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Jaime Gómez-Obregón said that his mother had been hospitalized in oncology since the previous week due to leukemia and that he had spent the night with her. He described her as a cheerful woman, whom he considered "indestructible," and noted that she had eight Cantabrian surnames. As he wrote, his mother was an author of novels and stories, had learned HTML, and created web pages at the end of the nineties, and had been reading autobiographies for two decades. Among her favorites, she mentioned those of Pau Casals, Marguerite Yourcenar, and Samuel Pepys. He also said that he used to consult her when he had doubts and valued her judgment. Gómez-Obregón recounted that his mother joked about life in the hospital: she called it "Hotel Plaza," referred to the laptop installed in her room as her office, and had named the IV stand. He added that she always mixed up names and buses, that he had never heard her curse, and that he hoped to take a rural getaway with her once she recovered. According to the author, his mother was sleeping to replenish her neutrophils and would read the publication the next day, although she would probably not respond. #Familia #Amor #Esperanza (translated)

The Ertzaintza intervened with tension and police charges in the Sansomendi neighborhood of Vitoria during the protest against the eviction of a family with six minor children, who were up to date on payments and without housing alternatives, while the demonstrators demanded answers from the institutions. #Desahucios #Vivienda #Vitoria (translated)

Carrerismo indicated that Huiqui had found answers from the bench, especially with Montaño. He added that the departures of Palavecino, Mozo, and Campos had left Cruz Azul without important references to advance and maintain possession of the ball. According to Carrerismo, the problem was not defending a lead, but doing so without clear mechanisms to exit, pause the game, and push the opponent back. He also pointed out that Cruz Azul was finding offensive solutions, but still needed to learn to control the different moments of the game and decide when and how to attack or defend with more players. #Fútbol #CruzAzul #Tácticas (translated)

David Alandete argued that asking about Venezuela was an essential part of journalism and stated that those who asked journalists to stop doing so showed a limited view of press freedom and democracy. He asserted that it was just as legitimate to ask about Venezuela at the White House or the State Department as it was to ask about Ukraine, Iran, or France. According to Alandete, it was not the journalists who placed Venezuela among the priorities of U.S. policy: he recalled that Donald Trump threatened in the summer of 2017 to resort to military force against Nicolás Maduro and that, nine years later, he fulfilled that threat. He also pointed out that Trump dedicated a good part of his first speech before the United Nations General Assembly in September 2017 to denouncing the Venezuelan dictatorship. Alandete said that journalists were asking about Delcy Rodríguez, María Corina Machado, oil, political prisoners, elections, and the future of the country. He added that Machado had been received in the Oval Office by George W. Bush in 2005, that Marco Rubio had supported her candidacy for the Nobel Peace Prize, and that Trump had met with her twice in the White House at his own discretion. Finally, he maintained that stopping questions about Machado, Rodríguez, or other protagonists of the crisis for fear of uncomfortable answers confused journalism with something else. He stated that the job of journalists was to ask, verify, and report what was happening, not to protect politicians or limit themselves to asking questions favorable to a cause. #Periodismo #LibertadDePrensa #Venezuela (translated)

Joaquim Coll's article highlights the urgency for structural reforms in Spain and France in the face of social unrest, the housing crisis, and the deterioration of public services, and reflects on how the lack of political responses can lead to episodes of violence and divide national cohesion. #CrisisSocial #ReformasEstructurales #EstadoDelBienestar (translated)

The recent violent protests in France, originated by a student movement in the suburbs and fueled by youth precariousness, the rising cost of living, and tension around immigration, have led to significant unrest and responses from law enforcement. #ProtestasFrancia #ViolenciaJuvenil #CosteDeVida (translated)

Gustavo Petro denied having ordered anyone to pressure someone to testify against Álvaro Uribe or another political leader and stated that no evidence had been presented to demonstrate this. In response to the statements of Salvatore Mancuso and Angie Rodríguez, he requested that the facts be investigated and documents, communications, recordings, and the names of those involved be made public. Petro maintained that the meeting with former commanders of the self-defense groups was not held in secret and that it was established by Resolution 327 on September 21, 2025. He wrote that the act aimed to clarify the truth, repair the victims, and conclude a peace process that had begun more than twenty years ago. He added that the Attorney General's Office, the Public Prosecutor's Office, and the Ombudsman's Office were considered permanent guests to accompany and supervise the process, and asked if they had been summoned and if their representatives attended. The president said that if anyone used that space to pressure testimonies or fabricate accusations, they must respond to justice. He also stated that anyone attributing to him an order he had not given would have to answer for their statements, and insisted that responsibilities must be proven, not based on rumors. Petro linked the controversy to the need to clarify who ordered massacres, financed paramilitary groups, or benefited from their crimes. He stated that the victims deserved answers and reiterated that everything should be investigated and all parties should be heard. #Colombia #Verdad #Justicia (translated)

