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• The president asserted that joint intelligence and action efforts must be undertaken to combat drug trafficking.
• Petro condemned the US attack on a vessel in the Caribbean: "This operation... we Colombians carry out every day, but without missiles."

Bogota, Oct. 2.– During the Council of Ministers meeting on September 29, 2025, President Gustavo Petro asked Defense Minister Pedro Arnulfo Sánchez to launch the coordination of the Colombian and Venezuelan military forces, which are under the command of dictator Nicolás Maduro.

•     Tony Blair could become the interim governor of the Gaza reconstruction and rehabilitation process.
•     The initiative is supported by Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, and Pakistan.

Key points of President Trump's peace plan: 

1. Gaza will be a deradicalised, terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbours.

2. Gaza will be redeveloped for the benefit of the people of Gaza, who have suffered more than enough.

3. If both sides agree to this proposal, the war will immediately end. Israeli forces will withdraw to the agreed-upon line to prepare for a hostage release. During this time, all military operations, including aerial and artillery bombardment, will be suspended, and battle lines will remain frozen until conditions are met for the complete staged withdrawal.

4. Within 72 hours of Israel publicly accepting this agreement, all hostages, alive and deceased, will be returned.

5. Once all hostages are released, Israel will release 250 life sentence prisoners plus 1,700 Gazans who were detained after 7 October 2023, including all women and children detained in that context. For every Israeli hostage whose remains are released, Israel will release the remains of 15 deceased Gazans.

Nicosia, Sept. 16.– Parliamentary leaders from small European states concluded the 18th Conference of Speakers of Parliaments of Small States of Europe in Nicosia this week, focusing on the importance of regional cooperation.

Hosted by the Cypriot House of Representatives, the event brought together speakers from Andorra, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Monaco, and Malta, along with representatives from San Marino. 

Miami, Sept.18 (DPnet).– José Tarano, a cybertechnical producer and graphic designer with a degree in Telecommunications, has published a revealing essay that delves into the covert penetration of socialism, disguised as progressive, not only in Latin America but also, to a growing extent, in America.

He presents it with the simile of the famous «Trojan Horse" where the strategy is to work "under the cloak of seemingly benign concepts like 'democratic socialism' or 'social justice,' and seeks to 'rehabilitate' ideologies that have historically led to despotism». Therefore, he elaborates on a detailed analysis that thoroughly examines «the discursive strategies and political tactics employed for this rehabilitation.»

Among other things, he highlights the distortion—as George Orwell masterfully described it last century in his novel "1984"—of concepts like "democracy," "freedom," "social justice," "common good," etc., etc., appropriating traditional liberal terminology and giving them a different meaning.

In his analysis, Tarano highlights how "Neo-socialist movements skillfully exploit tensions and inequalities generated by economic modernization" and how "socialist movements have used democratic institutions to establish authoritarian regimes," taking advantage of electoral processes in times of adverse circumstances for the country where they are held.