viernes, 9 de mayo de 2025

EL CASTRISMO Y MORENA

 



Por JOEL ORTEGA JUÁREZ
El encuentro en La Habana

El encuentro de Miguel Díaz Canel, presidente nominal de Cuba y Carolina Díaz Rangel secretaria general de MORENA, efectuado el viernes 2 de mayo de 2025 en La Habana, no es fortuito. Se trata de una vinculación profunda entre dos gobiernos castristas. En sí misma no tiene ningún carácter ilegal, subversivo, ni mucho menos es una conjura, como lo dice el locutor preferido de Ricardo Salinas Pliego, Javier Alatorre, hasta hace muy poco admirados aliados de AMLO, es simple y sencillamente la reunión de fuerzas políticas fraternales. Como las que realiza Ricardo Salinas con sus afines, algunos autonombrados libertarios como el presidente Javier Milei. Es totalmente lógico que los que juegan en un bando se organicen para combatir al bando opuesto. En un duelo de ajedrez las piezas negras se mueven con el objetivo de vencer a las blancas para darle jaque al Rey y viceversa. Lo extraño es que las blancas jugaran, deliberadamente, para favorecer el triunfo de las negras. Los adversarios, no se diga los enemigos, actúan para vencer al que tienen en su contra.

La cuestión en relación con esta reunión es ir más allá de la anécdota o de la estridencia anticomunista de TV Azteca, la derecha anticomunista, la derecha “civilizada” del PAN, el anticomunismo priista de larga data, incluyendo a Luis Echeverría que sostuvo siempre que el movimiento estudiantil de 1968 fue una conjura castro-comunista; el tema es la existencia de raíces comunes del castrismo y el morenismo, que vienen de lejos. Una lectura amable es la de una postura nacionalista, antimperialista, cuya matriz viene del cardenismo del general Lázaro Cárdenas, lectura que no es necesariamente falaz.

Si hay raíces profundas entre MORENA Y EL CASTRISMO.

Tiene mucho sentido que el actual gobierno mexicano done centenares de miles de barriles de petróleo a Cuba, entre ellas un suministro de 400 mil barriles en octubre de 2024, no solamente por razones humanitarias, sino porque México es el país que le da vida artificial a una dictadura sin cuyo apoyo estaría muy cerca de su extinción.

¿Esa política de Estado es pertinente con una conducta democrática, defensora de la soberanía republicana contraria al intervencionismo gringo y acorde con nuestra llamada política de no intervención y respeto a los pueblos?

Hace muchos años, más de cincuenta, considero que la Revolución Cubana fue traicionada por el castrismo.

Su naturaleza libertaria original fue canjeada por Castro Ruz quien de manera simbólica y real eliminó a Fidel.

No es casual la misteriosa muerte de Camilo Cienfuegos.

En otros términos, el abandono de Ernesto Guevara El Che en Bolivia.

Ambos fueron figuras opuestas al entreguismo de Castro a los soviéticos, aunque por razones quizá diametralmente opuestas.

Arnaldo Ochoa también fue eliminado por Castro.

Los tres tienen en común ser figuras muy populares que Castro no podía permitir que le hicieran sombra.

Cuba convertida en una dictadura con economía de guerra, con poco más de la quinta parte de su población huyendo, no sería lógico que fuese ejemplo para MORENA, tanto para AMLO como para Claudia Sheinbaum, salvo que para ambos y sus seguidores fanáticos Cuba sea el ejemplo de “socialismo que construyó el hombre nuevo, víctima del Imperialismo yanqui”.

Exactamente está cuestión es la que deberíamos estar debatiendo.

La desaparición de la independencia de los tres poderes de una república democrática, los pasos diarios hacia el control de la opinión en los grandes medios masivos tradicionales radio y televisión, en la prensa escrita, de los cuales hemos sido expulsados, purgados centenares de disidentes y ahora de las redes mediante la llamada Ley de Telecomunicaciones.

Cuál es el objetivo: instaurar una dictadura al estilo cubano o soviético, con la coartada de “combatir al neoliberalismo”, cuando en la vida real se mantiene ese modelo, sometido a los grandes capitales, a los militares, a los gringos y crecientemente a las bandas del llamado crimen organizado.