Micol pointed out that when someone claimed that the French had courage and that they should do the same, the publication received more than 700 responses from people insulting the person who said it. He added that it made him think that they were healing, even if just a little. #Francia #Sanación #Opiniones (translated)

Rafael Narbona said he didn’t know if Podemos was responsible for the failure of a unified left candidacy, but he argued that the party had acted poorly by allowing, directly or indirectly, its supporters to insult and harass those who criticized their leaders on social media. He stated that, although he had criticized the PSOE many times without suffering similar attacks, he had received them from the far-right, from Podemos supporters, and from independents. He also described nationalism as reactionary and pointed to the emergence of Alianza Catalana, whose proposals he considered similar to those of Vox. Narbona recounted that it had been falsely claimed that Podemos helped him when they tried to evict him, clarifying that he lived in a house he owned. He also maintained that Podemos had not created the left or feminism and that it had weakened the left with demagoguery, inconsistencies, and a strategy that, in his view, prioritized identity disputes over social demands. He added that he considered it legitimate to live in a chalet and send his children to a private school, but he criticized those options and then resorted to them. Finally, he said that the noise from Podemos supporters on social media mattered less than electoral results and that their belligerence contributed to strengthening the far-right. He stated that he would continue to express his opinions and explained that he had limited responses to avoid insults and falsehoods. #Podemos #Izquierda #Ultraderecha (translated)

The resurgence of red flags in demonstrations in Madrid and Elizondo reflects the rise of a new Marxist movement among the disillusioned youth of the Basque Country and Navarra, which seeks answers to their social and economic problems in a context of disenchantment with traditional parties. #MovimientoSocialista #DesencantoJuvenil #Marxismo (translated)

David Alandete considered that Karoline Leavitt had been one of the most effective press chiefs of the White House. He attributed her performance to her previous experience in the journalistic environment, her knowledge of journalists and the dynamics of the press room, and her commitment to Donald Trump and his project. Alandete said that since 2017, he had seen eight spokespersons pass through that room and that, in his opinion, none had managed the timing, the responses, and the message like Leavitt did. #KarolineLeavitt #CasaBlanca #Prensa (translated)

Javier Tebas Medrano stated that Goebbels' propaganda techniques were studied in journalism and communication faculties to understand how they worked and to recognize them today. As an example, he cited the mandatory course General Theory of Informative Messages, from the first year of the Journalism Degree at the University of La Laguna, whose teaching guide for the 2025-2026 course included an exercise on the current application of the 11 principles of Goebbels. Tebas asserted that his comparison referred to techniques, not to an ideology or the fans of Real Madrid, and that this clarification was already noted in his original publication. He said he had criticized Real Madrid TV's systematic repetition of messages, the selective presentation of facts, and the construction of an enemy, and he used a derogatory term to refer to the channel's spokespeople. He also asked how many requests for schedule changes had been submitted and how many had been accepted, and pointed out that, in his opinion, that history should be taken into account. He added that the outrage and calls for resignation did not address the issues he had raised. #Propaganda #Comunicación #Periodismo (translated)

SFV Cinema opened a thread to exchange BTS tickets and asked that each comment indicate the quantity, the section, whether they were virtual or physical, and what equivalence they expected to receive. It clarified that the space was not for buying or selling, although it was possible to offer one ticket plus a difference in money, and pointed out that it would hide responses that did not meet those requirements. #BTS #IntercambioDeEntradas #KpopFans (translated)

Valencian teachers are considering increasing their mobilizations in response to the government's lack of answers regarding their demands, including a housing plan, after condemning the police actions against students in Madrid during an educational strike. #Educación #Vivienda #Movilizaciones (translated)

One of the disappointing things is that we did not get answers to any of the issues we had specifically requested, such as providing us with the documents for the FFE project. I asked why not, and we were told to submit those questions in writing. He has to answer those questions, and if he doesn't do it now, he is not fit to be president of FIFA. #FIFA #Infantino #corrupción (translated)