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Since this is maybe now relevant I looked up air force capabilities of various Latin American nations. They're mostly pathetic... Never mind Americans - Mexican air force is totally dwarfed and outclassed by Spain as well.
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An ‘Avoidable Tragedy’: The Hazards That Led to the Swiss Fire Disaster
The fire that killed at least 40 people in a Swiss bar on New Year’s Day was made more likely by apparent flaws in the site’s design and management, experts say.
Police officers outside the bar Le Constellation, where a devastating fire left many people dead or injured during the New Year’s celebrations in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.Credit...Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times
By Ségolène Le StradicPranav BaskarAurelien BreedenMichael Schwirtz and Samuel Granados
Ségolène Le Stradic and Aurelien Breeden reported from Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
Jan. 3, 2026
Sparklers shooting foot-long flames. A ceiling covered in flammable foam. A crowded basement with a narrow staircase exit that became a choke point.
These are some of the avoidable hazards that fire experts, witnesses and a New York Times analysis of visual evidence suggest turned a festive bar in a Swiss Alpine resort into a death trap as fire tore through a New Year’s celebration, causing a stampede and killing at least 40 people.
Investigators have not yet provided a comprehensive account of what caused the fire at Le Constellation around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, which Switzerland’s president called one of the worst disasters in the country’s history. But the available evidence suggests the tragedy involved some of the same safety lapses that caused other lethal blazes in crowded venues, according to fire safety experts, including a 2003 blaze in Rhode Island that killed roughly 100 people and a 2013 fire in Brazil that killed more than 200 people.
The Swiss fire most likely began after sparklers — finger-size fireworks that send up a fountain of sparks and that were carried that night by some of the waiters — set flame to the ceiling, according to Beatrice Pilloud, the regional chief prosecutor. As fire quickly engulfed the bar, partygoers congregating near the dance floor recounted struggling to escape the basement through a narrow staircase exit that quickly became clogged. Though officials and neighbors said there was a second door for emergencies, several witnesses said they saw only the staircase exit and, after reaching the ground floor, some broke through windows to escape.
Note: Diagram is not to scale and shows approximate positions of important features of the bar based on interviews, as well as on photos and videos of the interior.
By The New York Times
Richard Meier, a fire and explosion investigation expert based in Palmetto, Fla., said the evidence pointed to an “avoidable tragedy,” adding, “It is a lesson that we should have learned decades ago, but we keep repeating.”
The police on Saturday announced that they were opening an investigation into the two managers of the bar, on suspicion of negligent homicide, negligent bodily harm and causing a fire by negligence. According to the canton’s public business records, the two owners of the bar are a French couple named Jacques and Jessica Moretti, who opened Le Constellation in 2015.
The Morettis did not respond to requests for comment. In brief interviews with the Swiss media, they said they were fully cooperating with investigators and denied any wrongdoing.
“We can neither sleep nor eat; we are all in a terrible state,” Mr. Moretti told 20 Minutes, a local news site.
The Sparklers
As Noa Bersier, 20, a marketing coordinator, played billiards at the bar early on New Year’s Day, he noticed waiters hurrying to and fro, carrying wine bottles fixed with sparklers to various tables. It was these, according to the regional chief prosecutor, that likely caused the fire, sending sparks shooting toward the ceiling.
Pyrotechnics like sparklers are legal to purchase in Switzerland, but fire protection specialists have long warned against their indoor use. Photographs from the night of the fire show them being used particularly dangerously, with partygoers hoisting them aloft, close to the ceiling.
Mr. Bersier said he could not tell whether the sparklers set the blaze, but he noticed the ceiling had burst into flames shortly after waiters brought them out.
“It was as though all the ceiling had been soaked with something and instantly caught fire,” he said in a phone interview from the hospital bed where he is recovering from severe burns.
Steven Badger, an American lawyer who has worked extensively on cases involving indoor fires, said there was a well-documented history of risk posed by the indoor use of sparklers. “It’s shameful we continue to have mass casualty losses from this exact scenario we’ve seen over and over again,” Mr. Badger said.
