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2025 ha sido un año importante en la política internacional. Ha estado marcado por el regreso de Donald Trump a la Casa Blanca. Su hiperactividad y una presencia constante en los medios, han dominado el año. Varios países han ganado y otros han perdido. Entre los primeros está China que, contra todo pronóstico, ha sido uno de los mayores beneficiados. Trump, consciente de los altos costes de una guerra comercial, firmó en noviembre una tregua que suavizó las restricciones chinas a las tierras raras. Esta distensión ha permitido a Xi Jinping centrarse en los problemas internos y consolidar a China como una superpotencia económica equivalente a EEUU. En Oriente Medio Arabia Saudita se ha convertido en el socio indispensable de Trump en Oriente Medio. Esto posiciona al país como el principal contrapeso a Irán y cabeza del mundo árabe. No muy lejos Israel se ha subido también al carro de los vencedores gracias a victorias como la destrucción del programa nuclear iraní y el final de la guerra de Gaza que ha dejado a Hezbolá y a Hamás muy debilitadas. Netanyahu termina el año con Israel en su posición más fuerte en varias décadas. En Sudamérica la Argentina de Javier Milei no sólo se está recuperando poco a poco de la crisis económica que sufre desde hace años, es que se ha convertido en el aliado preferencial de EEUU en Hispanoamérica. Trump ve en Milei un socio muy confiable que servirá de contrapeso a la influencia china en la región. En Siria las cosas también han mejorado. Tras la caída de Assad en 2024 el nuevo Gobierno ha conseguido que les retiren casi todas todas las sanciones, lo que permitirá reconstruir el país y atraerá inversión extranjera. Para los sirios 2025 ha sido el primer año de paz en los últimos tres lustros. En el lado opuesto varios países han sufrido reveses importantes. Irán ha encajado el mayor golpe: su programa nuclear está destruido, aliados como Hezbolá muy debilitados y, para colmo de males, nuevas sanciones y la crisis económica va a más agravada por la inflación desbocada y protestas callejeras. Sus aliados venezolanos están incluso peor. El régimen chavista se encuentra aislado y Nicolás Maduro no tiene muy claro que el régimen pueda sobrevivir al bloqueo naval que decretó Donald Trump hace unas semanas. Rusia y China se han puesto de perfil, tanto con Irán como con Venezuela. En el primer mundo la Unión Europea atraviesa un estancamiento económico que se ha cronificado a causa de una regulación excesiva, altos impuestos y rigideces de todo tipo. Esto alimenta el auge de partidos de derecha identitaria que crecen como la espuma cabalgando sobre el descontento y la inmigración. En Canadá las cosas no van mucho mejor. El nuevo Gobierno de Mark Carney está batallando contra una crisis similar a la europea. En el Reino Unido pasa exactamente lo mismo. El año geopolítico ha sido, por lo demás, especialmente movido y ha dejado muchos asuntos abiertos para los próximos meses. Pero es bueno recordar que ninguna victoria o derrota es definitiva: los ganadores de hoy pueden ser los perdedores de mañana y viceversa. En La ContraRéplica: 0:00 Introducción 3:42 Ganadores y perdedores de 2025 33:38 “Contra el pesimismo”… https://amzn.to/4m1RX2R 35:42 Balance de 2025 42:04 Trump y Milei 50:05 El próximo ContraViaje · Canal de Telegram: https://t.me/lacontracronica · “Contra el pesimismo”… https://amzn.to/4m1RX2R · “Hispanos. Breve historia de los pueblos de habla hispana”… https://amzn.to/428js1G · “La ContraHistoria del comunismo”… https://amzn.to/39QP2KE · “La ContraHistoria de España. Auge, caída y vuelta a empezar de un país en 28 episodios”… https://amzn.to/3kXcZ6i · “Contra la Revolución Francesa”… https://amzn.to/4aF0LpZ · “Lutero, Calvino y Trento, la Reforma que no fue”… https://amzn.to/3shKOlK Apoya La Contra en: · Patreon... https://www.patreon.com/diazvillanueva · iVoox... https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-contracronica_sq_f1267769_1.html · Paypal... https://www.paypal.me/diazvillanueva Sígueme en: · Web... https://diazvillanueva.com · Twitter... https://twitter.com/diazvillanueva · Facebook... https://www.facebook.com/fernandodiazvillanueva1/ · Instagram... https://www.instagram.com/diazvillanueva · Linkedin… https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-d%C3%ADaz-villanueva-7303865/ · Flickr... https://www.flickr.com/photos/147276463@N05/?/ · Pinterest... https://www.pinterest.com/fernandodiazvillanueva Encuentra mis libros en: · Amazon... https://www.amazon.es/Fernando-Diaz-Villanueva/e/B00J2ASBXM #FernandoDiazVillanueva #2025 Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Nicolle Wallace on the escalation of tension between the U.S. and the Maduro regime after reports of a CIA drone strike on a port facility in Venezuela last week. This attack would be the first known land attack in the country, a stunning turn after multiple Pentagon ordered boat strikes in the Caribbean.Later, Nicolle covers the tragic passing of Tatiana Schlossberg, daughter of American diplomat Caroline Kennedy and granddaughter of former President John F. Kennedy. Tatiana's passing comes at a time of uproar from the creative community over Trump adding his own name to the title of the historic Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.For more, follow us on Instagram @deadlinewhTo listen to this show and other MS NOW podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. For more from Nicolle, follow and download her podcast, “The Best People with Nicolle Wallace,” wherever you get your podcasts.To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode of The President's Daily Brief: First up—new details emerge on a covert United States strike inside Venezuela, as reporting reveals the Central Intelligence Agency carried out a drone attack on a port facility, signaling a sharp escalation in pressure on the Maduro regime. Later in the show—new reporting from The Washington Post shows how Russia's war in Ukraine is taking a growing toll at home, with social strain and public disillusionment becoming harder to hide. Plus—Saudi Arabia bombs a Yemeni port city following a weapons shipment from the United Arab Emirates, exposing a deepening rift between two key Gulf allies. And in today's Back of the Brief—a twenty-one-year-old Texas man faces terrorism charges for allegedly supplying bomb-making materials to ISIS. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President's Daily Brief by visiting https://PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief.  YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Glorify: Feel closer to God this year with Glorify—get full access for just $29.99 when you download the app now at https://glorify-app.com/PDB.   Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tuesday on the News Hour, the U.S. increases pressure on the Maduro regime with a strike inside Venezuela. Federal agents intensify investigations of alleged fraud of taxpayer money in Minnesota. Plus, the U.S. announces a new way to deliver humanitarian aid around the world. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Caio Blinder, integrante do Manhattan Connection, com passagens por O Globo, Folha de S.Paulo, VEJA, Jovem Pan e BBC Brasil, analisa e comenta as relações internacionais, no Jornal Eldorado, às 4ªs e 6ªs feiras, 8h15.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Confira os destaques do Jornal da Manhã desta quarta-feira (31): A festa da virada de ano no Rio de Janeiro recebeu o prêmio de maior réveillon do mundo. A expectativa é de que 2,5 milhões de pessoas passem o dia 31 de dezembro na Praia de Copacabana. Reportagem: Taís Brito. Prestes a celebrar o réveillon, a Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro montou um esquema de segurança que conta com a presença de 3.500 policiais. O Coronel Marcelo de Menezes conversou com a Jovem Pan para detalhar os preparativos para a festa da virada de ano de Copacabana. Reportagem: Rodrigo Viga. Confira a programação completa da festa da virada de ano na Avenida Paulista, que terá a corrida de São Silvestre, além de apresentações musicais e queima de fogos. O evento terá uma operação especial no transporte e na segurança. Reportagem: Fabrizio Neitzke. O Partido Progressistas está marcando reuniões em São Paulo com políticos em potencial que possam disputar o Palácio dos Bandeirantes em 2026. A sigla demonstra insatisfação com a gestão de Tarcísio de Freitas. Reportagem: Beatriz Manfredini. Segundo um estudo da FGV, o réveillon na Avenida Paulista vai movimentar mais de R$1,1 bilhão e uma ação da Polícia Militar em conjunto com a Guarda Civil Metropolitana vai mobilizar um grande número de agentes para garantir a segurança. A Jovem Pan conversou com o secretário municipal de Segurança Urbana Orlando Morando para analisar a virada de ano. Os produtores rurais da Polônia bloquearam importantes rodovias em protesto com a assinatura do acordo comercial entre a União Europeia e o Mercosul. O tratado entre os blocos está em negociação há mais de 20 anos. Reportagem: Soraya Lauand. Por conta dos problemas de saúde, a Polícia Federal decidiu adiar o depoimento do ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro sobre os itens encontrados no cofre do Palácio do Alvorada. Filipe Martins, ex-assessor de Bolsonaro, vai ter que explicar ao STF a suposta violação da proibição do uso das redes sociais. Um editorial da revista britânica The Economist defende que o presidente Lula não deveria correr à reeleição em 2026. Segundo a publicação, apesar do Brasil demonstrar resiliência das instituições democráticas, o país “merece escolhas melhores”. O Tribunal Superior do Trabalho acatou a situação dos Correios e postergou o pagamento de R$702 milhões em débitos trabalhistas. Apesar do TST considerar legal e não abusiva a greve da estatal, os funcionários devem retornar imediatamente aos serviços. Reportagem: Igor Damasceno. O ministro do STF Alexandre de Moraes não autorizou Vicente de Paulo Reinaldo, pai de Michelle e sogro de Jair Bolsonaro, a visitar o ex-presidente durante o período de internação. O magistrado citou as regras do ambiente hospitalar e a falta de segurança no local. Reportagem: Igor Damasceno. A guerra no Leste Europeu passa por um momento de recrudescimento, após a Ucrânia ter atacado com drones um porto e um gasoduto na região do Mar Negro, pertencente à Rússia, região de Tuapse. Reportagem: Luca Bassani. Os EUA anunciaram novas sanções contra o Irã e a Venezuela pelo comércio de drones entre os dois países. O departamento do tesouro norte-americano sancionou dez indivíduos e organizações. Reportagem: Fabrizio Neitzke O programa Jornal da Manhã desta quarta-feira (31) conversou com o professor de direito internacional Manuel Furriela sobre as expectativas do cenário global em 2026, em meio ao conflito entre os EUA e Irã, além da escalada de tensão entre Donald Trump e Nicolás Maduro. Essas e outras notícias você acompanha no Jornal da Manhã. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donald Trump says he struck a facility in Venezuela that was being used to load drug boats, as the U.S. also seizes another oil tanker. What's the latest on the effort to force dictator Nicolás Maduro from power? How much have the regime's oil revenues fallen? And is this a standoff that either Trump or Maduro will win? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this episode of The Wright Report, Bryan covers the first confirmed U.S. ground strike inside Venezuela, escalating threats between Washington and Tehran, high-stakes peace negotiations over Ukraine, and a wide-ranging listener Q&A that spans Africa, Europe, and promising medical breakthroughs. U.S. Destroys Venezuelan Port Facility: President Trump confirmed that U.S. forces destroyed a port facility used by the Maduro regime to load drug trafficking boats. Reporting from Axios and CNN indicates the strike targeted land-based infrastructure, marking a major escalation beyond maritime interdictions. Bryan explains that the CIA and U.S. Special Forces were almost certainly involved and that the attack was meant to signal to Maduro that Washington has deep intelligence access and is prepared to keep striking unless a deal is reached. Risks of Retaliation and Global Entanglement: Bryan warns that a cornered Maduro may turn to sabotage operations inside the United States using narco gangs like Tren de Aragua. He also outlines less likely but more dangerous scenarios involving Chinese or Russian support, noting that Venezuela owes Beijing roughly $70 billion. Bryan argues Trump likely holds the advantage, but the situation remains volatile. Trump Threatens New Strikes on Iran: Following talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump said additional U.S. airstrikes are possible if Iran advances its nuclear or ballistic missile programs. For the first time, Washington appears equally focused on Iran's missile capabilities, aligning more closely with Israel's long held concerns. Iran's president responded by declaring a full-scale war with the United States and Israel. Iranian Assassination Plot Uncovered: The FBI is investigating an Iranian Quds Force team allegedly operating inside the United States to kidnap or assassinate American officials, including President Trump. Bryan connects the threat to mounting unrest inside Iran, where currency collapse, water shortages, and street protests are pushing the regime toward desperation. Ukraine Seeks Long-Term U.S. Security Guarantees: President Zelenskyy asked for a fifty-year American security guarantee as part of any peace deal with Russia. Trump countered with an offer of fifteen years. Bryan explains why such guarantees could entangle the United States in future wars and spark backlash from Trump's America First base, especially if paired with new conflicts in Iran and Venezuela. Listener Questions and Medical Good News: Bryan answers listener questions on Somaliland, European cultural decline, and why Israel's recognition of Somaliland has ignited regional tensions. He closes with encouraging medical updates on multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, and diabetes, highlighting research that links oral health, cellular energy balance, and natural sunlight exposure to improved outcomes.   "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32     Keywords: Venezuela port strike CIA Special Forces, Maduro narco boats Tren de Aragua, Trump Iran missile nuclear threats, Iranian assassination plot Quds Force FBI, Ukraine peace talks security guarantee, Zelenskyy Trump fifteen years, Somaliland Israel recognition Horn of Africa, Europe cultural decline cousin marriage, MS oral bacteria research, NAD Alzheimer's study, sunlight diabetes glucose control