Loa defensores del capitalismo voraz, del predomino del PRIAN, de la persecución a migrantes mexicanos y del resto del mundo, de las mujeres, de los ambientalistas, de las madres buscadoras, loc cómplices de la desaparición forzada y la muerte de decenas de miles antes, durante y después de la llamada guerra sucia de Tlatelolco a Teuchitlán más las que seguirán ocurriendo es MORENA Y LA CUARTA TRANSFORMACIÓN. NO HAY QUE DARLE VUELTAS.

lunes, 5 de mayo de 2025

El pleito Zedillo Sheinbaum, es una disputa entre oligarcas

 


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Por Joel Ortega Juárez

Hay todo un montaje para colocarnos ante la disyuntiva Claudia la voz del pueblo o Zedillo el represor y creador del FOBAPROA, o la versión contraria Zedillo el demócrata versus Claudia la destructora de la democracia. Ambas opciones son una tramposa disyuntiva, son dos caras de la misma moneda. La verdad es que dentro del gobierno de Claudia hay varios zedillistas importantes como Juan Ramón de la Fuente, Esteban Moctezuma, el Ministro Záldivar y otros.

Además Zedillo permitió registrar a AMLO como candidato a gobernar al DF, a pesar de violar el requisito de tener residencia electoral aquí, con ello le abrió la puerta a la presidencia. Además lo protegió y financió, como lo ha documentado Marco Rascón.

Ni Zedillo ni nadie pueden decretar quién el «mejor líder del 68» no se trata de un premio como los OSCAR. El 68 no tiene dueño, no es una franquicia.

El pleito Zedillo Sheinbaum, es una disputa entre oligarcas. Sigue pendiente construir un movimiento autónomo.

viernes, 2 de mayo de 2025

¿Habrá GOLPE de Estado en Guatemala?

 



En el Legislativo buscan descabezar a la Directiva oficialista. En el Ejecutivo, Arévalo se reúne con indígenas, pero prometen no ir a las calles.



Por Ollantay Itzamná

La «luna de miel» hace rato se acabó en la Guatemala primaveral de Arévalo. Sólo queda esperar en qué momento el saltimbanqui se cae por sus propios desequilibrios y los intereses contrarios a la voluntad popular. Moraleja: «Jamás de fíes del Imperio»

Hace 16 meses atrás, Guatemala estrenaba presidente, en un Estado convertido en ring de oponentes oligarcas.

Al final, el 15 de enero del 2024, Bernardo Arévalo, respaldado/legitimado por la Embajada norteamericana, la agencia gringa USAID y la OEA, logró jurar y asumir el mando, no sin antes realizar sendos “pactos” económicos con los partidos políticos tradicionales que le dejaron ser presidente.

Ahora que la USAID fue desaparecida, acusada de organización criminal por el propio gobierno norteamericano, y cuando a los EEUU le importan batallas más importantes para su geopolítica en otros lares, el gobierno primaveral de Bernardo Arévalo quedó sin respaldo, ni certidumbre. Al grado que las corrientes tradicionales del denominado pacto de corruptos A están decididos a apoderarse la Dirección del Órgano Legislativo y aplicarle el “puntillazo” al acorralado Arévalo.

En ese contexto, mientas en el Congreso de la República, el 29 de abril, las madres de la Patria intentaron arreglar a aruñones lo que las coimas económicas no pudieron arreglar, el presidente Bernardo Arévalo se reunía con organizaciones indígenas, antes financiadas por la criminal USAID, para intentar «mostrar» respaldado popular que se marchita sin tregua.

El campo popular, sin la USAID, no logra un horizonte político claro. Los aborígenes ancestrales (así bautizados por la cooperación noreuropea post Acuerdos de Paz), muy a pesar que Arévalo cooperó para que encarcelen a su premiado “Héroe de la democracia”, Luis Pacheco y compañía, de la organización 48 Cantones, respaldan a Arévalo, sin prometer calles, o prometiendo a la Fiscal General, Consuelo Porras, que no irán a las calles, menos a protestar contra Ella, ni contra los suyos.

