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🇪🇺 EU will extend sanctions against more than 60 Maduro regime officials for another year
The EU decided to impose those sanctions in light of the "persistent actions that undermine democracy and the rule of law" in the Latin American country, as well as of "the continuous violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and the democratic opposition", also in relation to the development and events following the presidential elections of July 28, 2024.
🇺🇸❌🇻🇪🛢 — Reporter asks Trump:
“Do you intend on seizing more oil assets from Venezuela?”
“Well, I wouldn't tell you that…It wouldn't be very smart for me to tell you that, you know, we're supposed to be a little bit secretive.”Читать полностью…
🇺🇸❌🇻🇪 — US President Donald J. Trump says that incoming land strikes may be against specific people, and not exclusively in Venezuela,
"It's land strikes on horrible people that are bringing in drugs and killing our people. ... So it doesn't necessarily have to be in Venezuela -- it's people that are bringing in drugs to our country, are targets."Читать полностью…
🇺🇸🇻🇪 Padrino López asks the USA not to send its young people to war, so as not to have to bring them back in body bags.
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🇺🇸🪖🗺 — 2x US Navy Boeing EA-18G Growlers near La Orchilla Island of Venezuela
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From Cúcuta, the Minister of Defense, Pedro Sánchez, and the Governor of Norte de Santander, William Villamizar, discussed possible actions to respond to a potential crisis in Venezuela.
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USS Gerald R. Ford Strike Group Moves Deeper into Caribbean Basin
OSINT Confirmed (Dec 12): CSG 12 (CVN-78) has shifted her operating area significantly southward.
The Location: Sighted ~380 S/SW of 🇵🇷Ponce. This is the furthest south we have tracked the carrier since her arrival in theater.
The Formation: Visible alongside is at least 1x Arleigh Burke Destroyer, though heavy cloud cover likely obscures the full escort screen.
The Shift: Previous operations were closer to Puerto Rico and the Atlantic approaches. This move places the carrier squarely in the central Caribbean, reducing flight times to the South American coast.
https://x.com/i/status/1999539731038875953
🇺🇸💬🇧🇷 — Sources within the U.S. government state that, unlike Venezuela, the Brazilian population is “passive and easily trained,” with no “intention of political change,” and that “it would not be worth spending political resources to assist with any change.” Other sources also stated that “nothing was offered in return by the Brazilian government,” and that “there is only misery for those who enjoy misery.”
“The Brazilian population dissatisfied with their own country is entirely welcome on U.S. soil, should they wish to advance in life, have their own freedom, and contribute substantially to the American nation.”Читать полностью…
🇻🇪 — María Corina Machado confirms she will assume the vice presidency under Venezuela’s president-elect Edmundo González:
“I will be wherever the people of Venezuela have already decided.”Читать полностью…
🇷🇺🇹🇲⚡️Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in the capital of Turkmenistan on a two-day visit.
Putin will attend the international forum, 'Peace and Trust: Unity of Goals for a Sustainable Future,' and hold a several bilateral meetings with leaders of Türkiye, Pakistan, Iraq and Iran.
🇨🇺🤝🇺🇸💵 — Cuba's 'socialist dream' is ending? Cuba is now officially cashing in on Uncle Sam's greenbacks!
➡️ The Cuban communist regime officially enacts partial dollarization by publishing Decree-Law 113/2025, which allows internal transactions in foreign currencies, authorizes the Central Bank to enable foreign bills as legal tender in specific cases, and empowers the Minister of Economy to decide who can operate in hard currency.
➡️ Starting December 17, mipymes, cooperatives, and economic actors will be able to open accounts in foreign currencies, retain earnings, and pay in foreign currency, under a model entirely controlled by the State that confirms the crisis of the peso and the advance of covert dollarization.
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🇻🇪🇺🇸 United States is preparing to intercept and seize more ships transporting Venezuelan oil in the coming weeks, following yesterday's seizure of an Iranian-linked tanker in the Southern Caribbean.
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Terraform's Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prison for fraud — link | AI comment
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🇻🇪⚡️ — Chronology of the operation that enabled María Corina Machado’s departure from Venezuela to Oslo (Norway), with a stopover in the Dominican Republic, right under the Venezuelan regime’s nose:
🇻🇪 23:40 h – CaracasЧитать полностью…
First encrypted message. The discreet relocation order is activated toward a secondary military point. Only four people know the route.
