Image is from the Britannica article on CECOT, known as the Terrorism Confinement Center in English.
This megathread’s topic is inspired by our lovely news regular, @Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net, who talks often about the conditions inside El Salvador and gives nuanced and informative takes.
As the Trump administration continues to make foreign policy blunders that would make even the staunchest anti-imperialist accelerationist blush - and we are barely three months in! - it’s interesting to compare and contrast his policies of incompetent imperialist and domestic management to the dictators in other countries.
Bukele is somewhat unique among fascists, in that he seems to not hide - and seems to even admit to - his evil, self-describing as the world’s “coolest dictator”. El Salvador has no particular shortage of prominent fascists in their history, but one major example is Maximiliano Martínez, who led the country over much of the 1930s and the early 1940s. He was responsible the deaths of many thousands of communists and indigneous people, and yet joined World War 2 on the side of the Allies and against the Nazis.
The comparisons between Martínez and Bukele - and, indeed, between Bukele and Trump - in terms of their impact on minority groups are slowly growing as world attention is being drawn to the country. The recent meeting between Bukele and Trump has shifted a spotlight onto El Salvador’s crime policy; the internal conditions of El Salvador’s prisons are genuinely monstrous. One gets a similar feeling as when reading descriptions of the conditions of Holocaust victims in German concentration camps. Trump has made statements to the effect that he want a similar crime crackdown inside the United States, and I certainly believe that he wants this (ICE is already just kidnapping people off the streets into vans), but his administration has been so chaotic and mismanaged that it’s difficult to determine whether this will be an interest he rapidly drops in favor of some other hair-brained scheme.
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Israel-Palestine Conflict
Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:
UNRWA reports on Israel’s destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.
English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.
English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.
Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Sources:
Defense Politics Asia’s youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don’t want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it’s just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists’ side.
Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.
Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:
Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.
https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR’s former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR’s forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster’s telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a ‘propaganda tax’, if you don’t believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.
Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:
Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.
Trump: “We were losing hundreds of billions of dollars with China. Now we’re essentially not doing business with China. Therefore, we’re saving hundreds of billions of dollars. It’s very simple.”
wow
saving hundreds per month on my grocery bill by opting to starve to death insteadIf I didn’t know better I would think that trump is a plant that is working toward destroying the American empire. At this point how do they explain the sanctions on russia Iran ect when not being able to trade just allow you to save money.
Trump is preparing for war with China. The tariffs help with decoupling the economies and figure out potential allies (whose economies also need to be decoupled if they are to help in the war effort), trying to “reindustrialize” the country, instill militarism in society and in education, greatly increase the military budget, focusing on “rare earth minerals” and raw resources needed to fight a war. Seems like the empire is preparing for the salto mortale within the next decade.
What a time to be alive. I even generally coincide in the analysis of the timeline with you: in 10 years the west will have turned fascist, and in 20 years either China will have won or we’ll all be dead in nuclear war.
10? Its already happening now. The Ukrainian war made fascism into a normality.
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Words only mean things to them in that it shows a posture of strength or weakness
So true bestie
saving 2k bucks a month by living under a sidewalk panel i dug a hole under and eating the compacted dirt chunks for sustenance
Reminds me of a video I watched on Sokushinbutsu preparation.
I personally prefer the ancient arabian method of Mellification to create a healing ointment.
well when you put it like that
“I save so much money every month by not paying my electric bill. Have you ever tried it folks? You’ll get rich, RICH, I tell ya’ by not paying those electric bills.”
Yemen strikes the zionist cancer’s Ben Gurion airport. 6+ settlers wounded.
Reported footage of the strike
Isreal and America dont have the Ability to defend their airspace relaible against single fired Ballistic Missiles
and thats THAAD…
Well, the Palestine-2 is a (Maneuverable Re-entry Vehicle) MaRV equipped ballistic missile, and if it has parts from the Fattah-1 MaRV, it contains a thrust vector control rocket motor on the MaRV itself, allowing for midcourse trajectory changes while exoatmospheric (to evade midcourse interception systems like Arrow-3 and SM-3) and improved flight performance in the glide phases.
A 100% interception rate is obviously impossible. So far, Yemen has launched 27 ballistic missiles at Israel (of various types, some MaRV equipped, some not), with 2 direct hits, and some debris landing in Israel from interceptions. That’s around a 92.5% interception rate (partial or full interception), and on the flipside, a 7.5% direct hit rate. However this with only one or two missiles being fired at a time, if a sufficient number of missiles is fired in a volley (like Iran did in Operation True Promise II), a lot more direct hits will occur, even with THAAD in the picture now. Accuracy is still the main issue with Iranian designed Medium Range Ballistic Missiles, this one landed over 500m away from any potential target at the airport.