Otro segmento del campo popular, nucleado en el área rural, después de casi un año de “esperar los prometidos cambios primaverales”, decidió salir a las calles, el pasado 28 de abril, y pide dialogar con Arévalo, muy a pesar del desprecio expreso y público de éste hacia las comunidades organizadas en el movimiento CODECA.
En el Legislativo, el reelecto presidente del Congreso, Nery Ramos, fruto del pacto de corruptos B, es torpedeado, y obligado a cerrar sesión y huir del hemiciclo, porque la mayoría de diputados intentó descabezarlo en el acto.

Ahora, Arévalo, y sus diputados del extinto partido Semilla, denuncian “intento de Golpe de Estado”, pero los “héroes de la democracia” ya le dijeron a Consuelo Porras que no irán a las calles a tomar los caminos

¿Arévalo, en su soledad política, aceptará dialogar con CODECA, castigado por la oligarquía nacional e imperial? ¿CODECA estará dispuesto a sacrificar su trayectoria sociopolítica para acompañar la caída del presidente, hijo del legendario “revolucionario”, al servicio de los intereses norteamericanos?

Lo cierto, la «luna de miel» hace rato se acabó en la Guatemala primaveral de Arévalo. Sólo queda esperar en qué momento el saltimbanqui se cae por sus propios desequilibrios y los intereses contrarios a la voluntad popular. Moraleja: «Jamás de fíes del Imperio».

jueves, 1 de mayo de 2025

El Primero de Mayo se celebra más fuera de Estados Unidos.

 




Por Armando García

Es una fuerte ironía que el Día del Trabajo conocido como Primero de Mayo, se asoció internacionalmente con los derechos de los trabajadores debido al caso Haymarket en Chicago en 1886, cuando los trabajadores estadounidenses que hacían huelga por una jornada laboral de ocho horas se enfrentaron a una violenta represión. En respuesta, los movimientos laborales de todo el mundo eligieron el 1 de mayo para conmemorar la lucha por los derechos de los trabajadores, originada en los Estados Unidos., sin embargo, irónicamente, el gobierno de Estados Unidos se distanció más tarde del Primero de Mayo.

Durante la Guerra Fría, por temor a las asociaciones con el socialismo y el comunismo (que celebraba en gran medida el Primero de Mayo), Estados Unidos trasladó deliberadamente su Día del Trabajo a septiembre. El presidente Grover Cleveland, en 1894, estableció oficialmente el Día del Trabajo en septiembre para separar las celebraciones laborales estadounidenses de los movimientos socialistas internacionales.

Entonces, la ironía es doble:

  • Históricamente, las protestas laborales del Primero de Mayo comenzaron en Estados Unidos.
  • Políticamente, Estados Unidos optó por evitar el Primero de Mayo, distanciándose del mismo movimiento obrero que ayudó a desencadenar.

Es un ejemplo fascinante de cómo la historia, la ideología y la imagen política pueden dar forma a los días festivos, incluso hasta el punto de revertir su significado original.

¿Le gustaría que también le mostrara una breve línea de tiempo de cómo el Primero de Mayo evolucionó de manera diferente dentro y fuera de los EE. UU.? Es una historia muy interesante.


He aquí por qué:

  • Orígenes: Aunque el Primero de Mayo tiene sus raíces en los Estados Unidos, particularmente en el caso Haymarket de 1886 en Chicago, cuando los trabajadores lucharon por la jornada laboral de ocho horas, se convirtió en un símbolo internacional de solidaridad laboral fuera de Estados Unidos.
  • Política de la Guerra Fría: En el siglo XX, especialmente durante la Guerra Fría, el Primero de Mayo se asoció con el socialismo y el comunismo. Debido a esto, el gobierno de los EE. UU. y la cultura dominante se distanciaron de la festividad, promoviendo el Día del Trabajo en septiembre.
  • Importancia mundial: En muchos países (como Francia, Alemania, Brasil y muchas partes de Asia y África), el 1 de mayo es un feriado nacional con grandes marchas, protestas y celebraciones de los derechos de los trabajadores. Es un día festivo, en el que a menudo participan sindicatos y partidos políticos de izquierda.

