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Commemoration of the Day of Indigenous Resistance

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October 13 |

Numerous Latin American nations commemorated this October 12 the Day of Indigenous Resistance, in homage to the struggles initiated in 1492 by the native peoples of the region in defense of their culture against Spanish colonization.

In Venezuela, the Jivi, Cuiba and Pumé indigenous communities, among others, marched in Caracas (capital) from Carabobo Park to the corner of San Francisco, to highlight the struggle of native peoples against colonialist interests, for the defense of the Essequibo and in support of President Nicolás Maduro.

The indigenous communities in Colombia commemorated the date with rituals, as an expression of the resistance of which they have been protagonists in spite of the violence that has affected their lands.

In Bogotá (capital), where more than 18,000 indigenous people currently live, the representatives of the native peoples demanded the Government and the armed actors to cease hostilities in their territories.

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Numerous streets of Asunción, Paraguay’s capital, welcomed hundreds of indigenous people who demanded their land rights and access to drinking water. The demonstrators initially gathered outside the Congress and marched in silence to the Plaza Italia, to the beat of the traditional tangará music of the Mbya Guaraní people.

The native peoples of El Salvador paid tribute to the victims of Spanish colonization in the region, vindicating the struggle of several centuries of plundering and persecution.

They also denounced that the State and its institutions have violated their rights, reaffirmed the spirit of struggle and rebellion and recalled the barbarity of the massacre of Las Hojas, where more than 200 members of the Salvadoran Army murdered members of that indigenous community in 1983.

The Salvadoran communities demanded the State to respect their self-determination, the restitution of the communal land system, the halt of constructions in sacred places and the cessation of harassment and repression of indigenous leaders.

Meanwhile, in Barcelona, Spain, a rally was held under the title “For an anti-colonial October 12”, with the participation of hundreds of people belonging to different movements, who also demanded many of the rights of migrants, to regularize many of those who have been residing for decades in that European nation and have not been able to update their documents.

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Trump urges Putin to reach peace deal

On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated his desire for Russian President Vladimir Putin to “reach a deal” to end the war in Ukraine, while also reaffirming his willingness to impose sanctions on Russia.

“I want to see him reach an agreement to prevent Russian, Ukrainian, and other people from dying,” Trump stated during a press conference in the Oval Office at the White House.

“I think he will. I don’t want to have to impose secondary tariffs on Russian oil,” the Republican leader added, recalling that he had already taken similar measures against Venezuela by sanctioning buyers of the South American country’s crude oil.

Trump also reiterated his frustration over Ukraine’s resistance to an agreement that would allow the United States to exploit natural resources in the country—a condition he set in negotiations to end the war.

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Deportation flight lands in Venezuela; government denies criminal gang links

A flight carrying 175 Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States arrived in Caracas on Sunday. This marks the third group to return since repatriation flights resumed a week ago, and among them is an alleged member of a criminal organization, according to Venezuelan authorities.

Unlike previous flights operated by the Venezuelan state airline Conviasa, this time, an aircraft from the U.S. airline Eastern landed at Maiquetía Airport, on the outskirts of Caracas, shortly after 2:00 p.m. with the deportees.

Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, who welcomed the returnees at the airport, stated that the 175 repatriated individuals were coming back “after being subjected, like all Venezuelans, to persecution” and dismissed claims that they belonged to the criminal organization El Tren de Aragua.

However, Cabello confirmed that “for the first time in these flights we have been carrying out, someone of significance wanted by Venezuelan justice has arrived, and he is not from El Tren de Aragua.” Instead, he belongs to a gang operating in the state of Trujillo. The minister did not disclose the individual’s identity or provide details on where he would be taken.

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Son of journalist José Rubén Zamora condemns father’s return to prison as “illegal”

Guatemalan court decides Wednesday whether to convict journalist José Rubén Zamora

The son of renowned journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín, José Carlos Zamora, has denounced as “illegal” the court order that sent his father back to a Guatemalan prison on March 3, after already spending 819 days behind barsover a highly irregular money laundering case.

“My father’s return to prison was based on an arbitrary and illegal ruling. It is also alarming that the judge who had granted him house arrest received threats,” José Carlos Zamora told EFE in an interview on Saturday.

The 67-year-old journalist was sent back to prison inside the Mariscal Zavala military barracks on March 3, when Judge Erick García upheld a Court of Appeals ruling that overturned the house arrest granted to him in October. Zamora had already spent 819 days in prison over an alleged money laundering case.

His son condemned the situation as “unacceptable”, stating that the judge handling the case “cannot do his job in accordance with the law due to threats against his life.”