🇧🇴⛓ — Former Bolivian President Luis Arce was arrested by security forces in compliance with a prosecutor’s order in a corruption case, according to Bolivian media reports.

🛠 The former leader is implicated in an alleged embezzlement of millions of public funds intended for the development of indigenous and rural communities during his tenure as Evo Morales’ Minister of Economy.

💰 According to the investigation, while serving as Minister of Economy, Arce allegedly authorized state disbursements to private accounts, including that of former Congresswoman Lidia Patty, who is currently detained in Obrajes prison.

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🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️ — Speaker Johnson, Senator Chuck Schumer, Rep. Randy Fine, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries took part in the U.S. Capitol’s menorah lighting while wearing kippahs.

➡️ The menorah was made from the steel of missiles intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome system.

🇺🇸⚡️ — NEW: The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the National Defense Authorization Act worth more than $900 billion on a bipartisan 312-112 vote.

📝Key points:

Syria: Ends the Caesar Act sanctions on Assad’s government.

Ukraine: Provides $400 million for 2026 and another $400 million for 2027 through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.

Asia-Pacific:
— Fully funds the $1 billion Taiwan Security Cooperation Initiative.
— Directs the Pentagon to create a joint drone and uncrewed systems program with Taiwan.
— Keeps about 28,500 U.S. troops stationed in South Korea.

Europe: Prevents U.S. troop levels in Europe from dropping below 76,000 for more than 45 days.

Iraq: Repeals the 1991 and 2002 military force authorizations.

Counter-narcotics: Allocates $1 billion to anti-narcotics operations, including maritime trafficking prevention.

🇪🇺 Soros Open Society WAS involved in the writing of the European Unions Digital Services Act (DSA) speech censorship laws! In fact, Soros contribution deals with enforcement at Very Large Online Platforms (VLOP), such as Elon Musks, X.

Open Society belongs to the EU High Level Group on combating hate speech and hate crime that wrote the 2016 Code of Conduct. The Code Conduct is a document agreed upon by social media companies for removing hate.

The improved upon “Code of Conduct Plus” continues to be an important tool under the DSA:

“On 20 January 2025, the revised Code of conduct on countering illegal hate speech online + (the ‘Code of conduct+’) was integrated into the regulatory framework of the Digital Services Act (DSA), following a positive assessment from the Commission and the European Board for Digital Services.

The Code of conduct+, which builds on the Code of Conduct adopted in 2016, strengthens the way online platforms deal with content deemed illegal hate speech according to EU law and Member States’ laws. It facilitates compliance with and the effective enforcement of the DSA in this specific area.”

This new Conduct Code+ was established as a “DSA Code of conduct”. This empowered civil society organisations to act as watchdogs.

“Following its integration, adherence to the Code of conduct+ may be considered as an appropriate risk mitigation measure for signatories designated as Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) and Search Engines (VLOSEs) under the DSA.”

“The DSA classifies platforms or search engines that have more than 45 million users per month in the EU as very large online platforms (VLOPs)”

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🇪🇺❌🇧🇪 The EU is warning Belgium it could face the same cold shoulder treatment as Hungary if PM Bart De Wever blocks the €210B Ukraine loan.

📝 Dries van Langenhove: For over a decade, Belgium has been leading the charge against Hungary and the Visegrad countries for their defiance of E.U. dictates, especially on migration.

Now, Belgium itself will get the Hungary treatment because it refuses to confiscate Russian assets at Euroclear.

"He who digs a pit for others will fall into it himself, and whoever rolls a stone will have it roll back on them" Proverbs 26:27

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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.

🇻🇪⚡️ — Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado says she will “soon be back in Venezuela.”