En resumen: el Primero de Mayo se celebra más fuera de Estados Unidos porque se convirtió en un día mundial de los trabajadores, mientras que Estados Unidos lo marginó políticamente.

 

miércoles, 30 de abril de 2025

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First 100 Days: USCIS Delivering on Making America Safe Again

 


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By USCIS.gov

WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is aggressively working to ensure America’s national security by addressing vulnerabilities in immigration policies, reducing exploitation of humanitarian parole programs, and assisting enforcement agencies in identifying and removing illegal aliens.

In the first 100 days of the Trump Administration, USCIS has restored robust screening and vetting capabilities; re-emphasized fraud detection and deterrence; reduced exploitation of the immigration system through humanitarian and temporary protected status programs; in partnership with other agencies, helped reduce encounters at our southern border and increase safety at home, with violent criminal aliens rapidly being removed from our neighborhoods; and introduced commonsense policy and operational solutions to help protect Americans.

“In the first 100 days, USCIS put a stop to disastrous Biden-era ‘humanitarian’ policies that invited fraud and allowed criminal aliens to legally live and work in our communities; facilitated arrests of criminals attempting to gain immigration benefits; and for the first time in decades is ensuring every alien in the U.S. is registered as required by law,” said USCIS Spokesman Matthew Tragesser. “Aliens, immigration attorneys and non-government organizations take note: the days of exploiting our immigration system are over. Aliens who want to live and work in America need to do it legally or get out.”

Addressing Vulnerabilities, Restoring Trust in the Immigration System

USCIS implemented the Alien Registration Requirement (ARR), which strengthens national security, promotes accountability and upholds the rule of law. ARR allows USCIS and other agencies to track the presence of aliens in the U.S., review their criminal records, if any, and maintain awareness of their activities. USCIS recently developed an ARR Determination Tool that guides aliens through specific questions to help determine whether they must submit Form G-325R, Biographic Information (Registration). With almost 47,000 submissions as of April 29, USCIS is extensively promoting public awareness of this requirement and the penalties for non-compliance.

USCIS continues to deploy volunteers to support U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations. USCIS currently has ~450 volunteers detailed to ICE supporting 85 facilities across the country.

USCIS is actively engaged in cross-agency partnerships in immigration enforcement and public safety, including having facilitated 369 arrests at USCIS field offices since Jan. 20, 2025. Press releases highlighting USCIS involvement in arrests and convictions can be found in the USCIS Newsroom.

In cooperation with ICE, the Diplomatic Security Service and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Maryland, USCIS played a critical role in taking down a large-scale marriage fraud scheme leading to the indictment of four ringleaders and the arrests of aliens attempting to defraud the immigration system.

USCIS is closing screening and vetting loopholes from the Biden Administration and prioritizing the safety of Americans by accurately applying Terrorism Related Inadmissibility Grounds to deny members of transnational crime organizations designated as foreign terrorist organizations access to immigration benefits.

Ending Exploitation Through Categorical Parole and Temporary Protected Status

USCIS is fulfilling the administration’s goal of terminating categorical programs that run contrary to U.S. policy. This includes stopping broad abuse of humanitarian parole authority by ending the Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan parole program, and ensuring consideration of parole requests on a case-by-case basis. Approximately 531,000 aliens have been notified of the termination of their parole and employment authorization and encouraged to use the U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP Home app to report their departure from the United States.

Ending the exploitation and abuse of Temporary Protected Status, USCIS rescinded the prior administration’s extension of Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status and ended the extension of Venezuela’s 2023 Temporary Protected Status designation.

Restoring Stronger Safeguards and Commonsense Policies

USCIS is restoring robust screening and vetting capabilities, enabling us to detect aliens with potentially harmful intent and to deter them from trying to enter the United States. USCIS is ensuring officers have access to the tools and training needed to detect immigration fraud and protect national security and is actively increasing awareness of the consequences of immigration fraud. Aliens who use false information or deceitful practices to unfairly obtain immigration benefits will face serious consequences, including prison, steep fines, and removal from the U.S.

