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Donald Trump says that Harris will apply “Venezuela or the USSR” policies if he wins the US elections
The former president and Republican candidate for the United States presidential elections, Donald Trump (2017-2021), assured on Thursday that if Democratic candidate Kamala Harris wins those elections, she will apply “Venezuela or the Soviet Union (USSR)” policies in the United States.
Harris “presents himself with the plan of (Nicolás) Maduro. We call it the Maduro plan, it is something that came directly from Venezuela or the Soviet Union,” Trump said at a press conference of his private golf club in Bedminster (New Jersey), alluding to the “proposal for communist price controls” of his rival.
The place is located just over 70 kilometers from New York City and is where the former president spent the night after suffering an assassination attempt last month in Pennsylvania.
Trump began his speech from the golf club with a speech focused on the economic situation of the country, and referred to Kamala Harris’ proposal, put forward by his campaign today, on a federal ban on the speculation of corporations on food prices in her first 100 days as president.
“This announcement is an admission that their economic policies have totally failed and have caused a catastrophe in our country and the world,” said the conservative politician about the Democratic Party and President Joe Biden’s administration, assuring that price controls “have the opposite impact.”
“It destroys everything it touches. If he takes office, his finances will suffer (…) Meanwhile, there are millions of immigrants entering through the border and we don’t even know who they are,” Trump added.
Days ago, during his interview in X with Elon Musk, Trump insinuated that he could flee to Venezuela if he loses the elections this November.
“If something happens with these elections, something that would be a horror show, we will see each other next time in Venezuela,” Trump said about the Latin American country, opining that he would be much safer than in a US governed by Harris.
After the Venezuelan presidential elections, Trump already considered that “they were neither free nor fair,” and blamed his Democratic rival, Vice President Harris, for it.
In a message on the social network Truth, Trump insulted the vice president, whom he called “craadKamala Harris” and accused her of having concluded with Maduro “one of the worst agreements of all time.”
“The crazy Kamala helped lead the release of Maduro’s main money launderer, and his two convicted drug-trafficking nephews, in exchange for an obviously false promise of free and fair elections for the people of Venezuela,” she said at the time.
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Dominican court postpones hearing in deadly nightclub collapse case
A Dominican court on Monday postponed until March a preliminary hearing against the owners of a nightclub that collapsed last year, killing more than 200 people.
The roof of the Jet Set nightclub collapsed in the early hours of April 8, 2025, during a concert by popular merengue singer Rubby Pérez, who died along with 235 other people.
Jet Set owner and manager Antonio Espaillat and his sister Maribel, who served as the club’s administrator, were arrested on charges of involuntary manslaughter but were later released on bail after posting approximately $842,500.
Both appeared at the Palace of Justice, where they were met by a small protest from relatives and friends of the victims.
“Thirty years in prison is not enough” and “President, we want JUSTICE,” read signs held by demonstrators.
The preliminary hearing determines whether there is sufficient evidence to send the case to trial. The court decided to reschedule the hearing for March 16.
“We don’t want money and we’re not demanding anything else, only justice for those who died,” said Secundino Pérez, a 75-year-old shopkeeper who lost 12 friends in the Jet Set tragedy.
“Antonio and his family celebrated Christmas sitting at a table, celebrating their freedom,” said Edgar Gómez, who lost his daughter in the collapse.
The Dominican Republic’s Public Prosecutor’s Office maintains that the defendants “significantly altered” the structure of the nightclub. Prosecutors filed formal charges in November and requested that the case proceed to trial.
The charge of involuntary manslaughter carries a sentence of three months to two years in prison.
“May your conscience never let you sleep. I lost my son,” a woman shouted through tears before the hearing, while others chanted, “Murderers, murderers, murderers.”
International
Venezuelan opposition leader dedicates Nobel Prize to Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump said last week that he was “eager” to welcome the opposition leader, who left Venezuela clandestinely with U.S. assistance, to receive her Nobel Prize in Oslo.
Machado dedicated her Nobel Prize to Trump, who nevertheless showed a very cautious attitude toward including her in any potential political transition in Venezuela.
The opposition leader said on Monday, after an audience with Pope Leo XIV, that “the defeat of evil is closer” in Venezuela following the U.S. military operation that overthrew and removed President Nicolás Maduro and his wife from the country.
Trump has claimed that he is now in control of the South American nation, stating that the primary objective at this stage is to stabilize the country before considering elections.
Venezuelan oil is Washington’s main objective, Trump added after Maduro’s overthrow.
International
Police hunt gunmen after fatal shooting in Corsica
A man was shot dead on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, local media reported. The victim was identified as Alain Orsoni, former president of local football club AC Ajaccio, according to sources close to the investigation cited by French news channel BFMTV.
Orsoni, 71, was killed in the town of Vero, near Ajaccio, the island’s capital, while attending his mother’s funeral.
He was also a former member of the National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC), a nationalist organization that has long sought independence for the island, reports said.
BFMTV reported that the gunmen fled the scene and remain at large. Local police have opened an investigation into the shooting.
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