10-23-25 victor
Trump vows to pull Israel support if it annexes West Bank
WEST BANK ANNEXATION: President Donald Trump said in an interview with Time magazine last week that Israel "would lose all of its support from the United States" if it annexed the already occupied West Bank. His comments came before Israel's parliament voted for an effective annexation of the Palestinian territory.
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10-23-25 spal
The US uses an average of about 20.3 million barrels a day.
LOL |
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10-23-25 victor
| Russia exports a significant amount of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe, with the EU being the largest buyer, accounting for about 51% of Russia's LNG exports. However, due to ongoing geopolitical tensions and sanctions, the EU plans to ban Russian LNG imports starting in 2027. |
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10-23-25 spal
The Department of Energy (DOE) is planning to purchase 1 million barrels of oil to help restock the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) after the Biden administration drained the reserve and once passed on replenishing it due to high prices, the agency announced Tuesday.
The DOE announced Tuesday that it is seeking to take advantage of lower oil prices by planning December and January deliveries using funds allocated for the SPR under the Working Families Tax Cut. |
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10-23-25 victor
pana, sure, look at the last line
los Veintisiete han acordado adelantar un año, del 2028 al 2027, la prohibición de adquirir gas natural licuado (GNL) ruso.
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10-23-25 panasonic
| Vic, eventually they will have to confront China, EU money ends in Putin's military budget from that triangulation. |
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10-23-25 victor
pana, the good thing about X..
this is what petro wrote back in 2018..
look at point #2
https://x.com/petrogustavo/status/1005138178163052544
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10-23-25 victor
| pana, btw, petro is giving the green light to the constituyente |
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10-23-25 victor
| pana, it's the 19th round of sanctions. |
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10-23-25 panasonic
| Vic, finally they are reading colores :-)) |
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10-23-25 victor
pana, they are doing something.
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La UE aumenta la presión a Rusia y adopta nuevas sanciones tras el anuncio de Trump
Después de semanas de negociaciones, la Unión Europea ha adoptado este jueves un nuevo paquete de sanciones contra Moscú, que ya es el 19.º desde el inicio de la invasión de Ucrania. El conjunto de medidas ataca a bancos rusos, intercambio de criptomonedas y entidades en China o India, pero también insiste en impedir que la economía rusa siga beneficiándose de la venta de energías fósiles. Entre otras cosas, los Veintisiete han acordado adelantar un año, del 2028 al 2027, la prohibición de adquirir gas natural licuado (GNL) ruso. |
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10-23-25 panasonic
| Carib, indeed..will Modi pass on discounted prices? |
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10-23-25 carib
| Panas: the goal of sanctions is to lower the price of russian oil |
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10-23-25 panasonic
| Soal, mostly market watching if India stops buying oil from Russia, imho won't happen. |
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10-23-25 panasonic
Carib, people spending as if there is no tomorrow, new iPhones selling like hotcakes.
GM earnings bit of a surprise, what sells best these days are things that show status. |
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10-23-25 carib
General Motors appears to like sanctions
(but US motorists will pay more for shittier cars..) |
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10-23-25 savo
why is the US the only power that can not conduct foreign policy without irritating other powers with sanctions.
My only answer is that given that sanctions do not solve problems but perpetuate them... they are put with the specific purpose of generating business opportunities to the friends of power.
It seems as if every time there is a conflict somewhere, an internal machine enters into action within the US to extract sanctions from the president and do their business.
Could be oil, or shipping, chips, rare earth... something is always there to make a profit if sanctions are imposed on some other country.
Does this president think China will not retaliate somehow somewhere...?
