Hundreds of thousands took to the streets again today against this. I'll post an update once we get any results.

The Ministry of Popular Power for Science and Technology (Mincyt), through the Corporation for Scientific and Technological Development (Codecyt), signed a strategic alliance with the Iranian company MDA Medical Solutions. The Minister of Popular Power for Science and Technology, Gabriela Jiménez Ramírez, highlighted that the initiative is part of the agreements established at the tenth meeting of the Iran-Venezuela High-Level Joint Commission.

The minister explained that this action will allow the activation of production lines, enabling the sharing of resources, knowledge, and capabilities to reduce costs. The goal is to open "new markets, both nationally and regionally, with efficient and competitive production, generating technological solutions."

In the first phase of the alliance, four production lines will be established for essential equipment: electroshock devices, electrocardiogram machines, monitors, and ventilators. Jiménez stated that this will generate "significant contributions to the national health industry," benefiting the people.

Among the advantages and benefits of the alliance with Iran, the minister highlighted the strengthening of health and technological sovereignty, the transfer of technology, the training of Venezuelan personnel, and the strategic positioning.

This action contributes to the economic and productive growth of the Bolivarian nation, within the framework of the Great Mission Science, Technology and Innovation Dr. Humberto Fernández-Morán to strengthen health and technological sovereignty through South-South strategic alliances.

This step demonstrates the momentum of bilateral cooperation and technology transfer to ensure the health and well-being of the Venezuelan people , counteracting the effects of the coercive measures imposed by the United States.

In recent days, the presidents of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, held a telephone conversation to reaffirm their strategic cooperation and bilateral solidarity in the face of growing military threats from Washington in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Pezeshkian also denounced the US actions as "hostile provocations" that violate international law and set a "dangerous precedent" for the global community. The Iranian president further emphasized that Washington is "the greatest threat to international peace."

Previously, the Iranian government condemned then-President Donald Trump's announcement to close Venezuelan airspace , calling the measure a violation of international law and a direct threat to global aviation. It also recognized Venezuela's "coherence, strength, and commitment" in its current development, guaranteeing peace .

In this regard, President Pezeshkian reaffirmed his commitment to continue working in all previously agreed areas of competence, thus consolidating the 20-year strategic cooperation agreement signed between the two nations, which Caracas considers the cornerstone of their joint efforts. For his part, President Maduro extended a message of solidarity and affection to the Iranian people, reaffirming that bilateral cooperation is at its best.

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Brazil's Chamber of Deputies approved a bill early Wednesday morning aimed at reducing prison sentences for coup plotters , including former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro , who was sentenced to 27 years in prison last September.

The bill , which must now go to the Senate for discussion and eventual approval , was endorsed by 291 votes in favor, 148 against and one abstention.

The legislation proposes that the sentences for two of the crimes for which the former president was convicted (2019-2022), namely the attempted violent abolition of the democratic rule of law and the coup d'état, should not be combined.

If finally approved, only the more severe of the two penalties would be applied, in this case the one for coup d'état , which provides for up to 12 years in prison and which would not be added to the penalty for attempted violent abolition, which establishes up to eight years in prison.

The law proposes reducing the penalty from one-third to two-thirds when coup-related crimes are committed as part of a "mob ," as happened in the assault by hundreds of Bolsonaro supporters on the headquarters of the Executive, Congress and the Supreme Court in Brasilia, the country's capital, on January 8, 2023.

According to Congressman Paulo Pereira da Silva, who introduced the bill, Bolsonaro could leave the regime closed in just over two years .

The legislator argued that the measure seeks "reconciliation" and wishes to "correct the excesses" in the sentences imposed by the Supreme Court, but "without avoiding accountability."

The leader of the deputies of the ruling Workers' Party (PT), Lindbergh Farias, rejected the bill and argued that "this chamber is embracing a coup."

Revealing what Israel used the AI-powered software for, Michael Steinberger notes, “Its software was used by the Israeli military in several raids in Gaza” and goes on to write that, “The company’s technology was deployed by the Israelis during military operations in Lebanon in 2024 that decimated Hezbollah’s top leadership” adding that, “It was also used in Operation Grim Beeper, in which hundreds of Hezbollah fighters were injured and maimed when their pagers and walkie-talkies exploded (the Israelis had booby trapped the devices)”.

I think I've got this already, I've had an awful cough for a week now that is getting worse. Of course, no-one anywhere is wearing a mask and people are coughing all over each other.

Mexico City. The investigation that led to the arrest warrant being issued against Raúl Rocha Cantú, a businessman from Monterrey and co-owner of the Miss Universe franchise, involved members of the Attorney General's Office (FGR), the National Guard, and the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC). Intelligence and surveillance reports detail that the criminal group not only trafficked fuel and weapons from the United States and Guatemala to Mexico, but also "produced" 1,500 AR-15 magazines per week, which were sold to criminal groups, including La Unión Tepito, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel ( CJNG ), and members of the Gulf Cartel, such as Ezequiel Cárdenas Rivera, who was arrested in August of this year.

According to the content of criminal case 405/2025, Rodrigo Rosales Salazar, district judge specializing in the accusatory criminal system of the Federal Criminal Justice Center in the state of Querétaro, issued arrest warrants against the members of the criminal group headed by Jacobo Reyes León El Lic , among whom is mentioned the businessman Rocha Cantú, accused of organized crime, trafficking of firearms and hydrocarbons.

He has been under investigation for a year.

The court order was issued on November 15 at the request of the Special Prosecutor's Office for the Investigation of Terrorism, Stockpiling and Trafficking of Weapons of the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime (Femdo).

The arrest warrant states that Reyes León “was a PRD candidate for mayor in San Martín de las Pirámides, Hidalgo; and that he has a fuel theft distribution center in Huehuetoca, State of Mexico .”

The document from the Federal Judiciary states that the investigation was integrated with intelligence reports and field work by members of the National Guard and the FGR, as shown in reports SSPC/Conase/SI-JR/00195/2024, dated December 17, 2024, and SSPC/Conase/SI-JR/00203/2024, in addition to authorizations for “intervention of private communications”, as is the case of the warrant identified with guide 1985/2024-I, issued on December 12, 2024, authorized by the fourth control judge of the National Center for Specialized Justice in Investigation Techniques, Arrest and Intervention of Communications, residing in Mexico City.

Page 20 of the arrest warrant indicates that Reyes León assured his accomplices that “he has the machines and that he has manufactured 1,500 R15 magazines a week,” which were delivered to Ezequiel Cárdenas Rivera or Tony Tormentas in Tamaulipas, leader of Los Escorpiones , a cell of the Gulf cartel, who was arrested last August.

Regarding Raúl Rocha Cantú, on page 203 of the 275-page document it is specified that he was “identified as a member of the organization since December 15, 2024, the above derived from the events obtained from the interception of private communications 1985/2024-IV”.

It is added that the businessman has “management functions in the investigated organization, injects capital into the importation of fuel from Guatemala and the United States; he has paid millions of pesos to Jacobo Reyes León in exchange for information, since the latter as an intermediary gets him information in the Femdo.

“Daniel Roldán Morales, alias El Inge, is in charge of transferring the profits generated by the sale of fuel to Raúl, who owns service stations (gas stations), which he supplies with the illicit fuel obtained by the organization; likewise, the person under investigation maintains communication, primarily, with Jacobo Reyes León.”

Rocha Cantú obtained a plea bargain last November and for that reason he was not made available to the judge who issued the arrest warrant.

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