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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)

Nadir Ghazal stated that, before the Superclásico, Boca fans had started a campaign to present River as benefiting from refereeing in Córdoba and Boca as harmed by VAR reviews and disallowed goals. He claimed that a similar strategy had been used before the match played that year at the Monumental: as he wrote, Juan Román Riquelme had questioned the refereeing and, later, Leandro Paredes had led a group of players who spoke with the press after a training session to apply pressure. Ghazal said that this had affected the referee, who did not call a penalty for Blanco on Martínez Quarta in the last play. He also requested that River’s leaders speak to the media after the match against Racing. He added that River would visit a stadium where, according to him, they had not been awarded a penalty in the last 24. #Superclásico #Boca #River (translated)

Maria Clara Posada stated that the JEP would have signed 22 agreements with the PNUD between 2018 and 2026 to outsource contracts worth $201.467 million. She wrote that the agency had diplomatic immunity and was not obliged to reveal who it hired, how much it paid, or what work was done, which she described as a scheme of secrecy. Posada claimed that the case would be more serious than that of the parallel Fund of MinIgualdad. The author pointed out alleged irregularities in the agreements. She said that they were governed by PNUD rules, something that, according to her, could only be done if the agency contributed more than 50% of the value, a condition that would have been met in five of the 22 agreements. She also stated that the PNUD did not provide money but made in-kind contributions, and that the available information in Secop did not allow for a detailed understanding of how the JEP calculated its value. Posada added that the law prohibited the use of international cooperation agreements to execute budget resources, in order to prevent evasion of contracting regulations. In this case, she argued, the PNUD would have managed the JEP's resources for tasks specific to the entity, such as ensuring legal advice to victims and strengthening the capacity of the Investigation Unit. #JEP #PNUD #contratación (translated)

The Observatory of Victims of Terrorism demands that all ETA crimes be considered "crimes against humanity" and proposes Nuremberg-style trials to clarify 376 murders that are still unresolved, also calling for a change in penitentiary legislation and an institutional isolation of EH Bildu. #JusticiaParaLasVíctimas #DelitosDeLesaHumanidad #ETA (translated)

Jaime Rodríguez, director of the Spanish Confederation of Bus Transport, highlights in an interview that the sector aims to achieve the goal of zero fatalities, reaching an accident rate of 0.1% thanks to investments in driver training and fleet modernization. #SeguridadVial #TransporteSostenible #InnovaciónEnTransportes (translated)

Queen Mathilde, Princess Elisabeth, and other public figures from Belgium have been victims of fake nude images created by artificial intelligence that are circulating on social media, which has led several affected individuals to consider legal action. #InteligenciaArtificial #Privacidad #DesnudosFalsos (translated)

The Government of Spain has recognized Aquiles Cuadra, former mayor of Tudela executed in 1939, as a victim of Francoism, invalidating the sentences of the war council that condemned him to death and ensuring his right to moral reparation and the recovery of his memory. #Franquismo #MemoriaHistórica #Víctimas (translated)

The Spanish government is finalizing a decree that includes improvements in widow's benefits, care for minors with serious illnesses, and reforms for victims of gender-based violence, all this amid the electoral pre-campaign for the elections on November 29. #PrestacionesSociales #Pensiones #SeguridadSocial (translated)

Mateo González criticized that Real Madrid and Barcelona presented themselves as harmed by referee decisions while, as he wrote, they harmed the rest of the clubs week after week. González asked the RFEF and LaLiga to stop this situation to protect the credibility of the competition and football. #Fútbol #LaLiga #Arbitraje (translated)

Paola Holguín stated that over the weekend a protest was called in front of the National Museum by people who, according to her, had used culture to reinterpret history, justify crimes, and re-victimize the victims. She asserted that some protesters arrived masked and resorted to unlawful actions, while others brought minors and used them as shields. Holguín said that the National Police fulfilled their role of ensuring a peaceful protest and preventing harm to citizens and heritage. She also indicated that she would seek for the museum to preserve, restore, protect, and disseminate a culture representative of the entire nation, and reiterated the need to review the museography, museology, and curatorship of that and other museums managed by the Government. Moreover, she reaffirmed her commitment to the rights of victims to truth, justice, reparations, and non-repetition. She added that preserving the memory of the country, including its tragedies and achievements, required efforts from society and authorities, and firmness in the face of acts that, in her opinion, dishonored the affected individuals. #Cultura #DerechosHumanos #ProtestaPacífica (translated)

A Palermista questioned that the team that presented itself as the "most harmed by AFA" was favored in all the minor plays. He ironically added that it was a strange way to be a victim of corruption and said that he hoped his own team would receive that treatment. #AFA #Corrupción #Fútbol (translated)

The Community of Madrid will present in Washington, starting January 21, an exhibition titled 'ETA: the history of nationalist terrorism in Spain,' which is designed to raise awareness of the history and victims of ETA terrorism beyond Spanish borders. #ETAMemoria #VíctimasDelTerrorismo #ComunidadDeMadrid (translated)

Cáritas has decided to tighten its requirements for welcoming ETA members into its social action programs, in response to complaints from terrorism victims and the Dignity and Justice Association about the abuse of article 100.2 of the Penitentiary Regulations. #Cáritas #ETA #VíctimasDelTerrorismo (translated)

Óscar Puente stated that the Adamuz tests had still not been analyzed nine months later and criticized ABC for attributing responsibility to him. He maintained that they were under the jurisdiction of the Adamuz Court, which had to decide when and where to analyze them, and that he could not intervene because he did not have control over the subject of the procedure. He added that he was unaware of the judicial deadlines referred to by ABC and that if they had been breached, the responsibility lay with the court. Puente also denied that he had not met with the victims of Adamuz and said that those meetings were public knowledge. He accused ABC of acting out of desperation. #Justicia #Adamuz #DerechosHumanos (translated)