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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.”

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“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.”

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“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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Security Council to Hold Emergency Meeting on Middle East Crisis

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday condemned the “military escalation in the Middle East” following attacks by the United States and Israel against Iran and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes, just hours before an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council.

“I call for the immediate cessation of hostilities and de-escalation,” Guterres said in a statement.

The Security Council is scheduled to meet on Saturday at 21:00 GMT (4:00 p.m. in New York) to address “the situation in the Middle East,” the United Nations announced.

The meeting, during which Guterres will deliver remarks, was convened at the request of France, Bahrain, Colombia, Russia and China, according to a diplomatic source.

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Trump Floats “Friendly Takeover” of Cuba Amid Rising Tensions

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration is considering what he described as a “friendly takeover” of Cuba, as Washington continues to increase pressure on the island’s communist government.

“The Cuban government is talking to us and they have very serious problems, as you know. They have no money, they have nothing at this moment, but they are talking to us and maybe we will see a friendly takeover of Cuba,” Trump told reporters as he departed the White House for a trip to Texas.

Earlier in the week, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Cuba needed a “radical change,” shortly after Washington eased restrictions on oil exports to the island for what officials described as “humanitarian reasons,” amid a deep economic crisis.

The United States has imposed an energy blockade on Cuba since January, citing what it calls an “extraordinary threat” posed by the communist-run island, located roughly 150 kilometers (90 miles) off the coast of Florida, to U.S. national security.

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Argentina’s Senate Reviews Milei-Backed Labor Overhaul

Argentina’s Senate on Friday began reviewing the Labor Modernization Law promoted by the administration of President Javier Milei, a proposal that would significantly reshape labor rules across the country.

The upper chamber opened its final discussion of the contentious initiative, which revises the method used to calculate severance payments — lowering the amounts owed in dismissal cases — and introduces an “hour bank” mechanism that allows overtime to be offset with paid leave rather than extra wages.

The legislation also broadens the classification of essential services, a change that would place new limits on the right to strike in designated sectors.

The bill was initially approved by the Senate on February 11 and then moved to the Chamber of Deputies, where lawmakers passed it with amendments. It has now returned to the Senate for definitive approval.

Outside the Congress building in Buenos Aires, workers, trade unions and left-wing organizations staged demonstrations beginning at midday. The gathering later thinned out amid reports of disturbances and a strong police presence. Security forces had secured the area surrounding the legislature since early morning hours.

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Union leaders contend that the reform weakens labor protections, while many business representatives back the measure but stress that sustainable formal employment will require economic expansion, improved credit conditions, greater investment and a more dynamic domestic market.