Some of our screening and vetting efforts since Jan. 20, 2025, include:

  • Completing 7,120 benefit fraud records;
  • Identifying fraud in 4,664 number of records;
  • Referring 462 benefit fraud records and 4,672 egregious public safety records to ICE for criminal investigation or enforcement;
  • Completing 2,271 site visits to workplaces; and
  • Screening 3,568 subjects’ social media activity.

USCIS adopted social media vetting for anti-Americanism to consider social media content that indicates an alien endorsing, espousing, promoting, or supporting antisemitic terrorism, antisemitic terrorist organizations, or other antisemitic or anti-American activity as a negative factor in any USCIS discretionary analysis when adjudicating immigration benefit requests.

USCIS initiated an overhaul of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database to eliminate transaction fees for participating state, local, territorial, and tribal government users, streamline mass alien status checks, and integrate criminal records, immigration timelines, and addresses into results. This will help prevent aliens from exploiting taxpayer-funded public benefits or voting illegally.

USCIS returned to its historical policy of recognizing only two sexes, male and female, that are binary, biological, and not changeable. USCIS is working to protect the integrity of women’s sports by ensuring that aliens traveling to the United States to compete do so only in sporting events for their biological sex.

USCIS issued new Covid vaccination guidance, waiving all requirements for aliens applying for Green Cards to show that they received COVID-19 vaccination.

USCIS ended coordination on naturalization ceremonies with sanctuary cities that restrict the ability of law enforcement to cooperate with DHS to enforce immigration laws and keep American communities safe from illegal and violent aliens.

 

100 Days of an America First State Department

 


Photo: State.gov

By Department of State

In his first 100 days, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has implemented a decisive and focused America First foreign policy agenda, in partnership with key agencies.  The accomplishments below are organized by six pillars of the Trump Administration’s priorities.

“Every dollar we spend, every program we fund, every policy we pursue must be justified by the answer to one of three questions:  Does it make America safer? Does it make America stronger? Or does it make America more prosperous?”  — Secretary Rubio

 1.  Delivering an America First Foreign Policy

  • Reorganizing the State Department:  Created a plan for the U.S. State Department to ensure the Department can better perform its essential diplomatic mission and advance America’s core national interests in the 21st Century.
  • Foreign Aid Done Right:  Terminated various foreign assistance-funded grants and contracts, across USAID and State Department, inconsistent with administration priorities with total value exceeding $80 billion. Oversaw an 85 percent cut of USAID programs, with the goal of refocusing taxpayer dollars with our national and strategic interests. Began the process of transferring remaining USAID programs, which align with the administration’s priorities.
  • Securing the Release of Detained Americans:  Secured the release of dozens of Americans unjustly detained in multiple countries including Afghanistan, Russia, Belarus, and Venezuela through high-level diplomatic efforts. 
  • Deterring China’s Presence in our Region:  Advanced President Trump’s America First policy by rebuilding relationships and partnering with key allies in our neighborhood. Thanks to Secretary Rubio’s efforts, which included his first international trip, Panama made the monumental decision to leave China’s Belt and Road Initiative.  Other nations, including El Salvador, Mexico, and Costa Rica, have taken meaningful steps away from China and toward the United States.
  • Revoking Visas When Threats Arise:  Implemented President Trump’s zero-tolerance approach to foreign visitors who abet terrorist organizations or participate in activities that threaten our national security or foreign policy interests.
  • Ending ‘X Gender’ U.S. Passports:  Eliminated ‘X’ as an available sex marker on U.S. passports, which are now issued based on an individual’s sex at birth.
  • One Flag Policy:  Implemented that only the flag of the United States of America is authorized to be flown or displayed at U.S. facilities, both domestic and abroad, and featured in U.S. government content, with exceptions made for the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) emblem and the Wrongful Detainees Flag, both of which are included in statute.
  • Championing Free Speech:  Shuttered the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Hub (R-FIMI), which cost taxpayers more than $50 million per year, and actively censored the voices of Americans.
  • Withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement:  Issued memo to immediately initiate formal withdrawal from the Paris Agreement in accordance with President Trump’s executive order.
  • Streamlining Defense Cooperation:  Streamlined defense cooperation to invigorate the American industrial base, strengthen U.S. supply chains, and advance technological development. This will advance U.S. competitiveness abroad.
  • USA Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka:  Inaugurated the 31,000 square-foot USA Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, reinforcing our commitment to shaping the future of the Indo-Pacific and demonstrating American excellence, innovation, leadership, and opportunities to visitors from around the world. The USA Pavilion welcomed more than 60,000 visitors during Expo 2025 Osaka’s opening week, 12 percent of the half-million total visitors to the Expo site during the same period.
  • Protecting Women’s Sports:  Reaffirmed that the State Department will protect girls and women in academic and professional-level sports. In accordance with that priority, the Department will not issue visas for biological men entering the U.S. to compete in women’s sports and will not provide funding for or take part in cultural exchange programs that allow biological men to participate in women’s sports. Women are the only ones who belong in female sports.
  • Historic Issuance of U.S. Passports:  Issued 2.78 million passport books and cards in March, the highest monthly volume in U.S. history, thanks to process and technology improvements including online passport renewal. 