It is rare that a U.S. president would announce covert action publicly. But that is what President Trump did Monday when he acknowledged a strike on a port facility in Venezuela. Media outlets reported it was the CIA that launched the drone strike. It comes as the administration is targeting not only drug smugglers, but Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro himself. Nick Schifrin reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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It is rare that a U.S. president would announce covert action publicly. But that is what President Trump did Monday when he acknowledged a strike on a port facility in Venezuela. Media outlets reported it was the CIA that launched the drone strike. It comes as the administration is targeting not only drug smugglers, but Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro himself. Nick Schifrin reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

La meteorología anuncia un anticiclón en España, con nieblas, lluvias en el Cantábrico y Baleares, y heladas. Un temporal causa tres muertes en Andalucía y una avalancha en el Pirineo aragonés mata a tres esquiadores, alertando sobre el esquí fuera de pista. Feijóo augura su gobierno pronto, viendo 2025 como el colapso del 'sanchismo'. Afirma que su 'cordón sanitario' es Bildu, no VOX ni Junts, abriendo la puerta a pactos. Se presenta ante la jueza de la DANA el 9 de enero, aportando todos los mensajes con Mazón y negando ocultaciones, en contraste con Sánchez. Trump declara un ataque terrestre en Venezuela contra el narcotráfico, ante el silencio de Maduro y la crítica rusa. Se reúne con Netanyahu, pidiendo su indulto y amenazando a Hamás e Irán. España, pese a su campaña antiisraelí, sigue comprando componentes militares israelíes para Airbus, evidenciando un 'postureo' por dependencia tecnológica. Detectan nuevos casos de peste porcina africana en jabalíes de Barcelona y gripe ...