At the moment the US has sanctions on China, Russia, India, Brazil...to mention just the largest ones.. |
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10-23-25 victor
| EE.UU. ataca a una segunda supuesta narcolancha en menos de 24 horas en el Pacífico y deja cinco muertos |
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10-23-25 victor
Trump se da un golpe de realidad en Gaza y Ucrania
El presidente ve tambalear sus esfuerzos por lograr la paz en Oriente Medio y Europa
Los anuncios diplomáticos de Donald Trump suelen ir acompañados de una mezcla de optimismo, hipérboles y amenazas. Aunque el presidente afirma que su estilo negociador ha llevado la paz a ocho conflictos en el mundo, los acontecimientos de la última semana en Gaza y Ucrania han puesto a prueba su capacidad de acabar con los dos que prometió resolver en un día. Nueve meses después de su llegada al poder, el inestable alto el fuego en Oriente Medio y la negativa del Kremlin a negociar una tregua suponen un nuevo golpe de realidad para la errática diplomacia del republicano.
En una semana, Trump ha pasado de celebrar una “paz fuerte, duradera y eterna” entre Israel y Hamas a ver cómo Tel Aviv incumplía lo pactado al lanzar una nueva andanada de letales bombardeos sobre Gaza, acusando a la organización islamista de haber matado a dos soldados israelíes. En Ucrania, ha pasado de decir que el presidente ruso, Vladímir Putin, y el ucraniano, Volodímir Zelenski, estaban “listos para la paz” gracias a su mediación a ver cómo se desmoronaba toda posibilidad de acuerdo. Para forzar a Rusia a negociar, ayer EE.UU. anunció las primeras sanciones de la era Trump contra su sector energético. |
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10-23-25 victor
US hits $38 trillion in debt, after the fastest accumulation of $1 trillion outside of the pandemic
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the midst of a federal government shutdown, the U.S. government’s gross national debt surpassed $38 trillion Wednesday, a record number that highlights the accelerating accumulation of debt on America’s balance sheet.
It's also the fastest accumulation of a trillion dollars in debt outside of the COVID-19 pandemic — the U.S. hit $37 trillion in gross national debt in August this year.
The $38 trillion update is found in the latest Treasury Department report, which logs the nation’s daily finances.
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10-23-25 spal
Russian sanctions ergo ...
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10-23-25 spal
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BESSENT: WILL ANNOUNCE RUSSIA SANCTIONS TODAY OR TOMORROW
Watch oil and freight.. |
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10-23-25 victor
US Sanctions Rosneft and Lukoil in Bid for Ukraine Talks
Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration announced sanctions on Russia’s biggest oil producers, rolling out its first major package of financial punishments on President Vladimir Putin’s economy as part of a fresh push to end to the war in Ukraine.
The Treasury Department blacklisted state-run oil giant Rosneft PJSC and Lukoil PJSC because of “Russia’s lack of serious commitment to a peace process to end the war in Ukraine,” according to a statement Wednesday.
The decision to sanction Rosneft and Lukoil marked a U-turn for President Donald Trump, who had held off on major sanctions and announced last week he would meet Putin in the coming weeks. In the last day, Trump had indicated a change of heart, saying he didn’t want a wasted meeting.
Oil prices surged in thin post-settlement trading on news of the fresh sanctions, with international benchmark Brent surging 5%. The renewed threat of a disruption to Russian oil supplies is helping support a global oil market that has been bracing for a long-anticipated glut.
State-controlled Rosneft, headed by Putin’s close ally Igor Sechin, and privately held Lukoil are the two largest Russian oil producers, jointly accounting for nearly half of the nation’s total crude-oil exports, according to Bloomberg estimates. Taxes from the oil and gas industries account for about a quarter of the federal budget.
“I just felt it was time,” Trump said in a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office. He said he hoped “they won’t be on for long” and he hoped the war would be settled.
“The only thing I can say is, every time I speak with Vladimir, I have good conversations, and then they just don’t go anywhere,” Trump said. He said a meeting with the Russian leader will take place in the future.
Before Wednesday, Trump had repeatedly backed away from threats of tariffs, sanctions and other punishments against Russia. On July 29, he gave Russia 10 days to reach a truce with Ukraine. But the Aug. 8 deadline came and went without further action by the US leader. He then met Putin in Alaska but the meeting produced no progress on the war.
Wednesday’s move was one former President Joe Biden considered making in the waning days of his presidency. But he resisted over fears of spooking global energy markets and spiking the price of oil. Given Trump’s own focus on keeping gasoline prices low, it marks a major gamble and signals his patience with Putin may finally be running out. In the Oval Office meeting, he said he believed gas would go to $2 a gallon.