The Flammable Ceiling
To explain how the initial flame spread so aggressively, experts point to the foam insulation material that appeared to cover parts of the ceiling. The foam, typically made of a synthetic material called open-cell polyurethane, is traditionally used for soundproofing and is highly combustible.
“We don’t allow this material to be visible in a room in Switzerland. It must be covered,” said Olivier Burnier, who directs a fire safety engineering firm in Switzerland. Mr. Burnier said that footage of the fire suggested that parts of the bar’s setup did not comply with local fire safety regulations.
Those regulations mandate that combustible materials may only be used if they do not lead to an “unacceptable increase” in risk, based on factors like occupancy and building layout. Materials that have a “critical” reaction to fire cannot be used inside buildings unless they are fully covered, the regulations say.
Footage of the bar appeared to show that the material covered much of the ceiling, and a regular who visited the bar earlier in the week told The Times that the foam had come unstuck in some places and was hanging loose by several inches.
Samir Melly was drinking at Le Constellation two days before the disaster, he said, when a friend who works in construction suddenly became fixated on the foam-covered ceiling, which he said appeared to be hanging loose.
“He was so focused on the ceiling because he was looking at it from the perspective of a construction worker,” Mr. Melly said. After the fire, Mr. Melly reported his friend’s concerns to the police, who summoned him on Friday to give testimony as part of the investigation.
A firefighter placing flowers near the bar.Credit...Til Bürgy for The New York Times
Arnaud Trouvé, a professor at the University of Maryland in the Department of Fire Protection Engineering, said the foam should be the “first target” of inquiry because of its potential to drastically spread blazes. Similar material has long been a culprit in deadly mass blazes at nightclubs and music venues, including those in Rhode Island and in Brazil.
Mr. Meier said, “I can’t think of any worse material that could be placed on the ceiling of a public space,” adding, “In addition to burning, the material would melt, and burning droplets would further ignite materials below.”
The Exits
Survivors have questioned whether the bar had sufficient exits, with several describing getting caught in a crush on the narrow staircase to the ground floor as people desperately fled the fire. Others described smashing windows to escape, while bystanders outside said they had forced open glass doors to allow people to flee.
The authorities said the building had an emergency exit but did not specify whether it was on the basement level, where most people would presumably congregate. Swiss fire safety codes hold that rooms that accommodate over 100 people are required to have two “vertical evacuation routes” — like staircases — if escape routes leading directly to the open air are insufficient.
Davide D’Agostino, 56, the owner of an architecture firm located in the same building as the bar, said there was definitely an emergency exit because it came up in discussions with members of the building’s board when the Morettis took ownership. That emergency door, he said in an interview, was near the bathroom and opened onto stairs leading up to the building behind.That has raised questions about whether patrons had been made sufficiently aware of alternative escape routes, and if those exits were clearly marked.
Nestor Fischer, 17, who was outside the bar when the fire began, described how he and others struggled to force open a glass door on the side of the bar to help others escape.
“We tried to break it with a stool,” he said in an interview. “We tried hitting the window, but it wouldn’t open.” At some point, the door ripped off and he and his friends helped guide people out with the flashlights on their phones.
The Building Inspections
It was unclear to what extent the building had been subject to required inspections. The Crans-Montana municipality, which is in charge of regular building inspections, had not reported any fire safety issues to the Valais canton, the equivalent of a Swiss state, a senior canton official said at a news conference on Friday. But the official, Stéphane Ganzer, said he could not say how frequently the municipality had carried out those inspections.
Mr. Moretti, one of the bar’s owners, told the Tribune de Genève that the bar had been inspected by local authorities three times in 10 years and that “everything was done according to the standards.” But local law in the region calls for yearly fire safety inspections in buildings that are open to the public or present special risks.
“This type of accident with Swiss regulation is not possible,” said Mr. Burnier, the Swiss fire expert. “But we have one because we have a problem now in the application of the law.”
The municipality office overseeing public security declined to comment, referring questions to the police, who also declined to comment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/worl ... ky-nytimes
The fire that killed at least 40 people in a Swiss bar on New Year’s Day was made more likely by apparent flaws in the site’s design and management, experts say.