In support of the oppressed Palestinian people and their mujahideen, and in rejection of the crime of genocide perpetrated by the Zionist enemy against our people in the Gaza Strip.
The missile force of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a military operation targeting Ben Gurion Airport in the occupied region of Yaffa using a hypersonic ballistic missile.
The missile successfully hit its target, thanks be to Allah.
The included results of the operation were as follows:
- The failure of American and Israeli interception systems to intercept it.
- The escape of more than three million Zionists to shelters.
- The airport’s operations were completely halted for more than an hour.
The Yemeni Armed Forces hereby reiterate their warning to all international airlines against continuing their flights to Ben Gurion Airport, as it has become unsafe for air traffic.
Earlier yesterday evening, the UAV force of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a military operation targeting a vital Israeli enemy target in the occupied area of Ashkelon using a Yaffa drone.
Yemen, its people, leadership, and army, with Allah’s help, reliance on Allah, and confidence in Allah’s victory, will continue to remain steadfast and resolute in the face of American aggression. They will not abandon their religious, moral, and humanitarian duty toward the oppressed Palestinian people, regardless of the repercussions, until the aggression against Gaza stops and the siege is lifted.
Sana’a, Dhu al-Qi’dah 6, 1446 AH May 4, 2025 AD
Issued by the Yemeni Armed Forces
Let the oppressors of the world never have a moment of peace.
LETS FUCKING GOOOOO
Big news from Iran, with the suspension of negotiations between the USA and Iran. Iran has unveiled a new Anti Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM) called the Qassem Basir. This is the ASBM version of the land attack Haj Qassem ballistic missile, with a range of 1400km for the land attack version, Iran claims a range of either 1200km or 1300km for the anti ship version (conflicting information currently). Yes, these missiles are named after Qassem Soleimani. This is big news as the current longest range dedicated ASBM in the Iranian arsenal (and potentially Yemeni arsenal) is the Zulfiqar Basir, with a range of 700km, so we’re looking at nearly double the range.
Qassem Basir ASBM variant:
View of the target in the bottom half of the image from the missile’s electro-optical seeker:
Haj Qassem land attack original variant:
Now, the Zulfiqar, Dezful, and Qassem missiles are all part of the same family of ballistic missiles (which I will call the Zulfiqar family), in that they all use a Maneuverable Re-entry Vehicle (MaRV) of similar design, with Dezful and Qassem being ways to extend the range of the Zulfiqar MaRV, from 700km, to 1000km with Dezful, to 1400km with Qassem. With an ASBM version of Zulfiqar already in existence, it makes sense to use the Qassem as a longer range ASBM platform.
How this missile works and acquires it’s target is similar to how other Iranian shorter range ASBMs work, and an extension of the Pershing-II concept (first ever MaRV equipped land attack ballistic missile). The missile is targeted at an appropriate re-entry point, near the actual or predicted location of a ship. During re-entry, the MaRV performs a “pull up” maneuver, then a “glide phase”. During this glide, the electro optical seeker, likely an infrared camera, acquires it’s target using image matching techniques (Iran calls this AI now, yes the AI mind virus is everywhere), and them plans a trajectory towards it, before performing a final dive to the target, ideally with an impact velocity above Mach 2.
The big breakthrough here is getting the seeker to survive the higher speed and higher altitude re-entry associated with longer range. The Zulfiqar Basir had a burnout and initial terminal velocity of over Mach 7, and the Raad-500/Tankeel of Mach 8. So that was the previous limit. The land attack Haj Qassem had a peak velocity of Mach 12. With the range being reduced slightly for the anti ship version, likely to reduce velocity to ensure survival of the electro optical seeker, peak velocity is likely not as high. But I’d guess a safe estimate is that the seeker can now survive Mach 10+ speeds, a noticeable improvement.
Iran has unveiled this very covertly, under the guise of a “new missile to target Israel and evade THAAD”, but the Basir designation (means to see or perceive in this context, used for Iranian ballistic missiles with electro-optical seekers,), and presence of an electro-optical (likely infrared) seeker on the MaRV, tells a different story. This is an ASBM that works in the same ways as other Iranian ASBMs. Yes it can be used to strike land targets in Israel with higher accuracy in GNSS jammed environments (like shorter range Iranian missiles have done in the past versus US military bases, but now at long range versus Israel, solving the accuracy problem for long range Iranian ballistic missile attacks), but that’s a dual use capability that could make a hypothetical “Operation True Promise III” counterforce attack more viable in future. The real question for now is, if Ansarallah/the Houthis in Yemen will get their hands on it.