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USD-denominated foreign exchange reserves include US Treasury securities, US mortgage-backed securities (MBS), US agency securities, US corporate bonds, and other USD-denominated assets held by central banks other than the Fed. Excluded are any central bank's assets denominated in its own currency, such as the Fed's Treasury securities or the ECB's euro-denominated securities. It's not that foreign central banks dumped US-dollar-denominated assets, such as Treasury securities. They did not. They added a little to their holdings. But they added more assets denominated in other currencies, particularly a gaggle of smaller currencies whose combined share has surged, while central banks' holdings of USD-denominated assets haven't changed much for a decade, and so the percentage share of those USD assets continued to decline.   Central banks' holdings of foreign exchange reserves in all currencies, and expressed in USD, rose to $13.0 trillion in Q3. Top holdings, expressed in USD: USD assets: $7.41 trillion Euro assets (EUR): $2.65 trillion Yen assets (YEN): $0.76 trillion British pound assets (GBP): $0.58 trillion Canadian dollar assets (CAD): $0.35 trillion Australian dollar assets (AUD): $0.27 trillion Chinese renminbi (RMB) assets: $0.25 trillion Source: wolfstreet.com (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:18510697282300316,size:[0, 0],id:"ld-8599-9832"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src="https://cdn2.decide.dev/_js/ajs.js";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,"script","ld-ajs");  https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/2004750391435755846?s=20 https://twitter.com/ElectionWiz/status/2004928015172821228?s=20 https://twitter.com/ElectionWiz/status/2004946780216328590?s=20  Political/Rights https://twitter.com/Patri0tContr0l/status/2004590513182367845?s=20  https://twitter.com/Geiger_Capital/status/2005107085865103608?s=20 ICE: 70% Arrested Had Criminal Ties Roughly 70% of illegal migrants arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the second Trump administration reportedly had been convicted of or faced charges for criminal offenses. New data provided to the Washington Examiner shows the Trump administration arrested about 595,000 illegal immigrants between Jan. 20 and Dec. 11, according to the Department of Homeland Security. ICE said 70%, roughly 416,000, had “criminal convictions or pending criminal charges” in the United States, underscoring President Donald Trump’s promise to prioritize the “worst of the worst” in immigration enforcement. ICE officials stressed that even those without U.S. criminal records can still pose major public safety threats, the agency said, noting many are wanted abroad for violent crimes or have ties to gangs, terrorism, or other serious offenses. “This statistic doesn’t account for those wanted for violent crimes in their home country or another country, INTERPOL notices, human rights abusers, gang members, terrorists, etc. The list goes on,” an ICE spokesperson told the Examiner. Source: newsmax.com   New Files Show Epstein Was ‘Too Useful' for Banks to Drop — Trump Was ‘Too Politically Dangerous' to Keep  The newest Epstein disclosures include deposition testimony that illustrates, in unusually concrete detail, how major financial institutions assessed risk, value, and accountability. The transcript does not add new allegations about Epstein. Instead, it explains why he remained bankable long after his 2008 conviction and why his relationship with major banks survived despite generating almost no traditional revenue. That institutional logic is the same logic that later drove JPMorgan to end its ties with Trump Media, and the contrast between the two cases shows how selectively these standards are applied. In the deposition, Paul Morris—a private banker who handled Epstein's accounts at JPMorgan Chase and later Deutsche Bank—described Epstein's financial profile with unusual precision. Epstein's trading was minimal. His accounts produced limited fees. He was not a high-activity client and did not utilize the investment tools that banks rely on to generate consistent revenue. By every conventional benchmark, he was a low-value account. And yet, the relationship continued. The deposition shows why. Epstein was not retained for his financial performance but for his institutional usefulness. Morris acknowledged that Epstein facilitated introductions to ultra-wealthy individuals that the bank viewed as essential prospects. One example was Leon Black, whom Morris identified as a “priority prospect” because of Black's significant net worth and influence in the investment sector. Epstein introduced the bank to real-estate investor Andrew Farkas and discussed a potential connection involving biotech investor Boris Nikolic, who had ties to Bill Gates. These introductions were specific, documented, and initiated by Epstein, not the bank. This is the key element that many public accounts overlook. Epstein was not being managed as a traditional client. He functioned as a relationship broker inside a system where introductions to power carry more internal value than account-level returns. Source: thegatewaypundit.com  DOGE Geopolitical The EU Leaders Shouting About Visa Bans Are the Same EU Leaders Who Sent Political Operatives Into the U.S. to Support Kamala Harris  EU leaders from across the spectrum of their collective assembly, are furious with the administration of President Donald Trump for restricting their entry into the United States by blocking their visa permissions.  However, these same EU leaders are the people who sent operatives into the United States in order to interfere in our 2024 election. The Vice President of the European Commission, Kaja Kallas, sums up the European position: “The decision by the U.S. to impose travel restrictions on European citizens and officials is unacceptable and an attempt to challenge our sovereignty. Europe will keep defending its values — freedom of expression, fair digital rules, and the right to regulate our own space.” The “attempt to challenge our sovereignty” statement is a particular type of hubris when we consider THIS: GREAT BRITAIN (October 2024) – The British Labour Party is sending approximately 100 current and former staff members to the United States to work for Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign in key swing states. [SOURCE – LINKEDIN] Not only did the U.K attempt to challenge our sovereignty, but they also actively worked to influence the outcome of our national election in 2024. It is worth remembering the British intelligence operation, (Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6), was at the center of the Trump-Russia collusion conspiracy in 2016. The first EU political group to be targeted with the visa bans includes French former EU commissioner Thierry Breton, who was one of the architects of the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA). Also: Imran Ahmed, the British CEO of the U.S.-based Center for Countering Digital Hate, Anna-Lena von Hodenberg and Josephine Ballon of the German non-profit HateAid, and Clare Melford, co-founder of the Global Disinformation Index. https://twitter.com/GeneHamilton/status/2004656229684224393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2004656229684224393%7Ctwgr%5E91706d63d41394916634b106fbd2268d7711e121%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheconservativetreehouse.com%2Fblog%2F2025%2F12%2F27%2Fthe-eu-leaders-shouting-about-visa-bans-are-the-same-eu-leaders-who-sent-political-operatives-into-the-u-s-to-support-kamala-harris%2F https://twitter.com/GeneHamilton/status/2004656234910433405?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2004656234910433405%7Ctwgr%5E91706d63d41394916634b106fbd2268d7711e121%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheconservativetreehouse.com%2Fblog%2F2025%2F12%2F27%2Fthe-eu-leaders-shouting-about-visa-bans-are-the-same-eu-leaders-who-sent-political-operatives-into-the-u-s-to-support-kamala-harris%2F Source: theconservativetreehouse.com https://twitter.com/michaelgwaltz/status/2005058695647166898?s=20 https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/2005035840934723894?s=20 War/Peace   EIGHT, perhaps the United States has become the REAL United Nations, which has been of very little assistance or help in any of them, including the disaster currently going on between Russia and Ukraine. The United Nations must start getting active and involved in WORLD PEACE!   the United States is capable of doing. Under my leadership, our Country will not allow Radical Islamic Terrorism to prosper. May God Bless our Military, and MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, including the dead Terrorists, of which there will be many more if their slaughter of Christians continues.   DONALD J. TRUMP PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Trump Tasks Military With an ‘Oil Quarantine' Against Venezuela, as Economic Pressure Is Chosen for Now Over Military Action Venezuela's oil industry under maximum pressure.   And now that the extended holidays are over, the socialist regime will have to deal with the veritable siege imposed by the US and its unprecedented armada. Venezuela is running out of storage space for its oil production since some ships are being seized and many others turned around and left.  Now, it arises that Donald J. Trump has directed US forces to enforce ‘an oil quarantine' against Venezuela for at least the next two months. These moves lead many to think that the Trump team will focus on economic rather than military means to pressure Caracas into ousting Maduro. Reuters reported:   Read  more: Source: thegatewaypundit.com Trump Blockade Leaves $1 Billion Of Venezuelan Crude Stranded On Tankers  With a two-month “quarantine” placed on Venezuelan oil by the Trump administration in a foreign policy move called “gunboat diplomacy,” new data estimate that roughly $900 million worth of crude is currently loaded on tankers, unable to depart Venezuela due to the U.S. blockade. “Based on our visual analysis from both shore and space, we estimate that there are around 17.5 million barrels of crude oil floating onboard tankers in Venezuela which are unable to depart due to the ongoing US blockade,” independent research Tanker Trackers wrote on X. “That’s around $900M of oil.” https://twitter.com/TankerTrackers/status/2004713684871078162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2004713684871078162%7Ctwgr%5E016cd45f97095edcd74bb159f40c4e93caf9794d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fcommodities%2Ftrump-blockade-leaves-1-billion-venezuelan-crude-stranded-tankers Source: zerohedge.com Trump to POLITICO: Zelenskyy ‘doesn't have anything until I approve it' Trump's comments come ahead of his Sunday meeting with Zelenskyy, who will bring with him a new 20-point plan to end the war President Donald Trump on Friday cast himself as the ultimate arbiter of any peace deal between Ukraine and Russia, in an exclusive conversation with POLITICO. “He doesn't have anything until I approve it,” Trump said. “So we'll see what he's got.” Source: politico.com https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/2005352028365848993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2005352028365848993%7Ctwgr%5E1588e24fb392689513bf7b2f064c646c1bf5f470%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2025%2F12%2Ftrump-says-russia-ukraine-peace-talks-entering-final%2F  Medical/False Flags 19 Blue States Sue Trump Admin to Preserve Right to Perform Child Sex Changes Last week, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he would cut off Medicare and Medicaid funding to any provider that offers so-called gender-affirming treatment to minors. “Under my leadership, and answering President Trump's call to action, the federal government will do everything in its power to stop unsafe, irreversible practices that put our children at risk,” Kennedy said at the time. The Oregon-led lawsuit claims that the decision “exceeds the Secretary's authority and violates the Administrative Procedure Act and the Medicare and Medicaid statutes.” A total of nineteen blue states are suing the Trump administration in a bid to protect the right to perform child sex changes. His office said in a press release: Source: thegatewaypundit.com [DS] Agenda  https://twitter.com/nickshirleyy/status/2004642794862961123?s=20   work way too hard and pay too much in taxes for this to be happening, the fraud must be stopped. https://twitter.com/MAGAVoice/status/2005011311756017964?s=20 https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/2005158623442600391?s=20 https://twitter.com/DataRepublican/status/2005292438114738555?s=20  diabolical. And it’s going to work until we understand that primaries will be more important than generals from here out on. https://twitter.com/C_3C_3/status/2005016429687701811?s=20 https://twitter.com/WarClandestine/status/2005351086115405986?s=20 https://twitter.com/CynicalPublius/status/2005030256382464493?s=20  and your tribe. I spent a lot of my life in the Middle East and Central Asia, working closely with foreign contractors and foreign governments to provide support to American military operations. As a US Army officer with a big checkbook courtesy of Uncle Sam, I can't really count the sheer number of times I was offered bribes to award a contract, or falsify records to do things like create larger (fake) headcounts at places like dining facilities, or to just simply be on the take for future illegal requests. Of course I had enough sense to never comply with such requests. Moreover, they were never explicitly structured as “bribes”; instead it was usually along the lines of “Here I have these Rolexes as gifts for you and your wife to show our friendship.” (Unfortunately, too many US officers and NCOs succumbed to this siren song and ended up breaking rocks in Leavenworth.) The weird thing about this to me was that whenever I turned down such an offering, it was treated as a grave insult. I was the one in the wrong, and not the fraudster trying to bribe me. They considered it rude that I was in their country and refused to accept how things got done. After all, why did I not want to help my tribe by helping their tribe? Let me repeat: in these cultures, FRAUD IS NOT EVEN A CONCEPT. There is only what helps your tribe. Such thought processes are so alien to Americans and much of the West. We are raised on the presumption that our institutions are valid, that the rule of law always prevails, and that integrity is universal. We need these presumptions to have working governments and economies, and without those presumptions—without the mental barrier that causes us not to accept outright fraud—our nation would quickly descend into the economic and social hellscape of countries like…. ummm… you know…. SOMALIA! So when we import people en masse from cultures that accept bribery and fraud as routine, acceptable ways to advance one's tribe, we should not be surprised that things like the $8 BILLION fraud schemes of the Somali population in Minnesota happen so easily. Introducing a fraud-based culture based on tribalism into America is like introducing some sort of lethal virus into a population that has no natural immunity. The virus will spread and grow, unchecked, because it is so alien to the host. Similarly, a culture of fraud is anathema to American thinking, and it must be cut out before it consumes the host. So when you see and hear patriotic Americans decrying what is happening in Minnesota or elsewhere, and when they seek deportation of the offenders, it is not “racism,” it is not “bigotry,” it is not “xenophobia”; instead, it is preserving the American tradition of responsible institutions and national integrity. https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/2005262465190223928?s=20 https://twitter.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/2005305530651189719?s=20   exploiting federal programs. Fraud that steals from taxpayers and robs vulnerable children will remain a top FBI priority in Minnesota and nationwide. To date, the FBI dismantled a $250 million fraud scheme that stole federal food aid meant for vulnerable children during COVID. The investigation exposed sham vendors, shell companies, and large-scale money laundering tied to the Feeding Our Future network. The case led to 78 indictments and 57 convictions. Defendants included Abdiwahab Ahmed Mohamud, Ahmed Ali, Hussein Farah, Abdullahe Nur Jesow, Asha Farhan Hassan, Ousman Camara, and Abdirashid Bixi Dool, each charged for roles ranging from wire fraud to money laundering and conspiracy. These criminals didn't just engaged in historic fraud, but tried to subvert justice as well. Abdimajid Mohamed Nur and others were charged for attempting to bribe a juror with $120,000 in cash. Those responsible pleaded guilty and were sentenced, including a 10-year prison term and nearly $48 million in restitution in related cases. The FBI believes this is just the tip of a very large iceberg. We will continue to follow the money and protect children, and this investigation very much remains ongoing. Furthermore, many are also being referred to immigrations officials for possible further denaturalization and deportation proceedings where eligible. https://twitter.com/ScottPresler/status/2004932316926193933?s=20 https://twitter.com/HarmeetKDhillon/status/2004976287270731981?s=20 https://twitter.com/rising_serpent/status/2005080344610177489?s=20  https://twitter.com/amuse/status/2005092720927232198?s=20  “skeptical jurors” in federal cases involving President Trump. Co-founder Alex Dodds said jurors have “enormous power” to judge the administration itself. Critics report the sessions encourage rigging trials against the administration, conduct plainly barred under 8 USC §1503. President Trump's Plan https://twitter.com/WarClandestine/status/2004653262491058216?s=20 accomplished what no one else could. When we arrived, taxpayers were about to be on the hook for nearly $5 billion for a new headquarters that wouldn't open until 2035. We scrapped that plan. Instead, we selected the already-existing Reagan Building, saving billions and allowing the transition to begin immediately with required safety and infrastructure upgrades already underway. Once complete, most of the HQ FBI workforce will move in, and the rest are continuing in our ongoing push to put more manpower in the field, where they will remain. This decision puts resources where they belong: defending the homeland, crushing violent crime, and protecting national security. It delivers better tools for today's FBI workforce at a fraction of the cost. The Hoover Building will be shut down permanently.  They Got Her: FBI Caught Hillary Clinton Talking Donations with Foreign Felon on Tape As Hillary Clinton closed in on the presidential nomination in the spring of 2016, FBI field officers advised colleagues at headquarters to press her on the foreign donations flowing to the Clinton Foundation while she steered American foreign policy and whether she had used the charity as a campaign piggy bank. But the FBI HQ in Washington — a city in which the former secretary of state and first lady wields enormous influence — let the trail go cold. FBI New York Assistant Director in Charge Diego Rodriguez advised agents in Washington to ask Clinton several questions about the foundation, which are reproduced in full in documents released to the Senate Judiciary Committee by the FBI and published on Dec. 15. The questions reveal the concerns about foreign bribery that the Clinton Foundation case — codenamed “Cracked Foundation” — had uncovered. Among the evidence available to investigators, according to their questions: A recorded conversation between Clinton and Indian hotel magnate Sant Singh Chatwal in which Clinton discussed donations to the foundation and her remaining 2008 campaign debt. The new documents confirm that the FBI had at one time been “intercepting individuals associated with the Clinton Foundation.” Source: westernjournal.com  John Brennan's Lawfare Lawyers are Revealing More Than They Intend   former CIA Director John Brennan are sending proactive letters to the Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida {SEE HERE}.  However, some of the information included in the letters intended to be exculpatory is actually damning against their defense position. You have to go deep in the weeds to see it but if you understand the details of the events, the information being revealed by Brennan's lawyers is the opposite of helpful to his case.  As an example, there is a citation included in a footnote of the December 22, 2025, [fn #20 page 6] letter that links to a March 31, 2022, letter sent to John Durham. Here's page 6 of the 2025 letter. Compare the underlined section to the 2022 letter sent to John Durham. In 2025 Brennan is telling the Florida court the Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) conclusion was confirmed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller in a “very serious review.”  However, in 2022 Brennan told John Durham that Robert Mueller never interviewed him or offered an assessment of the ICA; Mueller just regurgitated it. So, which is it? These contradictions are throughout both of the letters when you compare them side-by-side.  In 2022 former CIA Director John Brennan was trying to escape the Durham review.  In 2025 Brennan is trying to escape a grand jury review. [We are aware that the U.S Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jason Reding Quiñones, has access to the CTH public library of research into all of these historic events.] There are other citations in the 2022 letter that are certainly worth reviewing because the legally binding statements made by John Brennan at the time have been shown to be false in 2025. Another of the claims in the 2022 letter to John Durham highlights why it was critical for the CIA to assist in the capture and arrest of Julian Assange in 2019. Source: thegatewaypundit.com  Trump: Upcoming Midterms Will Be ‘About Pricing’ The 2026 midterm elections will be “about pricing,” according to President Donald Trump, who said that his administration is restoring the nation’s economy after the condition in which former President Joe Biden left it. “I think it’s going to be about the success of our country,” Trump said in an interview with Politico, the outlet reported Saturday. “They gave us high pricing, and we’re bringing it down. Energy’s way down. Gasoline is way down.” Over the past two weeks, a series of positive economic reports has shown that inflation is decreasing, with the White House highlighting the latest data while addressing cost-of-living concerns nationwide. According to a Politico poll conducted last month, Americans say they are finding that the costs of groceries, utilities, healthcare, housing, and transportation are too expensive. Trump has been fighting to reframe that, however, blaming Democrats under Biden for driving prices up. He said in the interview, conducted Friday, that “electricity is down. It’s way down.” “When the gasoline goes down, and when the oil and gas go down, the electricity comes down naturally,” he said. “But it’s all coming down. It’s all coming down. It’s coming beautifully.” Source: newsmax.com https://twitter.com/WarClandestine/status/2004696380531503505?s=20   the NG will have quick response troops on standby in every state, the FBI building is being moved to a new location, the war between Russia and Ukraine is coming to an end, and all of Trump's pieces will be in place. There seems to be a shift in attitude. I think we are passing into a different phase of the operation. The shadow war will eventually have to come to the surface. 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In this clip, we break down the 2025 category shift in the Caribbean: the Trump administration's move to frame maritime interdiction as “narco-terrorism”, and why that legal reframing suddenly makes drone strikes, Hellfire missiles, and a massive naval posture sound “normal” — even when the public evidence is thin. We talk about: Why “counter-narcotics” doesn't match the scale of what's offshore How “narco-terrorism” changes the rules (criminals → combatants) Why Puerto Rico is quietly becoming a staging hub again What this posture can support: blockade, raids, long-range strikes — not just boat stops ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 — Setting the context: why Venezuela, why now 03:45 — The “narco-terrorism” framing (and why it matters) 05:10 — Drone strikes on small boats: why the story feels off 07:00 — Maduro bounty + escalation logic 09:00 — Category shift: interdiction → warfare 12:00 — What's offshore: carriers, Marines, strike capability 16:30 — Puerto Rico as a staging base again (and why that's a tell) 19:00 — What this posture enables if things escalate #Venezuela #Geopolitics #USForeignPolicy #NarcoTerrorism #Caribbean #PuertoRico #MilitaryAnalysis #PodcastClips #NewsAnalysis Links to our other stuff on the interwebs: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@BroHistory⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://brohistory.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ #342 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

El Gobierno aprueba medidas sociales por reglamento por falta de apoyos parlamentarios. COVIDE denuncia actos pro-ETA. Cataluña intensifica la caza controlada de jabalíes por peste porcina. Fallece Cecilia Jiménez, la restauradora del Ecce Homo de Borja, generando turismo y fondos sociales. En política exterior, Trump y Zelenski muestran optimismo por plan de paz ucraniano avanzado, con garantía de seguridad de EE. UU. Kiev, escéptica, sufre cortes de servicios. La paz se vislumbra, pese a desacuerdos territoriales y el interés ruso en minas. En Oriente Medio, Trump y Netanyahu abordan desarme de Hamás. MSF alerta devastación en Gaza y retención de ayuda a 2.2 millones de rehenes. Somalilandia controla puertos clave en Bab el-Mandeb (comercio y contención hutí). En el Sahel, EE. UU. ataca al Estado Islámico; la región sufre inestabilidad e influencia rusa y china. En Venezuela, Maduro afianza el apoyo militar, vinculado a financiar la extrema izquierda occidental. Económicamente, el ...