Police officers outside the bar Le Constellation, where a devastating fire left many people dead or injured during the New Year’s celebrations in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.Credit...Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times
By Ségolène Le StradicPranav BaskarAurelien BreedenMichael Schwirtz and Samuel Granados
Ségolène Le Stradic and Aurelien Breeden reported from Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
Jan. 3, 2026
Sparklers shooting foot-long flames. A ceiling covered in flammable foam. A crowded basement with a narrow staircase exit that became a choke point.
These are some of the avoidable hazards that fire experts, witnesses and a New York Times analysis of visual evidence suggest turned a festive bar in a Swiss Alpine resort into a death trap as fire tore through a New Year’s celebration, causing a stampede and killing at least 40 people.
Investigators have not yet provided a comprehensive account of what caused the fire at Le Constellation around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, which Switzerland’s president called one of the worst disasters in the country’s history. But the available evidence suggests the tragedy involved some of the same safety lapses that caused other lethal blazes in crowded venues, according to fire safety experts, including a 2003 blaze in Rhode Island that killed roughly 100 people and a 2013 fire in Brazil that killed more than 200 people.
The Swiss fire most likely began after sparklers — finger-size fireworks that send up a fountain of sparks and that were carried that night by some of the waiters — set flame to the ceiling, according to Beatrice Pilloud, the regional chief prosecutor. As fire quickly engulfed the bar, partygoers congregating near the dance floor recounted struggling to escape the basement through a narrow staircase exit that quickly became clogged. Though officials and neighbors said there was a second door for emergencies, several witnesses said they saw only the staircase exit and, after reaching the ground floor, some broke through windows to escape.
Note: Diagram is not to scale and shows approximate positions of important features of the bar based on interviews, as well as on photos and videos of the interior.
By The New York Times
Richard Meier, a fire and explosion investigation expert based in Palmetto, Fla., said the evidence pointed to an “avoidable tragedy,” adding, “It is a lesson that we should have learned decades ago, but we keep repeating.”
The police on Saturday announced that they were opening an investigation into the two managers of the bar, on suspicion of negligent homicide, negligent bodily harm and causing a fire by negligence. According to the canton’s public business records, the two owners of the bar are a French couple named Jacques and Jessica Moretti, who opened Le Constellation in 2015.
The Morettis did not respond to requests for comment. In brief interviews with the Swiss media, they said they were fully cooperating with investigators and denied any wrongdoing.
“We can neither sleep nor eat; we are all in a terrible state,” Mr. Moretti told 20 Minutes, a local news site.
The Sparklers
As Noa Bersier, 20, a marketing coordinator, played billiards at the bar early on New Year’s Day, he noticed waiters hurrying to and fro, carrying wine bottles fixed with sparklers to various tables. It was these, according to the regional chief prosecutor, that likely caused the fire, sending sparks shooting toward the ceiling.
Pyrotechnics like sparklers are legal to purchase in Switzerland, but fire protection specialists have long warned against their indoor use. Photographs from the night of the fire show them being used particularly dangerously, with partygoers hoisting them aloft, close to the ceiling.
Mr. Bersier said he could not tell whether the sparklers set the blaze, but he noticed the ceiling had burst into flames shortly after waiters brought them out.
“It was as though all the ceiling had been soaked with something and instantly caught fire,” he said in a phone interview from the hospital bed where he is recovering from severe burns.
Steven Badger, an American lawyer who has worked extensively on cases involving indoor fires, said there was a well-documented history of risk posed by the indoor use of sparklers. “It’s shameful we continue to have mass casualty losses from this exact scenario we’ve seen over and over again,” Mr. Badger said.
The Flammable Ceiling
To explain how the initial flame spread so aggressively, experts point to the foam insulation material that appeared to cover parts of the ceiling. The foam, typically made of a synthetic material called open-cell polyurethane, is traditionally used for soundproofing and is highly combustible.
“We don’t allow this material to be visible in a room in Switzerland. It must be covered,” said Olivier Burnier, who directs a fire safety engineering firm in Switzerland. Mr. Burnier said that footage of the fire suggested that parts of the bar’s setup did not comply with local fire safety regulations.
