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Poponze wrote that Flávio Bolsonaro spoke out against the end of the 6x1 shift and argued that employees should be able to negotiate their working hours with their employers. According to the author, Bolsonaro stated that his proposal would allow workers to choose their own working hours. https://t.co/tQBujlOWqp #Trabalho #Liberdade #DireitosTrabalhistas (translated)

Gustavo Petro stated that some airlines intended to apply the U.S. OFAC law in Colombia due to his ties with Colombian individuals. He asserted that this legislation did not apply in Colombian territory and that for it to do so, the country would need to change its Constitution through a Constituent Assembly. Petro said that OFAC had stopped focusing on drug traffickers and that, according to him, people opposed to the genocide in Gaza were included on its lists. He claimed that he was sanctioned for his speech before the UN and for asking for the formation of a United Nations army to defend Gaza, which would include the Colombian battalion deployed in Sinai to protect Palestinian children. He also accused the DEA of spending a year searching for and fabricating evidence regarding alleged links of his with drug trafficking. He said that drug traffickers whom he himself extradited, and who he claimed wanted to kill him, were the ones who believed those accusations. He maintained that Colombian drug trafficking had political influence, but that it was not found in progressivism, which, according to him, the narcos had pursued and attacked. Petro accused drug trafficking of supporting extreme right-wing ideas and stated that Colombian drug traffickers had access to the White House while poor farmers and people transporting small amounts of drugs through the Caribbean were being pursued. He added that drug traffickers with judicial agreements in the United States were moving shipments in submarines and had fleets of planes, and asserted that cocaine traveled in containers from companies of presidents who met with Donald Trump. Finally, Petro claimed that alias Fito contradicted journalist Vicky by saying he did not know him and that, instead, he was a friend and partner of the person who accused him. #Colombia #DerechosHumanos #JusticiaSocial (translated)

Cídya Mara wrote that she expected the public employees who voted for Flávio and were satisfied with the result to realize the consequences of the administrative reform project, which, according to her, would end public service and raise the retirement age for women to 72 years. #ReformaAdministrativa #Aposentadoria #FuncionáriosPúblicos (translated)

Gustavo Petro defended the pension reform and denied that his government had bought support to approve it. He said that the House of Representatives backed it widely and that the then President of the Senate, Iván Name, delayed the debate for eight months so that it would fail due to lack of time. He also accused Magistrate Ibáñez of keeping it frozen for two years in the Constitutional Court, although he pointed out that the reform had already passed that stage. According to Petro, millions of elderly people, many of them from the right, could receive a pension thanks to the law. Regarding the allegations related to the UNGRD, Petro asked the Pacto Histórico bench to commission a forensic audit of the entire existence of the entity, since 2010, and to publish the names of those whom he claimed had embezzled it. He stated that only one person from the Pacto Histórico appeared on the extensive list, whom he said he had removed from the administration and whom, according to him, the party expelled. He also argued that justice should investigate whether Name had received public money through his romantic or political environment. Petro claimed that, during the first month of his government, resources were recovered that he attributed to Olmedo's group and that then the UNGRD was sidelined in the assistance to people trapped after an earthquake in the west of the country. Citing a journalistic investigation by Nueva Prensa, he stated that a private coordination center had been set up in the house of Gregory Schaller, whom he identified as Abelardo's compadre. He linked Andrés Depew, Negre — whom he described as a partner of Fernando Cerimedo — and people who, according to him, had ties to Donald Trump and businessman Dan Newlin to that place. Petro stated that Newlin had illegally lent his plane and resources during Abelardo's campaign. In the same publication, Petro mentioned businessman Yadid Jalaff, whom he said was accused of stealing Colombian-Venezuelan Monómeros, and Jorge Alberto Campillo Vélez, whom he described as one of Pablo Escobar's first pilots. He also pointed out pilot Luis Almeira Quiroz and linked him to a flight of paramilitaries from Urabá to San José del Guaviare, which, according to Petro, allowed the Mapiripán massacre, in which 50 farmers were murdered. He asked how much money had been raised to address the earthquake and if that explained why, according to him, the full operation of the UNGRD had been prevented and international aid and volunteers had been rejected. https://t.co/eiJJnl3Lxu #ReformaPensional #Justicia #Corrupción (translated)

Atlético informed that it has renewed, for the second consecutive year, the Great Place to Work (GPTW) certification, which, according to the club, recognizes good work environments in more than 90 countries. The entity stated that the seal was obtained based on employee evaluations and that it reinforced its commitment to an environment of respect, organization, and appreciation of people. https://t.co/TeCq7xEq74 #GreatPlaceToWork #AmbienteDeTrabalho #Valorização (translated)