En Venezuela, al menos un centenar de personas fueron excarceladas tras haber sido detenidas durante las protestas surgidas tras las elecciones presidenciales de 2024. Estos comicios que otorgaron la reelección al presidente Nicolás Maduro, estuvieron marcados por denuncias de fraude y por arrestaciones arbitrarias.   Esta excarcelación, la más significativa en los últimos meses, ocurre en un contexto de creciente tensión entre Washington y Caracas, especialmente tras la incautación de petroleros en el Caribe por parte de Estados Unidos. Andreina Baduel, coordinadora del Comité por la Libertad de los Presos Políticos, comparte sus impresiones sobre esta excarcelación.  “Junto con organizaciones de derechos humanos, organismos internacionales y gobiernos del mundo, hemos hecho saber la necesidad de la excarcelación de presos políticos, porque tenemos perfectamente claro —nos ha tocado vivir situaciones de persecución durante más de 18 años, que incluso llevaron a la muerte de mi padre en prisión, bajo custodia del Estado— que, si no hay excarcelaciones y si no se brinda atención médica especializada y oportuna a los presos políticos, lamentablemente podemos enfrentarnos a nuevas muertes bajo custodia del Estado”, dice Andreina. En medio de las tensiones entre Estados Unidos y Venezuela, se han reportado denuncias sobre amenazas de ejecuciones extrajudiciales contra presos políticos. ¿Tiene alguna información sobre estas amenazas? "A raíz de todas estas acciones a nivel geopolítico, los presos políticos están siendo amenazados de que si llega a materializarse una acción de un gobierno extranjero, van a remeter en contra de sus vidas. Pero así como son amenazados los presos políticos, también somos amenazadas las víctimas secundarias, es decir, las familias que contenemos y que denunciamos. Mientras estamos hablando, aquí desde hace más de seis meses, yo tengo un apostamiento policial fuera de mi residencia que restringe mi movilidad, mi accionar, porque no he dejado denunciar el horror al que está siendo sometido mi hermano, sino que además tengo una labor importante en el comité. Una de las maneras de buscar quebrantar esas acciones, el régimen ha ido intensificando la persecución. Mi hermana, Márgaret Baduel, que además también es miembro activo del comité, ha sufrido dos atentados en su vehículo", añade. Andreina Baduel termina haciendo un llamado a la liberación inmediata e incondicional de todas las personas privadas de libertad por motivos políticos en Venezuela. Además, advierte que aún hay más de 900 detenidos en condiciones de horror en las diferentes carceles de todo el pais. 

En Venezuela, al menos un centenar de personas fueron excarceladas tras haber sido detenidas durante las protestas surgidas tras las elecciones presidenciales de 2024. Estos comicios que otorgaron la reelección al presidente Nicolás Maduro, estuvieron marcados por denuncias de fraude y por arrestaciones arbitrarias.   Esta excarcelación, la más significativa en los últimos meses, ocurre en un contexto de creciente tensión entre Washington y Caracas, especialmente tras la incautación de petroleros en el Caribe por parte de Estados Unidos. Andreina Baduel, coordinadora del Comité por la Libertad de los Presos Políticos, comparte sus impresiones sobre esta excarcelación.  “Junto con organizaciones de derechos humanos, organismos internacionales y gobiernos del mundo, hemos hecho saber la necesidad de la excarcelación de presos políticos, porque tenemos perfectamente claro —nos ha tocado vivir situaciones de persecución durante más de 18 años, que incluso llevaron a la muerte de mi padre en prisión, bajo custodia del Estado— que, si no hay excarcelaciones y si no se brinda atención médica especializada y oportuna a los presos políticos, lamentablemente podemos enfrentarnos a nuevas muertes bajo custodia del Estado”, dice Andreina. En medio de las tensiones entre Estados Unidos y Venezuela, se han reportado denuncias sobre amenazas de ejecuciones extrajudiciales contra presos políticos. ¿Tiene alguna información sobre estas amenazas? "A raíz de todas estas acciones a nivel geopolítico, los presos políticos están siendo amenazados de que si llega a materializarse una acción de un gobierno extranjero, van a remeter en contra de sus vidas. Pero así como son amenazados los presos políticos, también somos amenazadas las víctimas secundarias, es decir, las familias que contenemos y que denunciamos. Mientras estamos hablando, aquí desde hace más de seis meses, yo tengo un apostamiento policial fuera de mi residencia que restringe mi movilidad, mi accionar, porque no he dejado denunciar el horror al que está siendo sometido mi hermano, sino que además tengo una labor importante en el comité. Una de las maneras de buscar quebrantar esas acciones, el régimen ha ido intensificando la persecución. Mi hermana, Márgaret Baduel, que además también es miembro activo del comité, ha sufrido dos atentados en su vehículo", añade. Andreina Baduel termina haciendo un llamado a la liberación inmediata e incondicional de todas las personas privadas de libertad por motivos políticos en Venezuela. Además, advierte que aún hay más de 900 detenidos en condiciones de horror en las diferentes carceles de todo el pais. 

The US government is seizing oil tankers and stealing Venezuela's crude. Donald Trump boasted that the USA will "keep" the oil and the ships. This is piracy. Ben Norton explains how Washington is blatantly violating international law in its imperialist war on Venezuela. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_pxZ-Rl6DM Topics 0:00 USA is stealing Venezuela's oil 0:58 (CLIP) Trump: "We're keeping" the oil 1:22 Worst piracy on Earth 2:33 Trump's war plans 3:51 US blockade & sanctions are illegal 5:19 UN experts: US bombing is illegal 6:57 (CLIP) Trump: Venezuela's oil is ours 7:41 US laws don't apply worldwide 9:06 Maduro asks UN for action 9:59 China supports Venezuela 11:46 Trump threatens Maduro 12:08 María Corina Machado 12:19 (CLIP) Machado vows to privatize oil 14:25 Gunboat diplomacy 14:58 Colonial Monroe Doctrine 15:28 Trump & Roosevelt Corollary 17:29 US colonialism in Latin America 20:43 Big Stick policy 21:12 US National Security Strategy 22:26 Anti-imperialist General Smedley Butler 24:46 US imperialism in China 27:23 War for Wall Street 28:53 Criminality of US empire 29:39 Outro

Petro al nivel de Maduro en imagen negativaTutela para frenar la Emergencia Económica de PetroEl enredo que armaron con ColfuturoPetro hablando de San Francisco de Asís Colombia no tiene 1.508 municipiosSesiones extras en el SenadoPor qué la Constitucional no sesionó 

La Policía Nacional detiene en Huelva a José María Pabón Pereira, fugado desde 2019 y condenado por dos asesinatos, siendo uno de los más buscados. La Agencia Tributaria desmantela una macro trama de fraude de IVA en hidrocarburos, defraudando más de 300 millones de euros en 2024, con cinco detenidos. Tráfico prevé 14 millones de desplazamientos hasta Reyes, alertando por nieve y heladas en 32 carreteras, y aconseja precaución. El Real Madrid de baloncesto juega en Euroliga contra el Mónaco. En el Caso Negreira, Bartomeu declara no tener relación personal con Negreira. En Venezuela, el régimen de Maduro libera 71 presos políticos, cifra insuficiente para sus familiares. Yahaira, hermana de un preso español, critica la falta de apoyo del Gobierno español y confía en EE. UU. Los españoles gastan de media 286 euros anuales en plataformas; una futura ley facilita las bajas de suscripciones. La Nochebuena en Madrid registra tres asesinatos por arma blanca; los accidentes de tráfico ...

El régimen de Nicolás Maduro anunciaba este lunes la liberación de presos políticos, detenidos en su mayoría por las manifestaciones contra los resultados de las elecciones presidenciales de julio de 2024. Sin embargo, para familiares, ONGs y la oposición, la medida sigue siendo insuficiente, ya que en el último año y medio se han detenido a más de 2.400 personas. Una de las voces que refleja la decepción es la de Yajaira González de Canales, hermana de Alejandro González, un preso con nacionalidad española encarcelado desde febrero en la prisión de Rodeo, a las afueras de Caracas.En el programa 'Herrera en COPE', entrevistada por Sofía Buera, González ha confesado que, aunque siempre se mantiene la esperanza, "siendo un poco realistas y pisando pies sobre la tierra, en el fondo, sabía que no". Ha explicado que "el caso de Alejandro es bastante complicado", ya que no es un caso postelectoral, pero ha celebrado la excarcelación de otros. "Felices por esas ...

On today's podcast:1) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he plans to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump “in the coming days,” signaling optimism about reaching a peace deal to end Russia’s almost four-year war.“A lot could be decided before the New Year,” Zelenskiy said Friday in a Telegram and X post after receiving an update from Rustem Umerov, Ukraine’s top negotiator with the US and head of the National Defense and Security Council. The Kyiv Post reported earlier that Zelenskiy is expected to travel to Florida, where Trump is spending the Christmas break, as soon as Sunday. It cited a person familiar with the matter who wasn’t identified. Kyiv and Washington are seeking to align on a 20-point peace plan to present to Russian President Vladimir Putin, including the provision of strong security guarantees modeled on NATO’s Article 5, and a global post-war development program for Ukraine.2) The US launched a military strike in Nigeria against Islamic State targets in a security and intelligence collaboration with the African nation’s government, which has been struggling to contain increasing levels of terrorist attacks in parts of the country. President Trump said he directed American forces to carry out “a powerful and deadly strike” against ISIS. Nigeria’s foreign affairs ministry confirmed the “precision hits on terrorist targets” and said it remains engaged with international partners including the US to address the “persistent threat of terrorism and violent extremism.”3) Gold, silver and platinum jumped to all-time highs to extend a historic end-of-year rally for precious metals, with support from escalating geopolitical tensions and US dollar weakness. Frictions in Venezuela, where the US has blockaded oil tankers and ramped up pressure on the government of Nicolás Maduro, have added to the precious metal’s haven appeal. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index, a key gauge of the US currency’s strength, was down 0.7% for the week, its biggest drop since June.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Confira no Morning Show desta sexta-feira (26): Levantamento divulgado pela Paraná Pesquisas nesta sexta-feira (26) indica que o presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) lidera as intenções de voto no primeiro turno contra todos os nomes da direita testados. Lula aparece com 37,6%, à frente do senador Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ), que soma 27,8%. Em um cenário com o ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro, atualmente preso, o petista também lidera, com 36,9% contra 31,3%. A maior vantagem ocorre diante de Michelle Bolsonaro, com 37,2% para Lula e 24,4% para a ex-primeira-dama. Já nos cenários de segundo turno, o estudo aponta empate técnico entre Lula e os principais adversários da direita, como Jair Bolsonaro, Flávio Bolsonaro, Tarcísio de Freitas e Michelle Bolsonaro. O ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro segue internado e se recuperando bem da cirurgia de hérnia realizada ontem. No entanto, uma complicação antiga voltou a preocupar a equipe médica: as crises de soluço. Enquanto se discute a "saidinha" de fim de ano em todo o país, no Amazonas a fuga aconteceu de outra forma. Quatorze detentos escaparam da Unidade Prisional de Maués na véspera de Natal (24) após serrarem uma grade de proteção. No dia de Natal, uma notícia surpreendeu a Venezuela: o regime de Nicolás Maduro libertou pelo menos 60 opositores que estavam detidos desde os protestos contra as eleições de 2024. Entre os libertados estão jovens e ativistas que contestavam o resultado das urnas. O corpo de Tainara Souza Santos, de 31 anos, está sendo velado nesta sexta-feira (26) no Cemitério São Pedro, na Zona Leste de São Paulo. Ela morreu na quarta-feira (24), após permanecer internada por 25 dias em decorrência de um atropelamento seguido de arrastamento ocorrido na Marginal Tietê. O sepultamento está marcado para às 12h. A relação entre o MST e o governo federal volta a ficar tensa. Em reportagem à Folha de S.Paulo, Ceres Hadich, da direção nacional do movimento, declarou insatisfação com o ritmo da Reforma Agrária no terceiro mandato de Lula. O ex-diretor da PRF, Silvinei Vasques, foi preso no Paraguai. Ele rompeu a tornozeleira eletrônica, deixou o Brasil sem autorização e foi detido no aeroporto de Assunção enquanto tentava embarcar para El Salvador. O INMET emitiu um alerta de "grau médio de perigo" devido à onda de calor que atinge o Brasil. Com os termômetros marcando quase 36°C em São Paulo, o urologista Alex Meller explica os cuidados urgentes para evitar problemas renais e desidratação nestes dias. Essas e outras notícias você confere no Morning Show.