Those regulations mandate that combustible materials may only be used if they do not lead to an “unacceptable increase” in risk, based on factors like occupancy and building layout. Materials that have a “critical” reaction to fire cannot be used inside buildings unless they are fully covered, the regulations say.
Footage of the bar appeared to show that the material covered much of the ceiling, and a regular who visited the bar earlier in the week told The Times that the foam had come unstuck in some places and was hanging loose by several inches.
Samir Melly was drinking at Le Constellation two days before the disaster, he said, when a friend who works in construction suddenly became fixated on the foam-covered ceiling, which he said appeared to be hanging loose.
“He was so focused on the ceiling because he was looking at it from the perspective of a construction worker,” Mr. Melly said. After the fire, Mr. Melly reported his friend’s concerns to the police, who summoned him on Friday to give testimony as part of the investigation.
A firefighter placing flowers near the bar.Credit...Til Bürgy for The New York Times
Arnaud Trouvé, a professor at the University of Maryland in the Department of Fire Protection Engineering, said the foam should be the “first target” of inquiry because of its potential to drastically spread blazes. Similar material has long been a culprit in deadly mass blazes at nightclubs and music venues, including those in Rhode Island and in Brazil.
Mr. Meier said, “I can’t think of any worse material that could be placed on the ceiling of a public space,” adding, “In addition to burning, the material would melt, and burning droplets would further ignite materials below.”
The Exits
Survivors have questioned whether the bar had sufficient exits, with several describing getting caught in a crush on the narrow staircase to the ground floor as people desperately fled the fire. Others described smashing windows to escape, while bystanders outside said they had forced open glass doors to allow people to flee.
The authorities said the building had an emergency exit but did not specify whether it was on the basement level, where most people would presumably congregate. Swiss fire safety codes hold that rooms that accommodate over 100 people are required to have two “vertical evacuation routes” — like staircases — if escape routes leading directly to the open air are insufficient.
Davide D’Agostino, 56, the owner of an architecture firm located in the same building as the bar, said there was definitely an emergency exit because it came up in discussions with members of the building’s board when the Morettis took ownership. That emergency door, he said in an interview, was near the bathroom and opened onto stairs leading up to the building behind.That has raised questions about whether patrons had been made sufficiently aware of alternative escape routes, and if those exits were clearly marked.
Nestor Fischer, 17, who was outside the bar when the fire began, described how he and others struggled to force open a glass door on the side of the bar to help others escape.
“We tried to break it with a stool,” he said in an interview. “We tried hitting the window, but it wouldn’t open.” At some point, the door ripped off and he and his friends helped guide people out with the flashlights on their phones.
The Building Inspections
It was unclear to what extent the building had been subject to required inspections. The Crans-Montana municipality, which is in charge of regular building inspections, had not reported any fire safety issues to the Valais canton, the equivalent of a Swiss state, a senior canton official said at a news conference on Friday. But the official, Stéphane Ganzer, said he could not say how frequently the municipality had carried out those inspections.
Mr. Moretti, one of the bar’s owners, told the Tribune de Genève that the bar had been inspected by local authorities three times in 10 years and that “everything was done according to the standards.” But local law in the region calls for yearly fire safety inspections in buildings that are open to the public or present special risks.
“This type of accident with Swiss regulation is not possible,” said Mr. Burnier, the Swiss fire expert. “But we have one because we have a problem now in the application of the law.”
The municipality office overseeing public security declined to comment, referring questions to the police, who also declined to comment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/worl ... ky-nytimes
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We cannot become numb to the outrage of this. The wife of the President’s Senior Advisor threatens a sovereign nation.
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We cannot become numb to the outrage of this. The wife of the President’s Senior Advisor threatens a sovereign nation.
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Has setting sparklers off indoors ever been a good idea? If I set one of those things off in my house my parents would have killed me. I also hope the entirety of tiny's administration dies soon, like tonight.
