🇪🇺❌🇧🇪 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.”

🇻🇪 — When asked whether she would support a military action led by the United States government, María Corina Machado said:

“The country has already been invaded due to the presence of agents from Russia, Hezbollah, or Colombia.”

🇻🇪🤝🇳🇴🏆 — An image taken from behind the balcony shows María Corina Machado greeting the Venezuelans gathered in Oslo, capturing the moment when the opposition leader appears before an expectant crowd.

🇻🇪🇻🇪🎶 — Amid tensions with the United States, Venezuela’s dictator Nicolás Maduro sings in a public square: “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin.

🇺🇸❌🇨🇺🇻🇪🛢 — On December 10, 2025, it was reported that US forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in a blow for the Chavista Regime's revenues and position in the regional scene as the Trump Administration continues its pressure campaign against the South American country’s dictator, Nicolás Maduro, whose government called the seizure “an act of international piracy”.

➡️ In Statement, US Homeland Security Department announced that FBI, Homeland Security Investigations and the US Coast Guard, with support from the Department of Defense, had “executed a seizure warrant for a crude oil tanker used to transport sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran”.

🚫 The seized the tanker was the Guyanese-flagged Skipper today off the coast of Venezuela which was previously involved in Iran oil smuggling and sanctioned for doing such

🇻🇪 A statement from the Venezuelan Regime Wednesday said it “strongly denounces” the seizure and described the move as an “act of international piracy.”

🔗 Homeland Security (@DHSgov)

🇻🇪 — When asked whether she would support a military action led by the United States government, María Corina Machado said:

“The country has already been invaded due to the presence of agents from Russia, Hezbollah, or Colombia.”

🇲🇽❌🇨🇳🇧🇷 — 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.

🇻🇪📆🤔 — Via a Presidential Decree, the Leader of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro officially declared that the year of 2026 already started in Venezuela

"2026 has already begun, today is already 2026".

🇻🇪⚡️ — Chronology of the operation that enabled María Corina Machado’s departure from Venezuela to Oslo (Norway), with a stopover in the Dominican Republic, right under the Venezuelan regime’s nose:

🇻🇪 23:40 h – Caracas
First encrypted message. The discreet relocation order is activated toward a secondary military point. Only four people know the route.

🚗 01:15 h – Outside Caracas
An unmarked vehicle transports Machado through interior routes to avoid checkpoints and cameras.

🇪🇺 02:05 h – Secondary military facility
Entry through a side access. She is given an envelope with provisional diplomatic documentation issued by a European country.

🛩 02:40 h – Dark runway
The unmarked jet powers up in silence. No civilian personnel in the area. Protected communications check is performed.

✈️ 03:02 h – Takeoff
The aircraft leaves Venezuela with no public flight plan. It enters a corridor agreed upon with the United States.

🇺🇸 03:18 h – International airspace
Two U.S. F-18 fighters flank the jet. The opening of the humanitarian corridor is confirmed.

🇩🇴 05:32 h – Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
Landing in a restricted area of Las Américas International Airport.
— She does not pass through immigration.
— Nordic diplomats validate her humanitarian visa.
— Quick security check.
Stopover duration: 48 minutes.

🇨🇼 06:20 h – Departure toward allied base
The aircraft departs toward a Caribbean base linked to international agreements. Refueling and final confirmation of European transit are conducted.

🛫 08:40 h – Transatlantic segment
Direct flight toward Europe. Protected communications.
The Nobel Committee is notified only when the aircraft crosses the North Atlantic.

🇬🇱 14:52 h – Flying over Greenland
Norway confirms the landing window. Full discretion protocol is maintained.

🇳🇴 17:21 h – Oslo
Landing without announcement. Direct access to private zone.
A small diplomatic team receives her.
Her arrival is made public hours later.

—❗️🇧🇬 WATCH: Impressive drone footage of yesterday's protest in Sofia, one of the biggest in Bulgaria's recent history.

➡️ Bulgaria’s government has stepped down following nationwide anti-corruption demonstrations led by Gen Z activists. The unrest was triggered by the controversial 2026 budget — the country’s first in euros — ahead of Bulgaria’s planned eurozone entry on January 1, 2026.

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