El contenido del documento fue difundido por el canciller venezolano, Yván Gil Pinto, donde resaltó el tono de apoyo político que Moscú mantiene hacia Caracas.

Recuperamos un episodio que está muy de actualidad… Porque es algo que durante estos meses no ha dejado de ocurrir. En aquel momento se habían producido cuatro ataques por parte de Estados Unidos a cuatro lanchas en aguas internacionales, frente a las costas de Venezuela, en los que mataron a al menos a 17 personas. Tres meses después de aquello, este conflicto no ha hecho más que escalar: el recuento de ejecuciones por estos ataques suma más de 100 muertos y el ejército estadounidense desplegado en la zona ha empezado a bloquear barcos petroleros que salían de Venezuela. Trump, que siempre ha asegurado que las embarcaciones iban cargadas de droga hacia Estados Unidos, ha seguido acusando al Gobierno de Nicolás Maduro de estar detrás del narcotráfico. Con Andrés Gil, corresponsal de elDiario.es en Estados Unidos, y con Celina Cárquez, periodista venezolana, intentamos comprender qué hay detrás de estos ataques, de la estrategia de Trump y cómo percibe la sociedad venezolana esta escalada de tensión. *** Este episodio se emitió por primera vez el 22 de septiembre de 2025 *** *** Envíanos una nota de voz por Whatsapp contándonos alguna historia que conozcas o algún sonido que tengas cerca y que te llame la atención. Lo importante es que sea algo que tenga que ver contigo. Guárdanos en la agenda como “Un tema Al día”. El número es el 699 518 743See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Plus d'1,6 million d'adolescentes accouchent chaque année en Amérique latine, une toutes les 20 secondes. L'Équateur est durement touché par ce phénomène, avec 88 accouchements de mineures par jour. La vice-présidente María José Pinto a demandé au président Noboa d'être chargée de réduire le phénomène des grossesses chez les jeunes filles et les adolescentes.   La jeune Afroéquatorienne Susana Sánchez a eu sa fille à 16 ans et son fils peu après. Elle vit aujourd'hui tranquillement à Nuevo Rocafuerte, mais n'oublie pas une enfance difficile après la mort de sa mère.  “J'avais 15 ans quand j'ai connu le père de ma fille. C'était une porte de sortie", explique-t-elle. Ce schéma se répète dans les régions d'Amazonie. “Les chiffres sont terrifiants. 4 gamines entre 10 et 14 ans accouchent chaque jour en Équateur et 84 adolescentes entre 14 et 19 ans”, s'inquiète la vice-présidente María José Pinto. C'est le reportage de notre correspondant en Équateur, Eric Samson, dans la région amazonienne de Nuevo Rocafuerte, tout près de la frontière péruvienne. Au Mexique, l'essor de la lucha extrema Au Mexique, berceau de la lucha libre, sorte de catch théâtral et particulièrement apprécié des Mexicains, une nouvelle déclinaison de ce sport est apparue dans les zones défavorisées des alentours de Mexico, la lucha extrema, une forme ultraviolente de lucha libre, où la traditionnelle « fausse » bagarre est remplacée par de vrais coups. Plus le sang coule, plus le spectacle est réussi. Un reportage de Marine Lebègue, correspondante de RFI à Mexico. Nicolás Maduro libère 99 prisonniers vénézuéliens Au Venezuela, 99 personnes emprisonnées après la présidentielle de 2024 ont été libérées. Le média vénézuélien d'opposition El Nacional publie sur son site la liste des prisonniers libérés déjà identifiés : il en compte 33. Parmi eux, des hommes, des femmes et des adolescents.  Le quotidien colombien El Espectador rappelle le contexte de leur incarcération : leur lien présumé avec les manifestations de 2024. Après la réélection controversée de Nicolás Maduro, les opposants au président réélu évoquaient des fraudes. À ce moment-là, plus de 2400 personnes avaient été arrêtées par le régime. De nombreux médias font le lien entre ces libérations et les tensions avec les États-Unis. L'édition sud-américaine du quotidien El Pais souligne "un geste calculé du régime pour alléger la pression, sans pour autant manifester de faiblesse ni de magnanimité excessive".  Le média nuance donc l'ampleur de ces libérations et rappelle que près de 1000 prisonniers vénézuéliens sont toujours incarcérés. El Pais l'assure, cette annonce n'est pas le signe d'une politique de détente avec l'opposition. C'est même le contraire, "la pression de Washington fournit au gouvernement Maduro des arguments supplémentaires pour radicaliser sa politique de répression des opposants". Frappes de Washington contre l'État islamique au Nigéria  Le New York Times rappelle qu'en novembre dernier, le président américain avait déjà menacé l'organisation terroriste de frappes si elle ne cessait pas les attaques sur les chrétiens nigérians. Donald Trump n'avait alors pas précisé à quelles attaques il faisait référence, selon le quotidien new-yorkais. Le média AXIOS, lui, revient sur les violences au Nigéria, le pays le plus peuplé d'Afrique où plus de 12 000 personnes ont été tuées par divers groupes cette année. Le média en ligne POLITICO rappelle que le Nigeria a déjà déclaré que les chrétiens n'étaient pas persécutés dans le pays et cite un chercheur de l'Institut d'études de sécurité Afrique : « La crise est bien plus complexe qu'une simple analyse religieuse ne le laisse entendre. » En Californie, des fêtes de Noël cauchemardesques La Californie, déjà marquée par des incendies, des pluies et des vents forts ces derniers mois, est touchée depuis quelques jours par des pluies torrentielles. Signe de la gravité de l'évènement, l'état d'urgence a été décrété par le gouverneur Gavin Newsom. Une image dans le Los Angeles Times permet de comprendre l'ampleur des pluies. On y voit Misty Cheng, une comptable de 49 ans dans sa cuisine à Wrightwood, au nord de Los Angeles. Le regard triste, elle se tient accroupie sur une gigantesque coulée de boue, qui a envahi sa maison, une maison qu'elle était en train de rénover. L'intérieur est complètement recouvert par un amas de pierres et de terre, on voit à peine sa gazinière, le dossier d'une chaise dépasse des débris. La faute à un glissement de terrain qui s'est produit le 24 décembre dans une zone déjà ravagée par des incendies au début de l'année 2025. Le Los Angeles Times rappelle le bilan de la semaine : trois personnes sont mortes dans les inondations et les glissements de terrain en Californie. En Haïti, les marchés de Noël ont fait carton plein.  Ayibopost revient sur les évènements qui se sont tenus cette année aux Gonaïves, au Cap-Haïtien et à Anse-à-Pitre. Des marchés qui ont réuni des centaines d'exposants, d'artisans locaux et qui ont attiré beaucoup de visiteurs.  Ils étaient plus de 15 000 aux Gonaïves.   Le média haïtien rappelle que les artisans rencontrent de plus en plus de difficultés à vendre leurs produits en raison de l'absence quasi totale de touristes étrangers. Dans ce contexte, les marchés de Noël offrent un espace qui permet de renouer avec un public local et, selon les organisateurs, de susciter chez les jeunes Haïtiens l'envie de se lancer dans l'entrepreneuriat.

Un temporal afecta al este de Andalucía, a Baleares, a Catalunya y a la Comunitat Valenciana. Este tiempo frío en el conjunto del país está dejando en esa zona lluvia, viento y, sobre todo, olas de grandes dimensiones. Además, algo parece que se mueve en Ucrania, Nigeria y Venezuela, donde, respectivamente, Putin parece estar dispuesto a hacer concesiones territoriales, Estados Unidos ha bombardeado campamentos de ISIS y Maduro ha liberado a 99 presos políticos. Y en España, María Jesús Montero asegura en la SER que el Gobierno presentará Presupuestos.

El presidente Donald Trump ha aumentado la presión en contra de Nicolas Maduro. quien es acusado por el gobierno de Estados Unidos de ser el líder del Cártel de los Soles y de frenar el despliegue militar que desde mes de septiembre Trump ordenó para combatir a los cárteles del narcotráfico en el Mar Caribe. Esto ha aumentado la tensión en la región, por las posibles acciones que pueda tener el gobierno americano contra México. En este episodio, Mariel Ibarra, editora política en Expansión, platica con Laura Dib, Directora del programa de Venezuela en WOLA sobre cómo puede evolucionar esta ofensiva militar, las implicaciones que tiene para la región y como puede afectar a México. Las opiniones de este podcast son responsabilidad de quien las emite. Lo contenido en este podcast es emitido por su autora en su carácter exclusivo cómo profesionista independiente y no refleja las opiniones, políticas o posiciones de otros cargos que desempeña. Leemos sus comentarios en⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@ExpansionMx⁠⁠

El régimen venezolano libera presos políticos para mitigar críticas, una acción habitual de Maduro, que la oposición tacha de insuficiente, exigiendo la libertad de más de 2400 encarcelados. El Papa León XIV, en Navidad, pide esfuerzos por la paz en Ucrania, Gaza y Venezuela. En Gaza, dos meses después del alto el fuego, los ataques persisten, y Médicos Sin Fronteras lo considera teórico. Una enfermera describe la destrucción, el aumento de infecciones respiratorias en niños por el frío y la escasez humanitaria. Las suscripciones digitales, con un gasto medio de 286 euros anuales en streaming por familia, plantean el reto de las renovaciones automáticas y la dificultad de darse de baja. Una futura ley de atención al cliente busca simplificar estas cancelaciones. La psicóloga Macu Ortázar destaca la necesidad humana de pertenecer a un grupo para la identidad y combatir la soledad. Aconseja prudencia y observación para la adaptación en nuevos entornos, diferenciando la timidez del ...

El discurso navideño del Rey provoca reacciones divididas: PP y PSOE lo apoyan, mientras Podemos e independentistas lo critican. El presidente Sánchez no reacciona, y Sumar lo considera decepcionante. Internacionalmente, Zelenski dialoga con Estados Unidos sobre la paz en Ucrania y propone un plan a Moscú. En Venezuela, Maduro libera a 71 presos, entre ellos Margui Orozco, detenida por un mensaje crítico. En España, una de cada cuatro mujeres corre riesgo de pobreza o exclusión social, más de 6,5 millones. Factores como peores empleos e ingresos y mayor carga de cuidados son clave. Se proponen medidas para un sistema público de cuidados y la reforma de pensiones. Un nutricionista aborda el uso de fármacos inyectables para adelgazar, indicados para obesidad con patologías, pero frecuentemente mal empleados sin cambios de hábitos. Esto genera efectos secundarios graves, deficiencias y el riesgo de recuperar el peso. Se enfatiza la importancia de un enfoque integral, incluyendo ...