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Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro made his first court appearance in New York and said he was “kidnapped” by the U.S. government, assailing the Trump administration for capturing him and portraying himself as his country’s rightful leader. wapo.st/3L1JgsZ
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Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro made his first court appearance in New York and said he was “kidnapped” by the U.S. government, assailing the Trump administration for capturing him and portraying himself as his country’s rightful leader. wapo.st/3L1JgsZ
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MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
Video at the link
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mbplx5sygx2h
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MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
Video at the link
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Australian exports to China were worth $196 billion in 2024, Venezuela’s were $10-20 billion at most, taking into account shadow fleet exports. Does that mean Miller wants to attack us next? Or the USA itself, which exported $143 billion?
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About Greenland, I did not know this. Why did I not know this?
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But the question is: Does the United States even need to buy Greenland — or do something more drastic — to accomplish all of Mr. Trump’s goals?
Under a little-known Cold War agreement, the United States already enjoys sweeping military access in Greenland. Right now, the United States has one base in a very remote corner of the island. But the agreement allows it to “construct, install, maintain, and operate” military bases across Greenland, “house personnel” and “control landings, takeoffs, anchorages, moorings, movements, and operation of ships, aircraft, and waterborne craft.”
It was signed in 1951 by the United States and Denmark, which colonized Greenland more than 300 years ago and still controls some of its affairs.
“The U.S. has such a free hand in Greenland that it can pretty much do what it wants,” said Mikkel Runge Olesen, a researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies in Copenhagen.
“I have a very hard time seeing that the U.S. couldn’t get pretty much everything it wanted,” he said, adding, “if it just asked nicely.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/worl ... f11dfcd63a
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But the question is: Does the United States even need to buy Greenland — or do something more drastic — to accomplish all of Mr. Trump’s goals?
Under a little-known Cold War agreement, the United States already enjoys sweeping military access in Greenland. Right now, the United States has one base in a very remote corner of the island. But the agreement allows it to “construct, install, maintain, and operate” military bases across Greenland, “house personnel” and “control landings, takeoffs, anchorages, moorings, movements, and operation of ships, aircraft, and waterborne craft.”
It was signed in 1951 by the United States and Denmark, which colonized Greenland more than 300 years ago and still controls some of its affairs.
“The U.S. has such a free hand in Greenland that it can pretty much do what it wants,” said Mikkel Runge Olesen, a researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies in Copenhagen.
“I have a very hard time seeing that the U.S. couldn’t get pretty much everything it wanted,” he said, adding, “if it just asked nicely.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/worl ... f11dfcd63a
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Oh and about the oil money from Venezuela...
David S. Bernstein
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??? Apparently Venezuela oil revenues will go into “offshore accounts” outside of the US Treasury, PBS reports.
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??? Apparently Venezuela oil revenues will go into “offshore accounts” outside of the US Treasury, PBS reports.
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dryrunguy wrote: ↑Wed Jan 07, 2026 5:28 pm About Greenland, I did not know this. Why did I not know this?
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But the question is: Does the United States even need to buy Greenland — or do something more drastic — to accomplish all of Mr. Trump’s goals?
Under a little-known Cold War agreement, the United States already enjoys sweeping military access in Greenland. Right now, the United States has one base in a very remote corner of the island. But the agreement allows it to “construct, install, maintain, and operate” military bases across Greenland, “house personnel” and “control landings, takeoffs, anchorages, moorings, movements, and operation of ships, aircraft, and waterborne craft.”
It was signed in 1951 by the United States and Denmark, which colonized Greenland more than 300 years ago and still controls some of its affairs.
“The U.S. has such a free hand in Greenland that it can pretty much do what it wants,” said Mikkel Runge Olesen, a researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies in Copenhagen.
“I have a very hard time seeing that the U.S. couldn’t get pretty much everything it wanted,” he said, adding, “if it just asked nicely.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/worl ... f11dfcd63a
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv)
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The leader of the conservative party of Canada cheered on the illegal bombing and invasion of Venezuela until he realized a few days later it affects international oil prices and now is demanding the country fast track pipelines to compete.
