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Abelardo De La Espriella stated that President Lula had openly supported Iván Cepeda in the Colombian presidential campaign and that he had won, while in Brazil he supported Jair Bolsonaro and Lula emerged victorious. He maintained that the electoral results should be respected and that the decision belonged to the voters. De La Espriella said that, despite his deep political and ideological differences with Lula, Colombia and Brazil needed each other. He pointed out that both countries shared challenges and opportunities and that their relations should be based on respect, sovereignty, and cooperation, including efforts against drug terrorism and illegal mining, the protection of the Amazon, and the well-being of their citizens. #Democracia #Colombia #Brasil (translated)

A genetic study reveals that the genetic inheritance of Rome was maintained in the Iberian Peninsula despite the invasions of the Visigoths and other Germanic peoples between the 1st and 8th centuries, showing greater genetic diversity in the Roman period than in later periods. #Genética #HistoriaIberica #Roma (translated)

Pablo Quirno explained that on October 15, the Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly examined 23 projects on decolonization. He indicated that Argentina voted in favor of 21 and abstained on two, while the United States voted against all. Quirno noted that one of the abstentions referred to the application of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by specialized agencies and institutions linked to the UN, and that Argentina had maintained that position since 2006. Regarding the other abstention, on the project "Addressing contemporary forms of colonialism," he said that the Foreign Ministry had identified provisions that, in its view, exceeded the scope of resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions. He also stated that the text included concepts addressed in other areas of the UN whose relationship to the decolonization mandate was not sufficiently clear. Quirno asserted that the abstention aimed to preserve the specificity and historical scope of the decolonization process and did not imply a change in Argentina's commitment. He added that the voting reflected differences among states, even in Latin America and the Caribbean. The author called for the issue of the Malvinas Islands not to be politicized and argued that the defense of Argentine sovereignty rights over the Malvinas, South Georgia, and South Sandwich Islands, and the surrounding maritime areas, was a state policy. #Descolonización #IslasMalvinas #NacionesUnidas (translated)

The Semai indigenous people of Pos Lanai, Malaysia, face the threat of rare earth extraction projects on their ancestral land due to mining cooperation agreements signed by the Malaysian government with the United States and Japan, which could devastate their livelihoods and local ecosystems. #TierrasRaras #PueblosIndígenas #Malasia (translated)

BTS Daily Chile⁷ explained that the sculptures Namjoon shared in an Instagram story were chemamüll, figures of Mapuche culture displayed at the Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art, in the historic center of Santiago. The account described the museum as an institution dedicated to preserving, researching, and disseminating the artistic and cultural heritage of the indigenous peoples of America. It added that its permanent exhibition "Chile before Chile" addresses the history, beliefs, art, and ways of life of the indigenous peoples of the Chilean territory. According to the post, the term "pre-Columbian" refers to the period prior to Christopher Columbus's arrival in America in 1492, although the museum also presents indigenous cultures that still exist. BTS Daily Chile⁷ noted that the Mapuche people have a historical presence concentrated in south-central Chile and in territories of present-day Argentina, and that their name means "people of the land" in Mapudungun. It also emphasized that Mapuche communities keep their identity, traditions, and knowledge alive. The account indicated that chemamüll means "people of wood" and that these anthropomorphic sculptures were traditionally carved from a single piece of pellín oak or laurel. According to its explanation, they were placed on graves in ancestral cemeteries called eltun and were linked to the representation of the deceased and the Mapuche beliefs about death and the afterlife. https://t.co/3SbJljoKc5 #CulturaMapuche #ArtePrecolombino #MuseumSantiago (translated)

The Valencia Region has undergone an extraordinary storm with the Adam DANA, which has resulted in three deaths, 145 towns confined, and nearly 500 rescues, reviving the terror of two years ago during the deadliest DANA of the century. #DanaAdam #Inundaciones #Valencia (translated)

The towns in the Community of Madrid with less than 20,000 inhabitants will have 1,123 license plate control cameras financed by the regional Government to improve safety and traffic management, scheduled to be installed in the second half of 2027. #ComunidadDeMadrid #SeguridadCiudadana #PueblosConVida (translated)

The Community of Madrid will install 1,123 surveillance cameras in 142 municipalities with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants, with an investment of 17 million euros, to improve security and monitoring using license plate readers, starting their installation in 2027. #SeguridadCiudadana #PueblosConVida #InclusiónFinanciera (translated)

Gustavo Petro stated that Cerimedo, whom he described as a drug trafficker, had wanted to kidnap Evo Morales in Bolivia with Israeli and American help. He added that Morales did not have an international arrest warrant and described the offensive against Latin American progressivism as a "pogrom," to which, he said, the peoples of the region were rising up. https://t.co/IEeeru5FYO #Bolivia #Progresismo #Latinoamérica (translated)

“With Lula they have paid us quite a bit of attention; with Bolsonaro it was very difficult,” summarized Eduardo, the leader, recalling Lula's visit to the Nadëb villages in April 2023 to announce the demarcation of 552,000 hectares as indigenous land in the municipalities of Santa Isabel do Rio Negro and Japurá. #Amazonia #PueblosOriginarios #Deforestación (translated)

The indigenous peoples of the Amazon express their concern over the possible reelection of Flavio Bolsonaro, as they fear a setback in the protection of their territorial rights and the environment, similar to the period of his father, Jair Bolsonaro. #Amazonia #PueblosOriginarios #Deforestación (translated)

The author argued that a garbage incinerator in Titulcia would mean the destruction of all the towns in the Vega, as well as the orchard and the protected areas in the southeast of Madrid. He also criticized the plant being located next to the Jarama and Tajuña rivers, which he described as immediate tributaries of the Tagus, and said that those who proposed that location deserved exile. #Titulcia #MedioAmbiente #Contaminación #ES (translated)

VOX claimed that, with the grandchildren's law, there were 161 municipalities with more voters abroad than residents of voting age within the municipality. The party argued that this data was not known by Pedro Sánchez and invited to check their website to verify the possible impact of the law in each locality. https://t.co/eiQqUnPqSU #LeyDeNietos #Votación #DerechosCiviles (translated)

Carla Rivas, a 25-year-old young woman, decides to return to her hometown, Almuniente, to build her future in the rural environment, facing the perception that it is more legitimate to seek opportunities in big cities and advocating for the need to improve working and living conditions in the villages. #VidaRural #EmprendimientoRural #OportunidadesLaborales (translated)

Abelardo De La Espriella stated that his government and President Donald Trump's government were determined to leverage the commercial potential between Colombia and the United States to open opportunities for Colombian companies, attract investments, and create more and better quality jobs. He argued that increased investment would raise citizen incomes and that physical and legal security would make the country more attractive to investors. He also mentioned that the discussions between Commerce Minister Mauricio Gómez and Ambassador in Washington María Consuelo Araújo with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer were advancing toward a more dynamic, balanced, and prosperous economic relationship, with concrete benefits for both peoples. He concluded his post with patriotic and religious slogans. #ComercioColombiaEEUU #InversionExtranjera #OportunidadesEconómicas (translated)

Margaret Super, director of the Pastoral Peoples Initiative in Kenya, expresses that indigenous communities do not need external intervention to protect their lands and criticizes the negative impact of carbon credit projects on their territories. #PueblosIndígenas #DerechosTerritoriales #CréditosDeCarbono (translated)