2.  Ensuring Fair Economic and Trade Relationships

  • Advocating for U.S. Companies:  Secretary Rubio and Deputy Secretary Landau personally advocated for more than $64.8 billion in new deals for U.S. companies in their engagements with foreign government officials.
  • Establishing Trade-Linked Security Pacts for Canada and Mexico:  Brokered deals with Canada and Mexico that put Americans’ safety and our national security first in tying fentanyl interdiction and reductions in illegal immigration to tariff relief. This led to concrete actions from both nations who took greater responsibility in securing our borders.
  • Defending American Companies and Innovators:  Worked to prevent the unfair exploitation of American innovation by combatting the unfair taxes, fines, practices, and policies that foreign governments levy on U.S. companies.  
  • Securing Critical Minerals Supply Chains:  Supported the rollout of a new Presidential policy on exploration and extraction of seabed minerals and launched discussions with Ukraine and five African heads of state on increased access for U.S. companies to land-based minerals needed for U.S. national defense and commercial applications.
  • Historic U.S.-Iraq Trade Mission:  Facilitated the largest U.S. trade delegation to visit Baghdad. The mission included 101 representatives from 56 American companies and resulted in approximately $30 billion worth of agreements.
  • Accountability for American Farmers:  Negotiated Mexican water deliveries to ensure compliance with the 1944 Water Treaty. American farmers had suffered an estimated $1 billion in water-related losses in the preceding four years. Mexico committed to an immediate transfer of water and to increase the U.S. share of the flow from Mexico’s Rio Grande tributaries. This will provide much-needed water to the farmers, ranchers, and municipalities in the Texas Rio Grande Valley.

 3.  Restoring U.S. Leadership

  • Promoting U.S. Energy Exports:  Championed U.S. liquefied natural gas exports as a fuel-of-choice for our international partners and revoked policies that limited the ability to support and promote exports of America’s abundant natural gas, oil, and coal resources. 
  • Strengthening Energy Cooperation in our Region:  Emphasized U.S. commitment to Guyana’s energy, prosperity, and sovereignty by highlighting consequences for the Maduro regime if they invaded Guyana. Strengthened energy cooperation in Guyana’s and Suriname’s hydrocarbon potential, geothermal energy in Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and other Eastern Caribbean islands.  
  • Strengthening U.S. Leadership in Global Investment and Emerging Technologies:  Reinforced the U.S. as the premier strategic partner for Gulf allies, resulting in landmark investment commitments of over $1 trillion combined from the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in advanced technology, defense, energy, infrastructure, and manufacturing over the next decade. 
  • Expanding Cybersecurity and Tech Partnerships:  Partnered with Costa Rica to expand cyber defenses and secure 5G infrastructure, standing together against the threat of Chinese telecoms.
  • Advancing Civil Nuclear Energy Diplomacy:  Signed a Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Strategic Civil Nuclear Cooperation with El Salvador to support safe and secure nuclear energy in our region.   
  • Teaming with U.S. Industry to Reclaim American Nuclear Energy Dominance:  Launched new Foundational Infrastructure for Responsible Use of Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Technology (FIRST) bilateral partnership with El Salvador, which connected U.S. nuclear vendors with ten countries from our region seeking U.S. SMR solutions to meet their energy needs. Began a regional SMR training hub project with Estonia, which featured a U.S. vendor’s secure and safe SMR control room simulator. These civil nuclear energy partnerships harness the power of America’s nuclear industry to expedite the deployment of safe, secure, and proliferation-resistant SMRs.