Happy Holidays from the On with Kara Swisher team! To celebrate, we're gifting you a recent episode of a new national security podcast from the Vox Media Podcast Network. “The Long Game” is hosted by Jake Sullivan, President Biden's National Security Advisor, and Jon Finer, his Principal Deputy — both senior aides who sat in on the classified Presidential Daily Brief each morning and translated raw intelligence into policy advice. On this episode of The Long Game, Jake and Jon cover: - The fast-escalating U.S. pressure campaign against the Maduro regime in Venezuela — including the growing American military buildup and Trump's post calling Venezuela a “foreign terrorist organization.” - President Trump's decision to allow the sale of Nvidia's advanced H200 AI chips to China — announced on the same day that the DOJ called the chip a cornerstone of “AI superiority.” - A Red Team/Blue Team exercise on the U.S.-backed peace proposal for the Ukraine–Russia war, with Jake and Jon stepping into the roles of advisers to Zelensky and Putin. Follow The Long Game so you never miss an episode. New episodes drop on Fridays. Show notes and a transcript of the episode are available here.Watch the video of this episode on Youtube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Communist-ruled island was already suffering from food shortages, blackouts and exodus of people, and now faces loss of cheap oil from Nicolás Maduro. The reveal that drew the president’s and the public’s interest was the proposed “Trump-class” battleships that would be “100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built.” He claimed these would be the largest-ever battleships, larger even than the Iowa-class behemoths. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -- Philip Teresi on KMJ Weekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

En este análisis de la consultora CV Opinión Pública, se revela el ranking de aprobación de presidentes en Suramérica, destacando a Javier Milei de Argentina como el líder con un 48.3% de aprobación, aunque con una imagen negativa del 49.5%. La conversación también explora la polarización política en la región, con otros presidentes como Rodrigo Paz Pereira de Bolivia y Lula da Silva de Brasil, quienes presentan cifras similares de aprobación y desaprobación. Además, se discuten las implicaciones de estos resultados en la democracia latinoamericana y la percepción de los líderes, incluyendo a Nicolás Maduro de Venezuela, quien tiene la imagen más negativa. Este contenido es esencial para entender el clima político actual en Suramérica y las dinámicas de aprobación presidencial.

Communist-ruled island was already suffering from food shortages, blackouts and exodus of people, and now faces loss of cheap oil from Nicolás Maduro. The reveal that drew the president’s and the public’s interest was the proposed “Trump-class” battleships that would be “100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built.” He claimed these would be the largest-ever battleships, larger even than the Iowa-class behemoths. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'Philip Teresi on KMJ' on all platforms: --- Philip Teresi on KMJ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. -- Philip Teresi on KMJ Weekdays 2-6 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 FM KMJ | Website | Facebook | Instagram | X | Podcast | Amazon | - Everything KMJ KMJNOW App | Podcasts | Facebook | X | Instagram See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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On todays show the guys talk Christmas traditions and the holidays. They also recently returned from the annual Floridia trip and recap this great time. We also review a great cigar as well a cover the sports world. This is a great episode so, sit back and enjoy. 

El Departamento de Justicia publicó nuevos documentos del pederasta convicto Jeffrey Epstein. En algunos, hay referencias controvertidas de Epstein sobre Donald Trump que el FBI desmintió.En otras noticias: Las autoridades de Texas reanudaron las labores de búsqueda en la bahía de Galveston luego del mortal accidente de un avión de la marina armada de México donde murieron 6 personas.Una explosión e incendio ocurrieron en un hogar para ancianos en el condado de Bucks, Pensilvania. Se desconoce la cantidad de víctimas y las razones de la conflagración.Agentes federales de ICE detuvieron a más de 100 camioneros inmigrantes en medio de la operación 'centinela'.Gobierno Trump espera cancelar varias solicitudes de asilo a lo largo del país. El gobierno de Trump lanzó una nueva advertencia a Nicolás Maduro mientras a guardia costera de los Estados Unidos sigue reforzando la interceptación de barcos petroleros en el Caribe.

No 3 em 1 desta quarta-feira (24), o destaque foi que o ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro (PL) se submete, nesta quarta-feira (24), a uma cirurgia para correção de uma hérnia inguinal bilateral. O procedimento tem duração estimada de até quatro horas. O governador de São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicanos), embarcou nesta quarta-feira (24) para os Estados Unidos. Durante a viagem, o vice-governador Felício Ramuth (PSD) assume interinamente o comando do Palácio dos Bandeirantes até o dia 11 de janeiro. Rebeca Ramagem, esposa do ex-deputado Alexandre Ramagem (PL-RJ), acionou o Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) por meio de um mandado de segurança para pedir o desbloqueio de suas contas bancárias. O caso será analisado pelo ministro André Mendonça. Novos documentos divulgados pelo governo de Donald Trump (Republicanos) trouxeram detalhes sobre o alcance da rede de exploração comandada por Jeffrey Epstein. Os arquivos citam a presença de um “grande grupo de brasileiras”, algumas com apenas 13 e 14 anos, que teriam sido levadas à mansão do bilionário sob falsas promessas de trabalho. O governo de Donald Trump também anunciou uma nova ofensiva diplomática e econômica para restringir o acesso do regime de Nicolás Maduro a recursos financeiros na Venezuela. Uma nova pesquisa Datafolha aponta que a polarização política atingiu nível recorde no país, impactando 74% dos brasileiros às vésperas do ano eleitoral. O ministro Edson Fachin, do STF, idealizou a criação de um código de conduta mais rigoroso para ministros de tribunais superiores. A iniciativa recebeu apoio imediato de integrantes da Corte e de associações de magistrados. O governo do presidente Lula (PT) oficializou o novo valor do salário mínimo, que passará a ser de R$ 1.621 a partir de 1º de janeiro de 2026. O reajuste segue a política de valorização real, combinando a inflação do período com o crescimento do PIB de dois anos anteriores. Tudo isso e muito mais você acompanha no 3 em 1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A.M. Edition for Dec. 23. Cuba was already suffering from food shortages and blackouts. Now the U.S. oil blockade of Venezuela means the Communist island also faces the loss of cheap oil from Nicolás Maduro. The Journal's South America bureau chief Juan Forero explains. Plus, the U.S. bans new China-made drones from DJI and Autel Robotics, sparking outrage among pilots. And think you know business etiquette? Take our quiz and find out. Daniel Bach hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The United States is pursuing another oil tanker through the Caribbean, and President Trump says "it'd be smart" for Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro to leave power. Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton weighs in on Trump's escalating pressure campaign on Venezuela. Plus, Anderson and Andy Cohen giggle through their New Year's Eve memories as the look forward to hosting again from New York City's Times Square.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Over the past week, President Trump has intensified pressure on Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro by targeting the regime's economic lifeline—oil. The United States has seized two oil tankers and is in pursuit of another, following President Trump's declaration of what he called a "total and complete blockade" of vessels carrying Venezuelan crude subject to US sanctions. The move places one of Venezuela's most valuable and strategic assets squarely at the center of the conflict. The country holds an estimated 17 percent of the world's oil reserves and produces nearly one million barrels per day, nearly all of which is exported. Targeting these exports and the use of a naval blockade carries serious implications, raising questions about the potential for further escalation. How is the standoff between Washington and Caracas evolving? What diplomatic or economic off-ramps—if any—remain? And what does all of this mean for global energy markets already navigating a fragile balance of supply, sanctions, and geopolitical risk? This week, Jason Bordoff speaks with Luisa Palacios and Eddie Fishman about the Trump administration's strategy in the region. Luisa leads the research team and is a scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy. Previously, she served as chairwoman of CITGO Petroleum Corporation, the US refining arm of Venezuela's state-owned oil company, PDVSA. Eddie is a senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy. He is the author of the bestselling book Chokepoints: American Power in the Era of Economic Warfare, which was named a finalist for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year. Credits: Hosted by Jason Bordoff and Bill Loveless. Produced by Mary Catherine O'Connor, Caroline Pitman, and Kyu Lee. Engineering by Gregory Vilfranc.  

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Efforts to stop black market oil tankers from entering or leaving Venezuela signal that U.S. goals go beyond the narcotics trade to include pressure on the Maduro regime. Also: today's stories, including how Ukrainians are simultaneously lamenting a corruption scandal among the president's inner circle, but encouraged by anticorruption institutions; how Senegalese women are picking up the pieces after their husbands leave for Europe; and a look at one essayist's fondest Christmas memories. Join the Monitor's Kurt Shillinger for today's news.

Donald Trump anunció la semana pasada un “bloqueo total y completo” a todos los petroleros sancionados que se dirijan o salgan de Venezuela. Esto supone algo realmente serio que multiplica la presión sobre el régimen de Nicolás Maduro. Venezuela depende por entero de las ventas de ese petróleo en el mercado internacional. En el caso de que fallen las exportaciones las expectativas para Maduro y el chavismo serían muy negativas y comprometerían su continuidad en el poder. Trump anunció en bloqueo en una publicación de Truth Social en la que adelantaba que Venezuela está “completamente rodeada por la mayor armada jamás reunida en Sudamérica” al tiempo que amenazaba con incrementar la presencia militar hasta que el régimen devuelva el petróleo, las tierras y los activos robados a EEUU. Con esto se refería a las nacionalizaciones de empresas estadounidenses. El anuncio ha venido acompañado de la incautación de petroleros en alta mar que salían o navegaban hacia Venezuela, lo que ha provocado que muchos buques hayan dado media vuelta. Esto ha reducido de forma notable el tráfico marítimo en los puertos venezolanos. Desde hace tiempo el Gobierno chavista se sirve de una flota “fantasma” iraní y rusa para evadir las sanciones. Aunque un bloqueo total sería un acto de guerra, este es parcial ya que excluye a los buques de la compañía Chevron, que disponen de una licencia recién renovada por la Casa Blanca. El impacto es devastador para Venezuela, pero también para Cuba, el principal aliado de la Venezuela bolivariana desde hace un cuarto de siglo. Desde que Hugo Chávez llegó al poder el país recibe petróleo regalado a cambio de médicos y, sobre todo, inteligencia cubana que es muy útil para el régimen. El suministro a Cuba ha pasado de unos 100.000 barriles diarios en 2008 a unos 27.000 en estos momentos. Si se interrumpiese por completo agravaría la crisis económica cubana, la peor desde que Fidel Castro se hizo con el poder en 1959, peor incluso que el periodo especial tras la caída de la Unión Soviética. La situación en Cuba es de extrema gravedad. La economía se ha contraído un 20% en los últimos años, la inflación supera el 450%, aproximadamente el 90% de la población vive en pobreza extrema y un 70% de los cubanos no se puede permitir comer a diario. Hay apagones de hasta 18 horas seguidas, escasez de agua potable, se acumula la basura por las calles y se están propagando enfermedades infecciosas en un país cuyo sistema sanitario colapsó hace tiempo. Como consecuencia de todo lo anterior, desde 2020 casi 3 millones de cubanos (una cuarta parte de la población de la isla, muchos de ellos con titulación superior) han emigrado a EEUU, Europa y varios países de Hispanoamérica. Se está produciendo un vaciamiento demográfico no muy distinto al de los países que atraviesan una guerra. Las reservas de divisas del Gobierno están en mínimos y se reponen con dificultad ya que el turismo, una de sus principales fuentes, está gripado. Si la ofensiva contra Venezuela continúa Trump podría cobrarse dos pájaros de un tiro: en Caracas a Nicolás Maduro y en La Habana a Miguel Díaz-Canel. En ambos casos han decidido resistir sobre la espalda de su propia población. Pero eso no puede durar eternamente. En La ContraRéplica: 0:00 Introducción 3:59 Cuba cerca del colapso 35:32 “Contra el pesimismo”… https://amzn.to/4m1RX2R 37:36 Inconvenientes del vehículo eléctrico 46:09 Antisionismo judío 51:23 El cupón de la ONCE · Canal de Telegram: https://t.me/lacontracronica · “Contra el pesimismo”… https://amzn.to/4m1RX2R · “Hispanos. Breve historia de los pueblos de habla hispana”… https://amzn.to/428js1G · “La ContraHistoria del comunismo”… https://amzn.to/39QP2KE · “La ContraHistoria de España. Auge, caída y vuelta a empezar de un país en 28 episodios”… https://amzn.to/3kXcZ6i · “Contra la Revolución Francesa”… https://amzn.to/4aF0LpZ · “Lutero, Calvino y Trento, la Reforma que no fue”… https://amzn.to/3shKOlK Apoya La Contra en: · Patreon... https://www.patreon.com/diazvillanueva · iVoox... https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-contracronica_sq_f1267769_1.html · Paypal... https://www.paypal.me/diazvillanueva Sígueme en: · Web... https://diazvillanueva.com · Twitter... https://twitter.com/diazvillanueva · Facebook... https://www.facebook.com/fernandodiazvillanueva1/ · Instagram... https://www.instagram.com/diazvillanueva · Linkedin… https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-d%C3%ADaz-villanueva-7303865/ · Flickr... https://www.flickr.com/photos/147276463@N05/?/ · Pinterest... https://www.pinterest.com/fernandodiazvillanueva Encuentra mis libros en: · Amazon... https://www.amazon.es/Fernando-Diaz-Villanueva/e/B00J2ASBXM #FernandoDiazVillanueva #cuba #venezuela Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

