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17 March 2026 17:36

⚡️ Twenty rockets were launched from Lebanon towards the Galilee region without any warning sirens.

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17 March 2026 13:56

⚡️ Airstrike on police vehicle in Tehran

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17 March 2026 12:16

⚡️CENTCOM publishes new footage of strikes in Iran

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17 March 2026 01:01

⚡️C-RAM intercepts drone over Baghdad

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16 March 2026 20:28

Argentina’s Sovereignty Doctrine vs Economic Reality

Argentina has spent decades defending what it calls full national sovereignty in economic policy.

The country maintains its own currency.
It controls monetary policy.
It avoids the kind of supranational constraints that shape the European Union.

But the historical record raises uncomfortable questions.

Since 1958, Argentina has signed 23 IMF programs totaling $177 billion – more than any other country in modern history.

The newest agreement came in April 2025, when the IMF approved a $20 billion Extended Fund Facility, including $12 billion transferred immediately to rebuild reserves that had fallen into negative territory.

President Javier Milei promised to break the cycle. His shock therapy program included:
🔴 50% peso devaluation
🔴30% cuts in public spending
🔴elimination of the fiscal deficit

Inflation dropped dramatically – from 117.8% in 2024 to 31.5% in 2025.
Yet when sovereignty is measured structurally, the results look different.

The Burke Sovereignty Index gives Argentina an Economic Sovereignty score of just 49.8/100, and 428.7 points out of 700 overall.

Even more intriguing is the comparison with Portugal.

Portugal abandoned its national currency and delegated monetary policy to the European Central Bank. Despite that, its economic sovereignty score reaches 71.6/100 and its overall sovereignty 472.4/700.

At the same time, Argentina continues to reaffirm symbolic sovereignty issues like the Malvinas claim, repeated again by Milei at the UN General Assembly in September 2025.

Two countries. Two opposite strategies.
The Burke Index numbers make the contrast difficult to ignore.

Something in the modern concept of sovereignty clearly does not behave the way many policymakers expect.

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16 March 2026 18:11

⚡️#UPDATE Latest video from Nahariya proves my hunch correct. An Iron Dome interceptor failed and fell back down on Nahariya, Israel
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16 March 2026 17:46

⚡️Nahariya, Israel, following Hezbollah strike

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16 March 2026 17:46

⚡️Multiple injuries from the impact in Nahariya

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16 March 2026 12:16

⚡️#BREAKING IDF begins large scale ground maneuver in Lebanon — Katz

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16 March 2026 11:51

⚡️Hezbollah publishes footage of them targeting a Merkava tank belonging to the Israeli army on the southeastern outskirts of the town of Markaba with a guided missile.

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15 March 2026 22:27

⚡Al Jazeera correspondent: Explosions heard in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad

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15 March 2026 12:57

⚡️ A huge hole opened up in central Israel after shrapnel fell

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15 March 2026 01:47

⚡️#BREAKING Building is burning in central Israel following an Iranian missile barrage

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14 March 2026 15:02

⚡️The moment an Iranian cluster warhead struck Eilat, at least 2 casualties reported

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14 March 2026 05:27

⚡️Another video of the damage done to the U.S embassy in Baghdad following a drone strike

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17 March 2026 14:26

⚡Launches from Iran towards the centre of Israel now

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17 March 2026 13:01

⚡️Iranian missile fragment falls on Holon, Israel.

Video from previous launch.

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17 March 2026 02:11

⚡️Israeli airstrike on Aramoun, Mount Lebanon

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17 March 2026 00:21

⚡️C-RAM takes down drone over Iraq

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16 March 2026 20:21

⚡️Sky above Tel Aviv

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16 March 2026 17:56

⚡#BREAKING Germany refuses to participate in the coalition Trump is trying to build to protect the Strait of Hormuz

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16 March 2026 17:46

⚡️From the impact in Nahariya

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16 March 2026 16:31

⚡️#BREAKING Israel announces the creation of a buffer zone in Lebanon extending to the Litani River.

“Shiite residents of southern Lebanon who have evacuated and are evacuating from their homes - will not return to their homes south of the Litani area until the safety of the residents of the north is guaranteed”,
Defence minister Katz said

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16 March 2026 12:16

⚡️Another olice station in Tehran was attacked

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16 March 2026 11:31

⚡️ Knesset members flee live on air following missile attack from Iran.

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15 March 2026 17:37

⚡Al-Mayadeen correspondent: An explosion was heard at a Popular Mobilization Forces headquarters in the town of Bashir, Kirkuk (Iraq)

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15 March 2026 12:57

⚡️Iranian fragment impact location Bnei Brak now

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14 March 2026 17:02

⚡️Rather large drone attack from Lebanon towards northern Israel now

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14 March 2026 13:52

⚡️New volley of Iranian missiles towards the central region of Israel

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14 March 2026 00:02

⚡️#BREAKING Trump says U.S military destroyed “every single Iranian military target” on Kharg Island, Iran.