 4.  Curbing Illegal Immigration and Fentanyl, Securing America’s Borders

  • Deterring Illegal Immigration:  Helped reduce illegal immigration attempts by 95 percent. Reached millions of people through a coordinated, international, multilingual, media campaign in over 150 countries. Partnered with DHS on a new program to encourage illegal aliens to self-deport from the U.S.
  • Foreign Terrorist Designations:  Designated six violent Mexican cartels, Tren de Aragua (TdA) and MS-13 as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, prohibiting the provision of material support and travel of group members to the U.S.
  • Counterterrorism Transfers:  Led the transfer of MS-13 and Tren de Aragua (TdA) members to El Salvador as part of expanded security cooperation and deported hundreds of MS-13 and TdA affiliated aliens.  Secured the extradition of Sarah Root’s killer from Honduras. Secured and charged a key ISIS-K terrorist responsible for the Abbey Gate bombing in Afghanistan that killed 13 U.S. service members and hundreds of innocent civilians.  
  • Sanctioning Transnational Organized Criminal Groups and Others:  Sanctioned 10 individuals and 7 entities for enabling drug trafficking, including fentanyl-related activities. Sanctioned Foxtrot Network, a transnational criminal organization with ties to Iran, and its fugitive leader, Rawa Majid. Also sanctioned Jumilca Sandivel Hernandez Perez, an instrumental member of the Lopez Human Smuggling Organization.
  • Addressing Fentanyl Smuggling at our Border:  Helped secure deployment of 10,000 Mexican troops and technology cooperation to prevent fentanyl smuggling to the U.S.
  • Counter-ISIS Repatriations:  Facilitated repatriation of more than 4,600 displaced persons and ISIS-affiliated detainees from northeast Syria. This significantly reduced the security threat posed to the region and the U.S.  
  • Facilitating Interagency Operations and Law Enforcement Data Sharing:  Directed criminal intelligence experts to facilitate Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) Actor Detection Program nominations and interagency vetting of TOC actors, with nominations of individuals affiliated with certain groups to terrorist databases where applicable.
  • Justice Reward Offers:  Provided incentives for information on Lebanese Hizballah cash smuggling, Houthi financial mechanisms, Iranians implicated in the abduction of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, Chinese-linked malicious cyber actors and entities. Justice reward offers also include Iranian drone production and financial networks of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp, Chinese exporters smuggling U.S. high-tech to Iran for IRGC arms production, Russian hacker and his widely used malware, Khadra Essa, ISIS sharia enforcer; and two kidnapped U.S. children, who were taken to the now-defunct ISIS caliphate.
  • Combatting Visa Fraud:  Combatted visa fraud by applying heightened standards of security in consular sections when verifying visa applicant identity, nationality, and travel patterns.  

