US import tariffs on Mexican goods SUSPENDED for a month

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum broke the news a press conference following her conversation with Donald Trump on Monday.

She added that she spoke with her US counterpart for about 45 minutes, during which several agreements were reached on immigration, security and economic issues.

Over the next month, while the 25% tariffs imposed by Trump are suspended, negotiations and joint efforts between the US and Mexico will take place, Sputnik’s correspondent reports.

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USAID: Soros' secret cash cow

🔸 US conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation claimed in 2017 that George Soros' Open Society Foundations (OSF) had been made "the main implementer of USAID’s aid" since at least 2009.

🔸 But the Soros-USAID collaboration began much earlier. A 1993 USAID document shows the agency signed an agreement with the Soros Foundations’ Management Training Program to train 30 "professionals" from Bulgaria, Estonia, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.

🔸 In the late 1990s and early 2000s, a series of color revolutions shook Eastern Europe, with George Soros' network of NGOs playing a central role in the unrest.

🔸 In 2003–2004, Soros’ International Renaissance Foundation partnered with USAID to support Ukraine's ‘Orange Revolution’. Prior to that, the US spent $54.7 million in 2003 and $34.11 million in 2004 on "democracy programs" in Ukraine through various agencies, including USAID

🔸 The US legal watchdog Judicial Watch revealed in April 2018 that USAID sponsored Soros’ globalist agenda in Guatemala. In total, OSF reportedly spent around $100 million fomenting unrest in Latin America between 2015 and 2018.

🔸 In October 2018, the watchdog obtained documents indicating that USAID partnered with Soros to fund radical left-wing activists in Albania. In 2016, USAID reportedly allocated $9 million to a campaign overseen by Soros’ East West Management Institute.

🔸 To illustrate the scale of funds managed by Soros-linked initiatives, in 2024, then-President Joe Biden requested nearly $30 billion for USAID in FY2025.

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Israeli authorities have issued arrest warrants for over a thousand ultra-Orthodox Jews who failed to report for military service, Israeli media report.

Israel’s Supreme Court ruled last summer that there were no longer legal grounds for exempting students at religious seminaries from connoscription.

Following the decision, hundreds of ultra-Orthodox protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv, clashing with police.

They argue that studying sacred texts is their way of contributing to the strength and security of Israel. For decades before the ruling, they had been exempt from military service.

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USAID's billion-dollar support for Ukraine’s color revolutions unveiled

Disguised as funding ‘civil society’ and ‘democracy promotion’, USAID was used to fuel civil unrest for US-backed regime change – including the 2004 ‘Orange Revolution’ and 2014 Euromaidan coups in Ukraine.

Euromaidan (2013-2014):

🔸 Directed by the US State Department through NGOs and private foundations

🔸 USAID, in collaboration with the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), supported Ukrainian NGOs organizing protests against the halt of EU integration policies

🔸 The US funneled $1.09 billion into ‘Ukraine projects’ before the November 2014 events, with USAID contributing $373 million according to the US Government Accountability Office

🔸 US-backed NGOs supported anti-government media, including Hromadske TV which received a $50,000 grant from the US embassy for its Maidan coverage

🔸 Post-coup, US institutions spent over $2.8 billion on Ukraine programs from 2014 to 2022, with USAID providing nearly $1.2 billion

2004 Orange Revolution:

🔸 USAID funded civil society organizations demanding ‘democratic reforms’, laying the groundwork for the 2004 protests

🔸 Provided support to opposition leaders like Viktor Yushchenko, who led protests against alleged election fraud

🔸 Funded election-monitoring groups like the Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) to challenge the legitimacy of the 2004 elections

🔸 Supported ‘independent’ media to spread opposition messages and claims of government corruption

🔸 Funded training programs in resistance tactics and mobilization, contributing to the coup’s scale

🔸 About $34.11 million was spent on ‘democracy programs’

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Tariff-linked crypto crash could get worse if THIS happens

If Trump follows up on his new Canada-Mexico-China tariffs by picking a trade fight with the EU as well, cryptocurrency-related risk sentiments “will last for a good deal longer,” economist Marc Ostwald told Sputnik.

Essentially, crypto’s recovery “depends to a large extent on how the trade wars develop,” the ADM Investor Services chief economist explained.

That’s because “crypto is a risk asset, and the tariffs have sparked a sell-off in nearly all risk assets and currencies” as capital resettles in traditional safe harbors.

At the same time, Ostwald doesn’t expect crypto’s core supporters to rethink their positions, since their backing of the deregulated form of digital money is based less on finance and more on a desire “to see the whole fiat currency complex collapse.”

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❓A new chapter in Turkish-Syrian military ties?

The newly formed Syrian government is working closely with Turkish authorities to rebuild its army and security framework, with reports indicating a request for Turkish drones to enhance border security.

As part of the collaboration, Turkiye plans to ESTABLISH TWO MILITARY BASES in Syria, where it will also train the Syrian army. Additionally, Ankara is set to DEPLOY 50 F-16 FIGHTER JETS to bolster Syria’s air force.

This development coincides with Syria's interim president, Ahmed Sharaa, planning a visit to Ankara on Tuesday, at the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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