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David Alandete reported that Marco Rubio had said that India was willing to increase the purchase and refining of Venezuelan oil, and that the United States would discuss this possibility tomorrow with Reliance, one of the major Indian energy groups. According to Alandete, Rubio noted that India could process Venezuelan heavy crude, as it had done previously, and that its companies had the necessary technology and experience. He also stated that Venezuela could not alone compensate for possible supply losses caused by international conflicts, although it could partially alleviate the situation in the short term. #Venezuela #India #Petróleo (translated)

David Alandete wrote that, in November 2016, while many were rejecting Donald Trump and labeling the Americans who had elected him as insane, María Corina had shown respect for him and seen an opportunity. He added that, ten years later, the platform she published at that time in El Mundo anticipated much of Trump's policy towards Venezuela. https://t.co/AeppLYcz6N #Trump #Venezuela #Política (translated)

David Alandete wrote that the United States ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, had denounced that leaders of the Cuban regime lived surrounded by luxury in Spain while the population of the island faced blackouts, shortages, and repression. According to Alandete, Waltz also pointed out that relatives of regime members traveled by private jet to Spain and to countries in Latin America. The complaint questioned the Spanish Government for, apparently, not having taken measures to clarify the source of the funds used to maintain that lifestyle. Alandete added that this occurred after the regime had forced Spanish tourism companies to leave the island and amid increasing pressure on the dictatorship. #Cuba #DerechosHumanos #ONU (translated)

David Alandete argued that asking about Venezuela was an essential part of journalism and stated that those who asked journalists to stop doing so showed a limited view of press freedom and democracy. He asserted that it was just as legitimate to ask about Venezuela at the White House or the State Department as it was to ask about Ukraine, Iran, or France. According to Alandete, it was not the journalists who placed Venezuela among the priorities of U.S. policy: he recalled that Donald Trump threatened in the summer of 2017 to resort to military force against Nicolás Maduro and that, nine years later, he fulfilled that threat. He also pointed out that Trump dedicated a good part of his first speech before the United Nations General Assembly in September 2017 to denouncing the Venezuelan dictatorship. Alandete said that journalists were asking about Delcy Rodríguez, María Corina Machado, oil, political prisoners, elections, and the future of the country. He added that Machado had been received in the Oval Office by George W. Bush in 2005, that Marco Rubio had supported her candidacy for the Nobel Peace Prize, and that Trump had met with her twice in the White House at his own discretion. Finally, he maintained that stopping questions about Machado, Rodríguez, or other protagonists of the crisis for fear of uncomfortable answers confused journalism with something else. He stated that the job of journalists was to ask, verify, and report what was happening, not to protect politicians or limit themselves to asking questions favorable to a cause. #Periodismo #LibertadDePrensa #Venezuela (translated)

David Alandete wrote that Donald Trump had attributed the riots in France solely to immigration. According to Alandete, Trump said he had warned several leaders that immigration would cause problems in France and Europe, and maintained that those arriving rejected the art, buildings, and population of the country and were taking it over. He also claimed that he had discussed the issue with Putin and advocated for the need for strong borders. #Inmigración #Francia #Trump (translated)

David Alandete wrote that the United States was preparing a new phase of its intervention in Venezuela, which would include the renewal of Delcy's government, a distribution of oil among multinationals, and the handing over of new Chavista leaders to the U.S. justice system. He also mentioned mysterious flights to Turkey. https://t.co/Y0YlNM4cMV #Venezuela #Política #EEUU (translated)

David Alandete pointed out that, as ABC had reported, a purchase of armament from the United States for 75 million would be approved on Monday. He added that the governments of Pedro Sánchez had accumulated more than 7.1 billion in military and armament purchases since 2018, the highest figure in democracy. https://t.co/AaVKtzq4Zj #Armamento #CompraMilitar #España (translated)

David Alandete considered that Karoline Leavitt had been one of the most effective press chiefs of the White House. He attributed her performance to her previous experience in the journalistic environment, her knowledge of journalists and the dynamics of the press room, and her commitment to Donald Trump and his project. Alandete said that since 2017, he had seen eight spokespersons pass through that room and that, in his opinion, none had managed the timing, the responses, and the message like Leavitt did. #KarolineLeavitt #CasaBlanca #Prensa (translated)

David Alandete wrote that Trump had said that the White House spokesperson position might not be suitable for Katie Zacharia, whom he had appointed less than a week earlier, and that he would talk to her. According to Alandete, if he replaced her, Zacharia would have one of the shortest tenures of a senior official in Trump's two administrations. He also noted that that day the president would be accompanied by Chief of Communications, Steven Cheung, and not by Zacharia. #Trump #CasaBlanca #Política (translated)

David Alandete explained that, according to him, Trump rewarded Delcy and Jorge Rodríguez because both were dismantling chavismo under his orders. He said he was developing that explanation in a video from the White House. https://t.co/OGxxXaJc5K #Trump #Venezuela #Chavismo (translated)

David Alandete wrote that, according to sources from the U.S. Department of State, the third round of negotiations regarding Venezuela would extend until the end of next week and would address elections, political party participation, and democratic transition. He added that Washington claimed to have made concrete progress on Supreme Court reform, repressive laws, and access to websites. #Venezuela #Democracia #Negociaciones (translated)

David Alandete wrote that Spain had prevented the docking of ships linked to the United States heading to Israel and that the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission was proposing sanctions against Spanish vessels. He added that the decision rested with Donald Trump and maintained that Pedro Sánchez had taken his standoff with Washington to the ports, while the United States would respond with trade measures. #España #EEUU #comercio (translated)

David Alandete wrote that Pedro Sánchez's policy towards Israel could cost Spain millions. He stated that the United States proposed charging $200,000 per trip to all Spanish vessels and restricting the export of oil, cosmetics, and ceramics. He also pointed out that the Federal Maritime Commission considered discrimination against American ships to be proven and that sanctions were being proposed to the White House, which, according to him, had been warning about possible penalties for some time. https://t.co/YvgOYtoIc4 #PolíticaExterior #España #Sanciones (translated)

David Alandete pointed out that Jorge Rodríguez, Delcy's brother, had been removed from the OFAC sanctions lists under all the aliases he was listed with. He added that Rodríguez had been meeting with officials and envoys from Trump since 2020 and that his cooperation had been necessary in the new stage of relations between Caracas and the White House. #JorgeRodriguez #sanciones #relacionesinternacionales (translated)

David Alandete criticized some reports on the campaign in the United States that, he wrote, described the Republicans as distant from Donald Trump and mired in panic. He stated that this narrative was based on a single anonymous source cited by CNN and argued that journalism should verify the facts, rather than presenting an anonymous second-hand statement as the diagnosis of an entire country. #Periodismo #EEUU #Trump (translated)

David Alandete said that he asked Donald Trump if he expected more extraditions in the case of Nicolás Maduro and other defendants. According to Alandete, Trump responded that the process would continue its course in the courts, accused Maduro of having committed very serious acts, and termed his capture and Venezuela as great achievements. #Venezuela #Maduro #Trump (translated)