5.  Combating our Adversaries

  • Penalizing China for Actions in Hong Kong, Xinjiang, and Tibet:  Sanctioned Beijing and Hong Kong authorities for undermining Hong Kong’s autonomy.  Implemented visa restrictions on foreign officials involved in forced return of Uyghurs to China and for restricting access to Tibet. 
  • Stopping Energy Imports from Maduro Regime:  Stopped the flow of revenue to the Maduro regime by revoking Chevron and other international oil companies’ licenses.  Established discretionary secondary tariffs on countries importing Venezuelan oil.
  • Ensuring Accountability:  Reinstated Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism given the regime’s support for acts of international terrorism and for providing safe harbor to terrorists and U.S. fugitives.
  • Increasing Contributions from Indo-Pacific Allies to Deter China:  Developed strategic messaging to support deployment of U.S. military capabilities in the region. 
  • Working to Deter North Korea:  Coordinated trilateral U.S.-Japan-Republic of Korea strategy on North Korea missile threats and regional defense.
  • Enforcing Energy Sanctions:  Sanctioned Iranian petroleum and petrochemical-related entities, including China-based oil terminals and vessels operating in Iran’s shadow fleet, to sever financial support for Tehran’s nuclear program, ballistic missile development, and terrorist proxies.
  • Maximum Pressure on Iran:  Launched a coordinated campaign to drive Iran’s oil exports to zero, especially to China. Sanctioned 72 entities, 14 individuals, and 74 vessels as well as 16 additional entities, including two China-based oil terminals, and 13 vessels to implement National Security Presidential Memorandum-2 (NSPM-2).
  • Preventing Weapons from Going to our Adversaries:  Worked with partners and allies to intercept shipments of weapons of mass destruction, missile components, and advanced military and dual use technologies. Disrupted rogue regimes’ sanctions evasion efforts.
  • Countering Cyber Threats:  Sanctioned Shanghai-based malicious cyber actor and data broker, Zhou Shuai, and his company. Put incentives in place for information on i-Soon a Chinese Technology company engaged in malicious cyber activities. In coordination with Australia and the United Kingdom, the U.S. sanctioned Zservers, a Russia-based bulletproof hosting (BPH) services provider, and two Russian nationals serving as Zservers operators, for their roles in supporting LockBit ransomware attacks.
  • Holding Cuba Accountable for its Forced Labor Scheme:  Expanded a visa restriction policy targeting any individuals who facilitate forced labor linked to the Cuban regime’s labor export program, including international medical missions.
  • Holding the Nicaraguan Ortega Murillo Authoritarian Dynasty Accountable:  Imposed visa restrictions on more than 250 Nicaraguan regime officials to hold them accountable for depriving the Nicaraguan people of their fundamental freedoms and forcing many into exile.
  • Houthis Illicit Financing:  Spearheaded U.S. and Republic of Yemen law enforcement cooperation to stop illicit antiquities trafficking from Yemen that profits the Houthis.
  • Maximum Pressure on Iran Backed Groups:  Sanctioned Iran’s oil minister and shadow fleet as well as Houthi financial networks and suppliers. Designated Ansarallah as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. Imposed sanctions on five individuals and three entities tied to Hizballah’s financial network.
  • Increasing Global Burden Sharing:  Based on our own needs assessment and through trusted partners, provided life-saving assistance following the devastating earthquake in Burma. Declared that the U.S. cannot remain the world’s primary humanitarian donor, urging wealthy nations to increase their contributions. In response to the disaster in Burma, Thailand, South Korea, and the U.S., together with Quad partners, delivered targeted emergency aid and reaffirmed solidarity with partners who have supported us in past crises. 

6.  Promoting Lasting Peace:  

  • Securing Increased Defense Spending from NATO Allies:  Pressed NATO Allies to increase their defense spending to 5 percent of GDP during Secretary Rubio’s trip to the NATO Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. Sixteen NATO Allies have announced increases in defense spending.
  • Historic Resolution at the UN Security Council Resolution on Ukraine:  Thanks to U.S. leadership, in February 2025, the UN Security Council adopted its first substantive resolution on Ukraine in three years. The historic resolution invoked the founding principles of the UN Charter and marked a first, crucial, step on the path to peace for Ukraine, Russia, and the international community.
  • Peace Talks between Russia and Ukraine:  Secretary Rubio, National Security Advisor Waltz, and Ambassador Witkoff engaged in direct diplomacy with Russia, restarting diplomatic relationships for the first time in three years. An interagency delegation led parallel U.S.-Ukraine and U.S.-Russia negotiations in Riyadh to broker an energy ceasefire and an agreement to ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea.  
  • Promoting Peace in the Middle East:  Worked to establish and maintain a six-week ceasefire in Gaza that led to the release of 38 hostages, allowed for a surge of humanitarian aid, and made clear that the clock is ticking on Hamas’ time in power. Engaged Israel, EU, and Arab states on post-war Gaza governance and border management. Advocated for Arab-led reconstruction efforts.
  • Historic Declaration of Principles Between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda:  Led diplomatic efforts which resulted in the signing of a declaration that paves the way for peace, stability, and prosperity in Africa. The Declaration will help protect our strategic interest in critical minerals and bring much needed peace and stability to the region.

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