🚗 01:15 h – Outside Caracas
An unmarked vehicle transports Machado through interior routes to avoid checkpoints and cameras.
🇪🇺 02:05 h – Secondary military facility
Entry through a side access. She is given an envelope with provisional diplomatic documentation issued by a European country.
🛩 02:40 h – Dark runway
The unmarked jet powers up in silence. No civilian personnel in the area. Protected communications check is performed.
✈️ 03:02 h – Takeoff
The aircraft leaves Venezuela with no public flight plan. It enters a corridor agreed upon with the United States.
🇺🇸 03:18 h – International airspace
Two U.S. F-18 fighters flank the jet. The opening of the humanitarian corridor is confirmed.
🇩🇴 05:32 h – Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
Landing in a restricted area of Las Américas International Airport.
— She does not pass through immigration.
— Nordic diplomats validate her humanitarian visa.
— Quick security check.
Stopover duration: 48 minutes.
🇨🇼 06:20 h – Departure toward allied base
The aircraft departs toward a Caribbean base linked to international agreements. Refueling and final confirmation of European transit are conducted.
🛫 08:40 h – Transatlantic segment
Direct flight toward Europe. Protected communications.
The Nobel Committee is notified only when the aircraft crosses the North Atlantic.
🇬🇱 14:52 h – Flying over Greenland
Norway confirms the landing window. Full discretion protocol is maintained.
🇳🇴 17:21 h – Oslo
Landing without announcement. Direct access to private zone.
A small diplomatic team receives her.
Her arrival is made public hours later.
🇻🇪📆🤔 — Via a Presidential Decree, the Leader of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro officially declared that the year of 2026 already started in Venezuela
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🍃🚨🇺🇸 TRUMP TO SIGN MARIJUANA RECLASSIFICATION ORDER AS SOON AS MONDAY, CANNABIS STOCKS EXPLODE
The market is pricing in a new era.
Trump is expected to sign an executive order as soon as Monday directing federal agencies to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I (alongside heroin) to Schedule III (alongside Tylenol with codeine), according to CNBC.
Cannabis stocks went vertical on the news.
Canopy Growth surged 52%.
Tilray jumped 44%.
The Amplify Seymour Cannabis ETF rallied 54%, its best day on record.
The reclassification would allow cannabis companies to fall under different tax regulations, encourage banking access, and open the door to institutional investment.
Tilray CEO Irwin Simon:
"I'm a lot more optimistic than I ever have been."
The Drug Enforcement Administration is expected to finalize rescheduling rules by summer if Trump signs the order.
This won't legalize marijuana federally, but it dismantles the framework that treated it the same as heroin for decades.
The Biden administration talked about rescheduling for years.
Trump is getting it done in his first year back.
One cannabis law firm partner called it "the beginning of a new era of public health policy" that "dismantles nearly a century of outdated drug policies."
Campaign promise. Kept.
Source: CNBC
https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1999612441886621931
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#Mexico 🇲🇽: “Cárteles Unidos” (R5) Drone-bombed “Jalisco New Generation Cartel” (#CJNG) camp in #Michoacán
The R5 used a DJI Mavic/Matrice COTS Drone carrying multiple Improvised Explosive Fragmentation Bombs (HE-Frag IED) to carry out the attacks.
https://x.com/i/status/1999630208211558534
🇺🇸❌🇻🇪 — U.S. President Donald Trump said that land strikes in Venezuela are about to start:
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US Navy E-2D Hawkeye 169085 TRACR01 also active north of the ABC islands
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🇺🇸🪖📝 — 2x US Navy Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet near the Gulf of Venezuela
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🇨🇴❌🇨🇴🇺🇸 — Under expectactions of American bombings in Colombia, the Colombian Far-Left National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group placed communities and villages in Eastern and Southern Colombia under lockdown and confinement
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🇻🇪❗️🇻🇪 — María Corina Machado issues a warning to the Chavista regime in Venezuela:
“[Nicolás] Maduro will leave with or without negotiations. We would prefer it to happen through negotiations, as that would be in Maduro’s best interest, but if he decides to leave or if they let him leave, we will see what may happen.”Читать полностью…
#BREAKING | Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan meet in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
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🇺🇦🤝🇲🇽🏴 — Photos reveal alleged nephew of “R5” operating with Cárteles Unidos in Los Reyes, Michoacán
➡️ New images circulating on social media show a young gunman—identified as a presumed nephew of Luis Enrique Barragán Chávez, alias “R5”—posing alongside members of the “La Gente del R5” cell of Cárteles Unidos in Los Reyes, Michoacán.