Trump had earlier equivocated on a Senate plan to ramp up sanctions on Russia and declined to commit to sending Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine. And despite his downbeat tone toward Putin, Trump signaled Wednesday he was unlikely to provide Ukraine with Tomahawks, saying Tomahawks can only be effective if the US fires them, and it’s not going to do so.
It’s unclear whether the latest move will seriously impact Putin’s calculus on the war. The Biden administration imposed wave after wave of sanctions against Russia after its invasion in 2022, damaging the Russian economy but never deterring Putin from pressing ahead.
Thomas Graham, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, said the latest sanctions may ultimately amount to less than Trump hopes.
“If the White House thinks this is going to lead to radical change in the Kremlin’s conduct or Putin’s policy, they’re deluding themselves — and I don’t think that they actually believe that,” Graham said.
“Sanctions work slowly and the Kremlin has been very good at circumventing these kinds of sanctions,” he said.
Ukraine welcomed the move.
“For the first time during the tenure of the 47th President of the United States, Washington has decided to impose full blocking sanctions against Russian energy companies,” Ambassador Olga Stefanishyna said in a statement. She said Ukraine believes “peace is only possible through strength and by exerting pressure on the aggressor using all available international instruments.”
In Ukraine earlier Wednesday, Russia launched multiple drone and missile strikes, killing at least seven civilians including children in the early hours of Wednesday. Russia continues to ramp up its attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with Kyiv attempting to respond by targeting refineries.
The UK sanctioned Rosneft and Lukoil a week ago. On Thursday, the European Union is set to announce a new sanctions package that will include an import ban on liquefied natural gas. The package aims to further starve Moscow of energy revenue and pressure Putin into negotiations.
“You have some coordination that could meaningfully increase the challenge of buying Russian oil,” said Kevin Book, managing director at Washington-based ClearView Energy Partners.
“The president is taking a decisive step in the sense that this is the first new sanction put in place during his administration” on Russian oil, Book said. “He allowed general licenses to lapse, and there were some LNG designations. But on oil, this is really the first affirmative and significant step of Trump 2.0 on Russian oil.”
The US and its Group of Seven allies opted to impose a price cap on Russia’s oil exports in 2022 in part because of the concerns that crude prices would spike. Brent futures touched $139 a barrel in the days after the war erupted, but are trading far lower today.
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10-23-25 victor
pana, i can just imagine sanchez calling early elections.. and campaigning on stuff like:
"vote for me, and i guarantee there will be no increase on nato spending" |
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10-22-25 victor
go for it, trump!!
sanchez wants you to do it, so he can call early elections, win them, and get himself re-elected.
:-))
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Trump vuelve a señalar a España por el gasto en defensa: «No juega en equipo»
La Casa Blanca estudia represalias selectivas contra sectores españoles con fuerte exposición en el mercado estadounidense, replicando el modelo aplicado a Brasil por el juicio a Jair Bolsonaro
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10-22-25 victor
EE.UU. extiende al Pacífico su campaña militar contra el narco y hunde una supuesta narcolancha frente a Colombia
El nuevo ataque, realizado en aguas internacionales, marca la primera operación fuera del Caribe y refuerza la estrategia de la Casa Blanca de tratar a los cárteles como «narcoterroristas» |
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10-22-25 savo
| nobody gives a shit about US sanctions... |
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10-22-25 victor
pana, well..
more sanctions, the continuation of biden's policies towards russia.
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US to announce 'substantial' Russia sanctions
The US government will impose a "substantial pickup" in sanctions against Russia as the fighting in Ukraine continues, according to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
Bessent's comments came just before Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte was due at the White House, in which he said he hopes to discuss "how to deliver" Trump's "vision of peace" in the conflict.
Earlier in the day, Rutte said he believes that Trump is "the only one who can get this done".