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The United States continues to squeeze and isolate the Venezuelan regime led by Nicolas Maduro with another oil tanker being seized, steady military action against narco-terrorist drug boats, and the recent daring extraction of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. Both Russia and China tight relationship with Venezuela dates back to the reign of Hugo Chavez, but now Turkish relations with Venezuela have become a major source of support for the Maduro regime. Turkey being a NATO member while supporting Maduro seems raise some eyebrows but why are they so committed to any sort of investment into Venezuela. FOX's Eben Brown speaks with Dr. Sinan Ciddi, senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and Director of the Turkey program, who says the tightening relations between Turkey and Venezuela needs to monitored more closely, and he breaks down what the two countries are getting from each other. Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Watch The X22 Report On Video No videos found (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:17532056201798502,size:[0, 0],id:"ld-9437-3289"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src="https://cdn2.decide.dev/_js/ajs.js";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,"script","ld-ajs");pt> Click On Picture To See Larger Picture The [CB] is losing control of the economy, they wanted a crash instead Trump has turned it around and the economy is growing very quickly. The D’s are trying to convince the people that the economy is worse than what Trump is letting on, this will fail.Watch gold, silver and Bitcoin. The [DS] tried to gain control the military by having the seditious 6 tell the military not to obey, Trump gives them a dividend check to show he cares about them. The Epstein files were released, it all points to the Clinton’s and the D’s. The entire plan backfired on the [DS], boomerang. Every step of the way they are feeling the pain. The [DS] wants war and Trump is fighting against those countries who are suppose to be our allies. He will get peace in the end. Economy (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:18510697282300316,size:[0, 0],id:"ld-8599-9832"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src="https://cdn2.decide.dev/_js/ajs.js";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,"script","ld-ajs"); Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent BODIES Elizabeth “Pocahontas” Warren with a Devastating Reminder After She Claims Trump is Setting the Stage for the Next Economic Crash  Senator Elizabeth “Pocahontas” Warren (D-MA) made a poor decision trying to school Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent earlier this week, and it spectacularly backfired. https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/2000915011154112623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2000915011154112623%7Ctwgr%5E4c8d9bec902c32b0cd01ee05619255f6315a3493%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2025%2F12%2Ftreasury-secretary-scott-bessent-bodies-elizabeth-pocahontas-warren%2F  substantial increase in private credit which is outside of the regulated banking system — that tells me that the regulated system is too constrained.” https://twitter.com/SenWarren/status/2001375798947885283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2001375798947885283%7Ctwgr%5E4c8d9bec902c32b0cd01ee05619255f6315a3493%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2025%2F12%2Ftreasury-secretary-scott-bessent-bodies-elizabeth-pocahontas-warren%2F https://twitter.com/SecScottBessent/status/2002138930410324028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2002138930410324028%7Ctwgr%5E4c8d9bec902c32b0cd01ee05619255f6315a3493%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2025%2F12%2Ftreasury-secretary-scott-bessent-bodies-elizabeth-pocahontas-warren%2F  Administration. Over-regulation is not the solution to what ails the American banking system. Rigorous, responsible supervision is. The initial report on the 2023 debacle by former Vice Chairman for Supervision, Michael Barr, was an exercise in obfuscation and sophistry. The American people deserve supervisors who are not asleep at the wheel, and the incoming Chairman of the Federal Reserve should undertake a thorough investigation of the systemic and oversight failures that led to that disaster. Source: thegaetwaypundit.com Trump announces that they've sold $1.3 BILLION worth of Gold Cards within Days Political/Rights https://twitter.com/RepJamesComer/status/2002011743254380602?s=20 More than a dozen politically exposed people and government officials’ names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said. And Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the DOJ discovered more than 1,200 victims and their families during the exhaustive review, explaining the process behind determining which files could be released in a letter to Congress exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital. https://twitter.com/Badhombre/status/2002388917618610413?s=20   home in New York to solicit money for her campaign and the DCCC. FBI was warned that Jeffrey Epstein was into child porn — but ignored it for 10 years, docs show   A former employee of late sex predator Jeffrey Epstein alerted the FBI that he was interested in “child pornography” and that he threatened to “burn her house down” decades before Epstein became an international fixation — but feds apparently did nothing. Source: nypost.com   If there was every anything about Trump, it would have been released before he reached the bottom of the escalator in 2015, the Comey FBI would have leaked it, and the Dems would have brought it up at some point while Biden was in office. But none of that happened. Why? Because Epstein leads to the Dems, and people like myself have been trying to warn the world about it for 10+ years.  https://twitter.com/WarClandestine/status/2002408563193368834?s=20  and it worked brilliantly. Could you imagine if in Trump's first term he released all this stuff about Epstein? The public would not have believed it, and the Dems/MSM would have claimed it was all politically motivated and fabricated by Trump. The only way this Epstein disclosure was going to work, was to get the public to beg for it. So that's what Trump did. https://twitter.com/MikeBenzCyber/status/2002450017647301084?s=20 https://twitter.com/WarClandestine/status/2002530633394934144?s=20   partner with Wolfe via the TerraMar project, which is also connected to the Clintons and the Clinton Foundation. What is Nathan Wolfe known for? Searching for bat coronaviruses in Ukraine via USAID Project PREDICT, via his biolab company, Metabiota, which was funded via Rosemont Seneca, which is partially owned by Hunter Biden. Russia accused Wolfe and his biolab company of creating genome-specific biological weapons in Ukraine. This situation has been addressed by RFK Jr. and Tulsi multiple times, and has been a major topic at the UN for over 3 years now. So Epstein had an interest in eugenics and he had financial/social connections to virologists who were making genome-specific biological weapons via USAID grants in Ukraine. Nathan Wolfe even directly thanked Epstein in his 2011 book “The Viral Storm: The Dawn of the New Pandemic Age” where Wolfe predicted the COVID pandemic 8 years before it happened… So what am I getting at? I think Epstein had plans to engage in ethnic cleansing/population control/genocide via biological weapon, and I think he had something to do with Covid. Epstein is at the epicenter of the Deep State empire. He was essentially a real life James Bond villain. The timing could not be worse. He and Hillary are in the middle of trying to fight subpoenas to testify in person to the House Oversight Committee on the Epstein matter and what they might know. They want to submit sworn statements. Republican Committee Chair James Comer (KY-1) wants to be able to question and cross-examine them in person.  DOGE Geopolitical U.S. Snatches Venezuela Oil Tanker in Dark‑Hour Strike on Narco‑Terror Funding In a stealth operation carried out before dawn on Dec. 20, the U.S. Coast Guard—working alongside the Department of War—seized an oil tanker last seen in the terrorist state of Venezuela. The United States accused the ship's operators of moving sanctioned crude to fuel narco‑terror activity. Officials issued a stark warning to traffickers: “We will find you, and we will stop you. https://twitter.com/Sec_Noem/status/2002481990755627050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2002481990755627050%7Ctwgr%5E0acb5b51ea0ddfb03f7a0e25a375c9245159ce68%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Ft%2Fassets%2Fhtml%2Ftweet-5.html2002481990755627050 https://twitter.com/PeteHegseth/status/2002504193924342003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2002504193924342003%7Ctwgr%5E1410e2476c70f24b31810862ee2f8e034c77bc3e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Ft%2Fassets%2Fhtml%2Ftweet-5.html2002504193924342003  conduct maritime interdiction operations — through OPERATION SOUTHERN SPEAR — to dismantle illicit criminal networks. Violence, drugs, and chaos will not control the Western Hemisphere. Source: breitbart.com U.S. imposes sanctions on family and associates of Venezuela’s Maduro and his wife The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on family members and associates of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, as Washington ratchets up pressure on the Venezuelan president. The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement that it had imposed sanctions on seven people it said were tied to Maduro and his wife. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent accused them of “propping up Nicolás Maduro’s rogue narcostate.” “ Source: cbc.ca War/Peace Zelenskyy Announces Eastern Ukraine Citizens Will Not Be Allowed to Vote in Elections Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has agreed to hold elections if there is a ceasefire.  However, eastern Ukraine citizens, those currently living in the Donbas region, who are supportive of Russia, will not be permitted to vote. This creates a rather bizarre official hypocrisy within the Zelenskyy regime.  The official position of Zelenskyy is that Eastern Ukraine will never be accepted as a part of the Russian federation. Zelenskyy has recently noted, with EU leadership support, that his government will never recognize Eastern Ukraine as part of the Russian federation.  However, this same region, approximately 20% of Ukraine, will not be permitted to participate in his controlled election. Essentially, any Ukraine resident who does not support Zelenskyy will not be permitted to vote in any election, if any election is ever permitted.  Additionally, Zelenskyy notes that “there is the practice of voting abroad,” however, any region not controlled by Zelenskyy cannot submit votes. Source: zerohedge.com A Lie And Propaganda’: Gabbard Fact-Checks Reuters’ Russia Scaremongering In Real Time    Reuters posted an anonymously-sourced story pushing the idea that Russia is bent on reconstituting the Soviet Union. Before the metaphorical ink had dried, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard pounced, condemning the story as “a lie and propaganda” on behalf of “warmongers” seeking to derail President Trump’s drive to end the long and bloody Ukraine war.   Reuters vaguely attributed the purported US intelligence conclusions about Russia to “six sources familiar with US intelligence.”    https://twitter.com/DNIGabbard/status/2002484806978834862?s=20  narrative to block President Trump's peace effort, and fomenting hysteria and fear among the people to get them to support the escalation of war, which is what NATO and the EU really want in order to pull the United States military directly into war with Russia. The truth is the US intelligence community has briefed policymakers, including the Democrat HPSCI member quoted by Reuters, that US Intelligence assesses that Russia seeks to avoid a larger war with NATO. It also assesses that, as the last few years have shown, Russia's battlefield performance indicates it does not currently have the capability to conquer and occupy all of Ukraine, let alone Europe. https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/2002503405156151648?s=20   invade/conquer Europe (in order to gin up support for their pro-war policies). The truth is that ‘US intelligence' assesses that Russia does not even have the capability to conquer and occupy Ukraine, what to speak of ‘invading and occupying' Europe.   Source: zerohedge.com WATCH: US CENTCOM Releases Footage from Operation Hawkeye Strikes Against 70+ ISIS Targets  US Central Command released footage from Operation Hawkeye strikes against ISIS militants and facilities on Friday night. “Tonight, U.S. and Jordanian forces struck 70+ ISIS targets in Syria with 100+ precision munitions. Peace through strength,” CENTCOM said on X. This is one of 10 operations conducted in Syria and Iraq since the December 13 ambush in Syria, which left multiple American service members injured and two soldiers and a civilian interpreter killed. Twenty-three terrorist operatives have been killed or detained, according to CENTCOM. “We will continue to relentlessly pursue terrorists who seek to harm Americans and our partners across the region,” CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper said. TAMPA, Fla.- Following the attack on U.S. and partner forces last Saturday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) commenced Operation Hawkeye Strike at 4 pm ET against ISIS in Syria, Dec. 19, at the Commander in Chief's direction. Source: thegatewaypundit.com   of Syria, led by a man who is working very hard to bring Greatness back to Syria, and is fully in support. All terrorists who are evil enough to attack Americans are hereby warned — YOU WILL BE HIT HARDER THAN YOU HAVE EVER BEEN HIT BEFORE IF YOU, IN ANY WAY, ATTACK OR THREATEN THE U.S.A. DONALD J. TRUMP PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Medical/False Flags [DS] Agenda https://twitter.com/ElectionWiz/status/2002717078722052256?s=20  reclassify serious crimes as less severe “intermediate offenses” that are not publicly reported. https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/2002421989886075083?s=20 BREAKING: HUD Sec. Scott Turner CONFIRMS major investigation into Boston for anti-white public housing discrimination“They were using discriminatory housing policies in their city! We found a quote on their website that said they will integrate ‘racial equity at every level of city government.'”“They put race above reality. They put race above merit and need. Our job at HUD is to enforce and uphold the fair housing – and they were evading and encouraging landlords and property owners to evade the Fair Housing Act!”“They have been put on NOTICE. We uphold and enforce this law.” https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2002091915819253766?s=20  weaponized against Minnesota!” GOOD. IT’S CALLED ACCOUNTABILITY, TIM. “They’re threatening us with this. And this is what happens when you have a floundering presidency, and it is about those ballrooms and everything else. Now we’re back on transgender folks. And these are healthcare providers providing the best guidance to parents and children to get their care.” “It’s on every front! It’s CDLs, it’s transportation money, it’s money across the board that they have weaponized!” He should be worried. https://twitter.com/AAGDhillon/status/2002596210620969230?s=20 https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/2002531244131991931?s=20 https://twitter.com/cb_doge/status/2001646253655097726?s=20 https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/2002203857955549464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2002203857955549464%7Ctwgr%5E7d1378774cdcbdfe43552d1c5b5ef213bd4f721f%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Ft%2Fassets%2Fhtml%2Ftweet-5.html2002203857955549464 President Trump's Plan Democrats Have Devised a Plan to Compete With Turning Point USA for Young Voters and it's Going to be a Disaster Democrats have decided that they need to have their own version of Turning Point USA in order to appeal to young voters and what they have come up with is the most Democrat thing ever. It's going to be a total disaster. It's called the ‘DNC National Youth Coordinated Table'. It's not a grassroots group, it's completely fabricated. And you can just imagine how meetings of this group are going to go, with mini-groups within the group fighting for dominance and power. Newsweek reported on this: Source: thegatewaypundit.com https://twitter.com/CynicalPublius/status/2002577300802711720?s=20 DOJ Appeals Controversial Ruling That Disqualified Trump-Appointed U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan, Resulting in the Dismissal of Charges Against Letitia James and James Comey The Department of Justice has formally appealed a controversial ruling that disqualified Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan, a decision that directly led to the dismissal of federal charges against James Comey and Letitia James. According to a Notice of Appeal filed on December 19, the Trump-led DOJ is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to overturn a lower-court ruling that declared Halligan's appointment unconstitutional and voided every prosecutorial action she took while in office. Source: thegatewaypundit.com JUST IN: DOJ Wins Motion to Unseal Documents on Investigation into Trump Shooter Thomas Crooks The Department of Justice announced that it successfully moved to unseal documents related to the investigation into would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks.  “The Department of Justice received court approval to disclose to Congress documents gathered as part of the FBI's investigation of Thomas Crooks and his attempt to assassinate President Trump,” the Western District of Pennsylvania announced on X. A copy of the motion and order can be found here. Source: thegatewaypundit.com https://twitter.com/AAGDhillon/status/2002596363138445539?s=20 Justice Department Sues Four States Including Georgia After Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger Sides With Democrats in Failure to Produce Voter Rolls https://twitter.com/AAGDhillon/status/2001775020566286614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2001775020566286614%7Ctwgr%5Ee92dad24c2453e3b35c6a465ec1523cafbc35499%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2025%2F12%2Fjustice-department-sues-four-states-including-georgia-after%2F Source: thegatewaypundit.com https://twitter.com/MAGAVoice/status/2001992915850260516?s=20 https://twitter.com/MarkPaoletta/status/2002483634251461079?s=20   memorial to President John F. Kennedy and now additionally honors President Donald J. Trump, who has brought America back and saved the Trump-Kennedy Center. The Board's action is permissible under the statute and no legislation is necessary. The Board’s action does nothing to change the statutory title. Instead, the Board has–in line with longstanding Executive Branch practice–designated a new name. For example, The Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer, within the Office of Management & Budget, is designated by statute as the “Office of Electronic Government.” But it's long gone by the name “Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer” in official, public, and internal communications. Similarly, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is designated by statute as the “Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.” But since the beginning, the agency has long gone by the name Consumer Financial Protection Bureau or CFPB in all official communications, correspondence with the Hill, titles and signage on its buildings. The “United States Institute of Peace” was established by statute but was renamed by the Department of State as the “Donald J. Trump United States Institute of Peace.” The Department of War was established as the “Department of Defense” by statute in 1947. Earlier this year, President Trump authorized the use of the name “Department of War” and the name is now etched on the Pentagon's building and in official correspondence and public communications. It is entirely fitting for the Board of Trustees to vote to add President Trump to the title so that this Center is now named The Donald J. Trump And The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. President Trump has provided superb leadership at every level to save the Kennedy Center from financial ruin and wokeness, and to bring our national treasure to new heights! Thank you, @kencen Board of Trustees for honoring President Trump. I have been going to the Kennedy Center for decades and have never seen such energy and excitement as I did at the Christmas tree lighting and Noel performance. The Golden Age is here!   AND ORDER. As your next Governor, Bruce will continue to fight hard to Grow the Economy, Cut Taxes, and Regulations, Promote MADE IN THE U.S.A., Champion American Energy DOMINANCE, Strengthen our Military/Veterans, Advance Election Integrity, and Protect our always under siege Second Amendment!   Bruce Blakeman is a FANTASTIC guy, will win the big November Election and, without hesitation, has my Complete and Total Endorsement for Governor of the ONCE GREAT STATE OF NEW YORK (IT CAN BE GREAT AGAIN!). BRUCE BLAKEMAN WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!  (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:13499335648425062,size:[0, 0],id:"ld-7164-1323"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src="//cdn2.customads.co/_js/ajs.js";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,"script","ld-ajs");

