agreement that aims to reduce Chinese hybrid vehicle exports to Europe and facilitate access to rare earths, although Brussels warns that this is merely a first step towards a rebalancing in their trade relations. #UE #China #Comercio (translated)

Milei's repentant supporters stated that the Supreme Court had temporarily suspended, through a provisional precautionary measure, the decree that allowed the sale of land to foreigners without limits, pending a vote in Congress. They also called for people to take to the streets on October 15 to demand that the suspension be made permanent. https://t.co/DXm2H84YXm #CorteSuprema #VentasDeTierras #MovilizaciónCiudadana (translated)

Milei's Regretful published an exchange in which one person claimed that the law was being violated and asked what they should do. Another responded that they should peacefully protest; upon mentioning that they had already been doing so for two years, she suggested protesting for three years and accused the other person of wanting Milei to leave power. The latter replied that she hoped a government that, she claimed, violated the law and wanted to sell its lands would leave. Milei's Regretful described the exchange as the beginning of their "novel." https://t.co/rZ0PnDfLs0 #Protesta #Derechos #Gobierno (translated)

TUGO News stated that students showed up at the Faculty of Law, where Supreme Court Judge Horacio Rosatti, Prosecutor Diego Luciani, and Feinmann were present. It added that Feinmann got up and left after receiving insults, and linked the incident to the sale of land. https://t.co/WO9RGz0zaO #Derecho #Justicia #Educación (translated)

Gustavo Petro stated that an imprisoned prosecutor had asked a judge to protect him from those who, he said, could kill him in prison because of the people he had imprisoned. He also asked Evo Morales, Luis Arce, and social leaders from Bolivia to support threatened judges and prosecutors. He maintained that they had discovered that Fernando Cerimedo, whom he accused of links to drug trafficking and of being a Nazi and a femicide, was a business partner and a member of a circle of friends of a son of U.S. President Donald Trump. Petro pointed out that the Bolivian prosecutor's office could have suppressed the people and served wealthy sectors, but he called for unity among those who were not fascists and to defend democracy. He stated that the peoples of the region had a history of 60,000 years and called for unity and organization. He also urged Trump to correct his son's behavior and his policy towards Latin America; he argued that Israeli algorithms linked, according to him, to genocide were replacing voters, and called for respect for Afro-Latin America. He warned the U.S. president not to unleash popular violence. https://t.co/4VTfJykSS4 #Bolivia #Unidad #Democracia (translated)

Gustavo Petro defended a proposal to desalinate seawater and pump it to Santa Marta from the north of the city using solar energy and batteries. He said that the supply would complement the water arriving by gravity from the Sierra Nevada, which, according to him, was no longer sufficient, and accused Abelardo of opposing the project as a megadrought was approaching. He also claimed that the proposal would bring drinking water to the northern Caribbean coast and questioned why the project was destroyed just as the installation was about to begin, without proposing an alternative. Petro compared Abelardo to Peñalosa and stated that the latter had replaced an underground metro with an elevated one, which, as he wrote, did not reduce average travel times and cost USD 7 billion to the Colombian people. He added that Bogotá had lost 12 years and continued to suffer from traffic jams, linking the project to the devaluation of developments in the northern savannah. In addition, he questioned the Sierra Azul mining concession, which, according to Petro, would extract copper and silver for Abelardo's foreign allies and affect the water of the Rancherías river and lands intended for food production. He argued that the priority should be to invest in drinking water for the northern Caribbean and accused Abelardo of depriving Santa Marta of water while he had never lacked it in his home in Florida, where Petro also associated him with Marcos and people he described as drug traffickers. He concluded by labeling those responsible as "professional scammers." #AguaPotable #SantaMarta #Desalinizacion (translated)

Javier Negre stated that Donald Trump's silence on Brazil was not due to a desire to avoid supporting Lula or Flavio. He wrote that Bolsonaro's team had warned him that explicit support could mobilize the left and give Lula arguments to denounce U.S. intervention. Negre claimed that despite the lack of public support, the U.S. government had fully backed Bolsonaro and considered Brazil a priority. He also asserted that Lula was offering China Brazilian reserves of critical lands and minerals. In his view, if Bolsonaro had won, Trump's decision not to get involved would have been a magnificent strategy. #Trump #Brasil #Bolsonaro (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 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 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)