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10-22-25 panasonic
| Vic, eso es lo que hay, 27 politicians going in different directions:-( |
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10-22-25 victor
pana, EU needs to show a strong front, that's the problem
Sanchez jumped in a plane
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the eu is not one country.
it's ** 27 ** countries, pana. |
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10-22-25 panasonic
Vic, bcz EU needs to show a strong front, that's the problem.
When Chinese envoy said "we can't afford that Russia loses the war" they should have expelled him immediately.
Not only they didn't expel him, Sanchez jumped in a plane to have dinner with Xi. |
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10-22-25 victor
pana, didnt you say that xi is the key to everything?
xi agrees with such deal.
so that should be the end of it.. but it's not.
thus, xi is not the key to everything. |
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10-22-25 panasonic
| Vic, bcz Putin won't stop there. |
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10-22-25 victor
pana, how to broker an exit of Russian troops from Ukraine
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such deal is on the table already.
so there is nothing really to broker.
putin takes donbas, and the war ends tomorrow.
xi would agree.
so why isn't it happening, pana?
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10-22-25 panasonic
| Savo, exactly...so I have no time nor patience for wait scenarios...hope it's done, sooner better. |
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10-22-25 savo
pana..let's be realistic... maduro ends in 2030 ... unless forced out.
The forcing out of the last 8 years is not working.
Thus my hope that Trump does a Syria in veni.
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10-22-25 panasonic
Vic, you are mixing your sentiment abt. DT with real ways to solve Ukr invasion.
As said here, one thousand times, I won't defend ANY politician, none.
Fastest AI replace them all the better.
So if theme is how to broker an exit of Russian troops from Ukraine, me in...to discuss which politician I support, me out ;-) |
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10-22-25 panasonic
Savo, me like Maduro goes, 11 years after Pinky got whacked is enough for me, not getting younger.
You're probably ok with Decly's transition plan for 2031, me no ;-) |
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10-22-25 savo
pana...
bonds can go up if maduro goes or if the US leaves veni be and starts minding its own business.
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10-22-25 victor
| pana, you are making up excuses for dt. |
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10-22-25 panasonic
| Vic, simply bcz the EU is ambiguous on the subject, till the EU is able to separate their sentiment abt. DT from Ukr invasion, stall remains. |
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10-22-25 victor
pana, but why doesnt dt solve the ukr war?
dt doesnt need xi to solve it for him. |
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10-22-25 panasonic
| Savo, volume is so thin that any decent size buyer can't do it without moving the needle a lot. |
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10-22-25 panasonic
| Savo, nego off means more bad news for Maduro, hopefully. |
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10-22-25 savo
I would say that if no strikes are being contemplated... an invasion is not either.
The point is why are bonds going up?
possible explanations:
1) they were unusually cheap compared to other bonds in default (as an example azul bonds in default are at 45). Argie never went below 15... Ghana, Zambia Sri Lanka never went below 30...
2) The pdvsa-rep gap is closing
3) somebody knows something we do not know. |
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10-22-25 savo
pana
Strikes inside Venezuela are an option—and Trump has publicly raised the possibility—but they aren’t currently being contemplated, the administration official said.
https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/trumps-threats-and-military-strikes-turn-up-heat-on-latin-america-984cc01b |
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10-22-25 panasonic
Vic, just to help solve any confusion, what did I post when conflict started?
"The only one that can stop this is Xi"
Meanwhile EU doesn't want to spend in defense but don't have the balls to confront Xi directly :-( |
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10-22-25 savo
victor.. do you know why Russia and its adversaries do not reach a peace agreement?
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10-22-25 victor
the inaction of the world's greatest dealmaker.
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CNN
What’s happening to end the government shutdown? Nothing
Democrats are talking to their voters who are desperate to fight. Republicans rarely reach beyond their base. And President Donald Trump, supposedly the world’s greatest dealmaker, is tuned out.
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10-22-25 victor
pana, i am confused.
is this the same guy who claimed he would end the ukr war on day one ??
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Trump cancela su cumbre con Putin y enfría cualquier avance de paz en Ucrania
Los republicanos aseguran que tienen sanciones al Kremlin listas, pero dependen de la Casa Blanca |
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