Can't make this s**t up
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The leader of the conservative party of Canada cheered on the illegal bombing and invasion of Venezuela until he realized a few days later it affects international oil prices and now is demanding the country fast track pipelines to compete.
Can't make this s**t up
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After Machado Offers Her Nobel, Trump Says It Would Be an ‘Honor’ to Accept It
President Trump indicated that he would meet the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. Last year, she won the Nobel Peace Prize, an award he covets.
María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader, at an election rally in Caracas in 2024.Credit...Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times
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Jan. 9, 2026, 7:12 a.m. ET
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President Trump indicated on Thursday evening that he will meet with María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader, next week in Washington, after refusing to support her to lead the country following the U.S. seizure of Nicolás Maduro.
Ms. Machado has tried to ingratiate herself to Mr. Trump and earlier this week offered to give him the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded last year. Mr. Trump has long coveted the award.
“I understand she’s coming in next week sometime, and I look forward to saying hello to her,” Trump told the Fox News host Sean Hannity in an interview at the White House.
Ms. Machado led a successful election campaign in 2024 against Mr. Maduro and had the greatest popular legitimacy to lead the nation, but Mr. Trump has said she doesn’t have the necessary support or respect within Venezuela to govern it.
On Monday, Ms. Machado said on Fox News that presenting the prize to Mr. Trump would be a token of gratitude from the Venezuelan people for the removal of Mr. Maduro. She had previously dedicated the award to Mr. Trump.
Mr. Trump said in the Thursday interview that “it would be a great honor” to accept the award, adding that it was “a major embarrassment to Norway,” where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded, that he had not been given the prize.
Mr. Trump often claims credit for having ended several wars since taking office in January, and has taken credit for release of political prisoners underway in Venezuela.
In some cases, warring parties have credited him with advancing peace or calming hostilities. In others, his role is disputed or less clear, or fighting has resumed.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/worl ... prize.html
President Trump indicated that he would meet the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. Last year, she won the Nobel Peace Prize, an award he covets.
María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader, at an election rally in Caracas in 2024.Credit...Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times
Lynsey Chutel
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Jan. 9, 2026, 7:12 a.m. ET
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President Trump indicated on Thursday evening that he will meet with María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader, next week in Washington, after refusing to support her to lead the country following the U.S. seizure of Nicolás Maduro.
Ms. Machado has tried to ingratiate herself to Mr. Trump and earlier this week offered to give him the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded last year. Mr. Trump has long coveted the award.
“I understand she’s coming in next week sometime, and I look forward to saying hello to her,” Trump told the Fox News host Sean Hannity in an interview at the White House.
Ms. Machado led a successful election campaign in 2024 against Mr. Maduro and had the greatest popular legitimacy to lead the nation, but Mr. Trump has said she doesn’t have the necessary support or respect within Venezuela to govern it.
On Monday, Ms. Machado said on Fox News that presenting the prize to Mr. Trump would be a token of gratitude from the Venezuelan people for the removal of Mr. Maduro. She had previously dedicated the award to Mr. Trump.
Mr. Trump said in the Thursday interview that “it would be a great honor” to accept the award, adding that it was “a major embarrassment to Norway,” where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded, that he had not been given the prize.
Mr. Trump often claims credit for having ended several wars since taking office in January, and has taken credit for release of political prisoners underway in Venezuela.
In some cases, warring parties have credited him with advancing peace or calming hostilities. In others, his role is disputed or less clear, or fighting has resumed.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/worl ... prize.html
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Re: World News Random, Random
BTW.ti-amie wrote: ↑Fri Jan 09, 2026 2:39 am The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv)
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The leader of the conservative party of Canada cheered on the illegal bombing and invasion of Venezuela until he realized a few days later it affects international oil prices and now is demanding the country fast track pipelines to compete.
Can't make this s**t up
The voice of ignorance. For Venezuela to recover it previous production capacity it will take billions in investment, and I would say at least 10 years. Just for exploration to re-start it would take at least 2, if tomorrow Angela Merkel (for example) were to become our president.
Ego figere omnia et scio supellectilem
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