Gustavo Petro said that he had criticized the mayor of Sincelejo many times and compared his political background to that of Abelardo de la Esprirlla: he described the former as of popular origin and the latter as a landowner. He stated that a landowner with equal or worse political habits had sent armed civilians with rifles to prevent the mayor from speaking at an event, and had insulted him and deprived him of the opportunity to defend himself. Petro maintained that he would never have acted that way with people like Fico, Galán, Rendón, Eder, or the mayor of Bucaramanga, whom he called corrupt. He also pointed out that armed civilians with rifles protecting the president, even if they worked for private security companies, could be defined as paramilitaries. He added that, in his opinion, the president should be protected by public officials subject to civilian oversight, not by private businesses, especially if they were shady and armed. https://t.co/hqGbK3wgxv #Sincelejo #PolíticaColombiana #DerechosHumanos (translated)

Mihura pointed out that, during the week of November 29, pensioners and civil servants would receive the extra payment for December. He added, in a derogatory tone towards an unidentified person, that they did not act without a reason. #pensionistas #funcionarios #pagaextra (translated)

The Trump administration has made it clear that it is willing to act unreservedly to protect its interests and those of its allies, applying sanctions and drastic measures against foreign officials accused of corruption and drug trafficking, while openly displaying actions that were previously concealed. #EstadosUnidos #Corrupción #Narcotráfico (translated)

Football in England reported that Premier League officials feared that the integrity of the league and the value of its broadcasting rights would be significantly affected if Manchester City did not receive a severe sanction. https://t.co/amkdryE2bV #PremierLeague #ManchesterCity #Fútbol (translated)

David Alandete reported that Democratic senators Jeanne Shaheen, Jack Reed, Martin Heinrich, and Elizabeth Warren warned in a letter dated September 30 to Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, and Chris Wright that the oil agreement with Betancourt may lack a clear legal basis for enforcing some of its provisions. The four lawmakers, the leading Democrats on the Foreign Relations, Armed Services, Energy, and Banking committees, pointed out that the law that created the Department of Defense's Strategic Capital Office allows for the granting and guaranteeing of loans but does not expressly authorize the purchase of stakes in private oil companies. According to the public documentation they cited, the agreement provides for a 35% U.S. equity stake in the parent company of NABEP. The senators also questioned what authority would allow the State Department to commit to long-term oil purchases. They requested that the Government identify the laws upon which both operations would be based, explain the source of the funds, and deliver the complete text of the agreement before its final approval. In addition, they requested information regarding the prior investigation of Betancourt and any potential economic benefits for Trump, his family, donors, or current or former officials of his Administration. Alandete noted that the lawmakers threatened to undertake legislative and legal actions and that the legal structure was one of the obstacles to launching the project. #Política #Energía #Legislación (translated)

The Trump government in the USA has just announced the closure of its consulate in Brazil this Friday after serious threats to the safety of the consulate. Consulates in Brasília, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo will close, and staff will work from home. https://t.co/0Ptm0Lmwoy #EUA #Brasil #Segurança (translated)

URGENT: The U.S. Embassy announced the suspension of consular services at its representations in Brazil starting this Friday, citing security concerns. This measure comes just two days before the Brazilian presidential election. According to Metrópoles, the American Embassy in Brasília was the target of a threat, and employees were advised not to report to work in person this Friday. The State Department confirmed that it is addressing the situation with Brazilian authorities, stating it is in "close cooperation" to handle security issues. The alert extends beyond the cancellation of visa services: American citizens needing emergency assistance have also been advised not to visit diplomatic facilities. So far, Washington has not revealed the nature of the threat, who might be behind it, or whether there is any connection to Sunday’s election. The U.S. has also not raised the general travel alert level for Brazil nor announced the withdrawal of diplomats. Therefore, a central question remains: what motivated such a measure just 48 hours before the Brazilian election? #Eleições2022 #Segurança #Diplomacia (translated)

The Minister of Finance says that Petro increased the DIAN staff from 10,000 to 16,000 officials, but even so, revenue fell. Indeed, the revenue of the National Government fell from 17% of GDP to 16.2% over four years. A machine of inefficiency. #Economía #Gobierno #Colombia (translated)

The French government has presented a draft budget for 2027 that includes a freeze on civil servant salaries and high pensions, as well as tax increases, with the aim of cutting 43 billion euros and achieving a public deficit of 5%. #Francia #Presupuesto2027 #RecortesEconómicos (translated)

The Pentagon has recruited Elon Musk to lead Project Meridian, which aims to anticipate the technologies and weapons that will define the wars of the future, bringing together officials, academics, and entrepreneurs to identify scenarios and developments needed for the U.S. Armed Forces. #TecnologíaMilitar #GuerraFutura #ElonMusk (translated)