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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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Armed forces target illegal mines in Northern Ecuador with bombing raids
Ecuador’s Armed Forces carried out an operation on Monday — including airstrikes — against illegal mining in the town of Buenos Aires, in the country’s north, Defense Minister Gian Carlo Loffredo reported.
The mountainous, gold-rich area has been a hotspot for illegal mining since 2017, located in the Andean province of Imbabura.
In 2019, former president Lenín Moreno deployed around 2,400 soldiers to the region in an attempt to curb the illegal activity. “The operation began with mortar fire, followed by gunfire and bombing runs by Supertucano aircraft,” Loffredo said in a video released by the Defense Ministry.
He added that the operation would continue on Tuesday with patrols across the area to locate possible members of “irregular armed groups that may have crossed from the Colombian border.”
The Armed Forces stated on X that the intervention focused on the “complete elimination of multiple illegal mining tunnels” in the areas known as Mina Nueva and Mina Vieja.
The operation coincided with the deployment of a military and police convoy into Imbabura, which has been the epicenter of protests against President Daniel Noboa since September 22, following his decision to scrap the diesel subsidy.
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Caracas shuts embassy in Oslo without explanation following Machado’s Nobel win
Venezuela has announced the closure of its embassy in Norway, just days after opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the Venezuelan diplomatic mission provided no explanation for its decision on Monday.
“It is regrettable,” a ministry spokesperson said. “Despite our differences on several issues, Norway wishes to keep the dialogue with Venezuela open and will continue to work in that direction.” The ministry also emphasized that the Nobel Committee operates entirely independently from the Norwegian government.
In its announcement, the Nobel Committee stated that Machado met the criteria established by Alfred Nobel, “embodying the hope for a different future, where the fundamental rights of Venezuelans are heard.”
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Sheinbaum: Urgent to restore access to towns cut off by heavy rains
Thousands of military personnel and civilians in Mexico worked tirelessly on Tuesday to clear roads blocked by the torrential rains of recent days, which have left more than 300 communities cut off across central and eastern regions of the country. Authorities also launched mass fumigation efforts in several affected areas to prevent the spread of dengue fever.
The official death toll remains at 64, though dozens of people are still missing. President Claudia Sheinbaumacknowledged that the government does not yet know the full situation in many of the isolated villages, which range in population from 500 to 1,000 inhabitants.
“The reopening of roads is one of the greatest urgencies,” Sheinbaum said. “It’s essential to guarantee air bridges, food supplies, clean water, and a proper census of the isolated communities so we can determine the condition of every person living there.”
Private construction companies are also assisting the effort with heavy machinery and technical support to help reopen highways and reconnect rural areas.
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