SHOW 12-18-25 THE SHOW BEGINS IN DOUBTS ABOUT THE POTUS AT YEAR'S END... 1951 BALD EAGLE ALASKA CRUNCH EU SUMMIT DISCUSSES USING FROZEN RUSSIAN ASSETS FOR UKRAINE Colleague Anatol Lieven. The European Union is internally divided over seizing frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine's war effort and reconstruction, a move requiring rule changes that some members resist. While the US proposes using these funds for post-war rebuilding, current plans risk spending the capital on immediate warfare, potentially undermining international financial trust. NUMBER 1 NATO AND EU SEEK DEFENSE FUNDS AMID FEARS OF RUSSIAN AGGRESSION Colleague Anatol Lieven. European nations like Finland are demanding funds to counter perceived Russian threats, despite a lack of historical aggression toward them. Lieven argues that plans to spend billions on tanks are misguided, as the Ukraine war demonstrates that expensive armor is easily destroyed by cheaper drones and defensive lines. NUMBER 2 CALIFORNIA JOB LOSSES AND CHINA'S ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN AMID RETAIL SEASON Colleague Chris Riegel. California's new wage mandates have triggered significant job losses in the fast-food sector, forcing operators to move to lower-tax states. Internationally, while China boasts of leads in AI and EVs, these sectors rely on unsustainable subsidies, masking a deep consumer recession and deflation in the property market. NUMBER 3 SPAIN'S GOVERNMENT MAINTAINS TIES WITH VENEZUELA DESPITE OPPOSITION Colleague Mary Anastasia O'Grady. The Spanish government under Pedro Sanchez maintains ideological and economic alliances with the Maduro regime, prioritizing political agendas over democratic ideals. Opposition figure Cayetana Alvarez de Toledo accuses former Prime Minister Zapatero of acting as an international agent for Maduro, facilitating the dictatorship's survival despite mass migration. NUMBER 4 CHINA'S SURREPTITIOUS SUPPORT KEEPS THE MADURO REGIME AFLOAT Colleague Professor Evan Ellis. China sustains the Maduro regime through loans, surveillance technology, and military equipment while bypassing sanctions to import Venezuelan oil. The state oil company, PDVSA, collapsed due to the purging of technical experts and lack of investment, forcing Venezuela to rely on Iranian engineers to maintain minimal production. NUMBER 5 VENEZUELA'S TRAGIC DECLINE FROM PROSPERITY TO AUTHORITARIANISM Colleague Professor Evan Ellis. Historical imagery reveals Venezuela's transformation from a prosperous, modern nation in the 1950s to a ruined state today. Deep inequality and corruption in the pre-Chavez era alienated the poor, allowing Hugo Chavez to capitalize on their frustration and dismantle the free market system, leading to the current crisis. NUMBER 6 ELECTIONS IN CHILE, PERU, AND HONDURAS SIGNAL REGIONAL SHIFTS Colleague Professor Evan Ellis. In Chile, José Antonio Kast's rise reflects a rejection of progressive policies and crime, favoring order and investment. Meanwhile, Peru faces political fragmentation and violence, Honduras struggles with electoral disputes, and Costa Rica appears poised to elect a pro-US candidate who aims to limit Chinese influence. NUMBER 7 ARGENTINA'S CREDIT RATING RISES AS BRAZIL FACES POLITICAL POLARIZATION Colleague Professor Evan Ellis. S&P upgraded Argentina's credit rating following Javier Milei's austerity measures, which have stabilized the currency and reduced inflation despite social costs. In Brazil, the reduction of Jair Bolsonaro's prison sentence and his son Flavio's candidacy signal a continued, polarized struggle against Lula da Silva's agenda for the 2026 election. NUMBER 8 ROMAN KINGSHIP: FROM CITIZEN SELECTION TO THE IDEAL OF SERVICE Colleague Professor Edward J. Watts. Early Roman kings were selected by citizens based on merit rather than heredity, but figures like Servius Tullius began bypassing this consent. Conversely, Cincinnatus exemplifies the Roman ideal of service; he accepted absolute dictatorial power to save the state during a crisis, then immediately resigned to return to his farm. NUMBER 9 APPIUS CLAUDIUS CAECUS: INFRASTRUCTURE AND POLITICAL GENIUS Colleague Professor Edward J. Watts. Appius Claudius Caecus transformed the Roman censorship office into a power base by building the Appian Way and appointing wealthy Italians to the Senate. As a blind elder statesman, he shamed the Senate into rejecting peace with Pyrrhus, insisting Rome must fight to maintain its dominance and ancestral legacy. NUMBER 10 ROME VS. CARTHAGE: DESTINY, TRAGEDY, AND THE CONSENSUS FOR WAR Colleague Professor Edward J. Watts. The conflict between Rome and Carthage is symbolized by the tragedy of Dido, representing the incompatibility of their powers. Despite Hannibal's devastating victories, the Roman Republic prevailed through a political system that prioritized consensus and collective sacrifice, allowing them to endure immense losses without surrendering. NUMBER 11 THE GRACCHI BROTHERS AND THE RISE OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN ROME Colleague Professor Edward J. Watts. The Gracchi brothers introduced political violence to Rome, with Tiberius using populism to revive his career and Gaius acting as a true believer in reform. Their assassinations by the Senate marked a departure from peaceful republican norms, as the elite used violence to protect entrenched economic inequality. NUMBER 12 DISCOVERY OF GIANT RADIO GALAXIES AND SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES Colleague Dr. Sabayashi Pal. Astronomers have discovered 53 giant radio galaxies, some 75 times larger than the Milky Way, powered by active supermassive black holes emitting radio jets. These ancient objects offer insights into galactic evolution, contrasting sharply with the Milky Way's smaller, dormant black hole that allows life to exist safely. NUMBER 13 INVESTING IN HUMAN INTELLECT OVER ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Colleague Dr. Sabayashi Pal. Given an unlimited budget, Dr. Pal would prioritize human resource development over new telescopes, proposing a space study institute in Africa to train experts. He argues that while AI is a useful tool, education is essential for humans to interpret data and appreciate the machinery rather than being replaced by it. NUMBER 14 EUROPE SCROUNGES FOR FUNDS AMID RUSSIAN ASSET DISPUTES Colleague Michael Bernstam. The UK threatens to seize proceeds from the sale of Chelsea FC for Ukraine aid, while the EU struggles to finance a $135 billion shortfall for Kyiv. European leaders propose leveraging frozen Russian assets for loans, but financial markets remain skeptical of the EU's ability to guarantee such debt. NUMBER 15 CONGRESSIONAL SPENDING AND THE REVERSE MIDAS TOUCH Colleagues Dave Hebert and Peter Earle. Hebert and Earle argue that Congressional spending exacerbates problems in education and healthcare by subsidizing demand while restricting supply through regulations. They contend politicians prefer "showy" supply-side interventions, like drug busts, over effective policies because the politics of appearing effective outweigh the economics of actual affordability. NUMBER 16