➡️ The individual is armed with high-caliber rifles and conspicuously wears a Ukrainian flag patch on his tactical vest.
➡️ According to sources, these patches were supplied to the group by former Colombian soldiers who previously fought with the Ukrainian Foreign Legion.
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🇯🇵⚠️❗️ — M6.5 Earthquake hits Amori Prefecture, Northern Japan!
Around 11:44 a.m., an earthquake occurred with its epicenter off the eastern coast of Aomori Prefecture.
The depth of the hypocenter is approximately 20 km, and the magnitude of the earthquake is estimated to be M6.5.
This earthquake may cause slight sea level fluctuations along the coasts of Japan, but there is no concern for damage.
🇹🇷🇬🇷⚡️Greece – Turkey: The rift in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean resurfaces again!
Despite recent optimism expressed by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis about holding the Greece–Turkey Supreme Cooperation Council in early 2026, tensions have resurfaced following Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s speech in the Turkish National Assembly. Fidan reaffirmed Ankara’s revisionist positions on the Aegean, the Eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus, and the minority in Thrace, rejecting Athens’ stance that the sole dispute is the delimitation of maritime zones (EEZ and continental shelf).
Turkey’s long-standing claims spanning territorial waters, airspace, FIR, search and rescue zones, and island sovereignty, remain central to its agenda. Athens dismisses these as unacceptable, insisting dialogue must be limited to maritime delimitation. While both sides express willingness to continue talks, consultations have stalled since late 2024, with any upcoming meetings expected to focus narrowly on cooperation in areas like migration and civil protection.
Fidan also emphasized Cyprus, calling for greater recognition of the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus” and the lifting of embargoes, while Turkish media accused Greece, Cyprus, and Israel of encircling Ankara’s interests. He further raised the issue of the minority in Thrace, framing it as a matter of reciprocity with the Greek minority in Constantinople, an interpretation Athens rejects under the Treaty of Lausanne.
Although rhetoric remains sharp, the confrontation is unlikely to escalate significantly in the near term, given pending diplomatic initiatives and U.S. efforts to prevent new flashpoints in the region.
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—❗️🇧🇬 WATCH: Impressive drone footage of yesterday's protest in Sofia, one of the biggest in Bulgaria's recent history.
➡️ Bulgaria’s government has stepped down following nationwide anti-corruption demonstrations led by Gen Z activists. The unrest was triggered by the controversial 2026 budget — the country’s first in euros — ahead of Bulgaria’s planned eurozone entry on January 1, 2026.
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White House: Trump "IS NOT INTERESTED IN A PROLONGED WAR" in Venezuela
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🇲🇽❌🇨🇳🇧🇷 — Mexico announces tariffs reaching 50% for China, Brazil and other countries
➡️ The Mexican Congress, controlled by President Sheinbaum's MORENA Party, approved a new package of tariffs reaching 50% on imports from Brazil, China, and other countries.
➡️ The minimum tariff under the new measure will be 35% on approximately 1,400 products from 12 countries with which Mexico does not have trade agreements. The Asian giant is the most affected.
➡️ According to President Claudia Sheinbaum, the policy has become a "necessity" to boost national production and should take effect in January 2026.
➡️ In addition to China and Brazil, other affected countries include South Korea, India, Indonesia, Russia, Thailand, and Turkey. These tariffs will be applied to goods such as metals, cars, clothing, and appliances.
➡️ Beijing quickly expressed its disapproval of the measure, warning that Mexico must "correct its wrong practices of unilateralism and protectionism as soon as possible."
📝 Furthermore, the initiative comes at a time when Mexico is preparing for the review of the United States and Canada Free Trade Agreement (USMCA), scheduled for next year.