This is a card that Iran has had up it’s sleeve and is now being played, the question is, how will they play it. Exclusively for themselves, or will Yemen get it to strike US Navy warships. Without further modifications to increase range involving lighter payloads and suboptimal minimum energy trajectories, it’s not viable to hit targets in Israel from Yemen (2000km range is needed for that), and I can’t see the electro optical sensor surviving re-entry under those conditions.
4 minute long video is included in the article:
Iran unveils its latest ballistic missile ‘Qassem Basir’, May 4 2025
This probably gets used as a negotiation chip. Give us a better deal or some.of these might fall off the truck in Yemen.
Publicly unveiling it on Iranian satellite TV definitely reads like a bargaining chip of sorts (the missile was tested on April 17th apparently). The clearest information we have on the US offer to Iran at the moment is from a Witkoff Fox News interview: restriction of Iranian uranium enrichment levels to 3.67% (current level is 60%), and some form of restriction on the Iranian ballistic missile program with regards to longer range missiles. This is a big middle finger to that second part, unveiling an ASBM in the medium range ballistic missile (MRBM) range category, 1000-3000km range. Also a missile with the potential accuracy for counterforce targeting at land targets at those ranges, which is the current biggest issue with Iranian MRBMs (Kheibar Shekan and Fattah-1 series). The Qassem is likely easier to intercept than those, but it’s still a MaRV equipped ballistic missile, and if fired in sufficient numbers should be able to penetrate the Israeli air defence system.
There are countermeasures that can be used against electro-optical seekers on cruise and ballistic missiles to protect high value targets (see smoke generators at Kerch bridge, the bridge that connects Russia to Crimea), but it’s impractical to deploy then everywhere.
I just don’t understand why Iran would ever seriously consider these offers 😭 unless they’re playing pretend, to buy time
Because if Iran takes further steps to develop a nuclear weapon, it in effect acts as an open invitation for the USA to bomb Iran. Iran does not want that. So by leaving nuclear weapons as an issue open to negotiation, Iran hopes to extract some concessions (sanctions relief, aspects like the ballistic missile programme not being a part of the deal) using the bargaining chips of increased uranium enrichment and more missiles to extract these concessions.
it’s almost analogous to Israel’s Nuclear Ambiguity doctrine. Don’t outright smash the big red button, but seductively trace your finger around it to keep the big players in check without having to subscribe to the responsibilities or political risks of becoming an official nuclear power.
Difference is Israel has nuclear warheads and ICBMs, and Iran does not. But good point on the ambiguity doctrine, that’s very true.
There’s a joke in here about missiles rolling of the truck to Yemen, and more F-18 rolling off of US aircraft carriers as a result, but I’m not a good enough comedian to do it.
GirlTruman, you looks good, won’t you back thatazzship up (another several hundred kilometers from Yemen)?You’se a fine
motherfuckeraircraft carrier, won’t you back thatazzship up (another several hundred kilometers from Yemen)?I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
TASS: Trump vows to reduce customs duties for China
“At some point, I’m going to lower them because otherwise, you could never do business with them. And they want to do business very much. Look, their economy is really doing badly. Their economy is collapsing,” he told NBC News in an interview.
Cope
The Houthis appear to have struck Israel’s Ben Gurion airport with a missile.
The missile launched from Yemen by the Houthi armed group has struck about 550 metres (1,804ft) from the main control tower of Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport and about 650 metres (2,132ft) from the nearest aircraft parking area, according to Al Jazeera’s fact-checking unit, Sanad.
Think the target would’ve been the control tower or maybe the main terminal, accuracy for these medium range ballistic missiles is still an issue for hitting single targets like that (as shown by Iran’s Operation True Promise II attack on Nevatim Airbase), but still to be able to penetrate the layered air defence system with a single missile. Imagine how much bigger Israel’s problems would be if or when these missiles get more accurate.
However the goal of this attack was still accomplished by hitting close enough, instilling fear in the population and shutting down the airport for a few hours, along with more short to medium term effects like cancelled flights for a few days or weeks.
More than a few hours, with how there are blanket cancellations now that airlines cannot be guaranteed that one of their freshly-glued Boeing airliners won’t be vaporised by a stray MaRV or interceptor missile.
H.R. 867—a bill that would punish Americans for supporting boycotts of Israel—has been removed from this week’s US House of Representatives schedule.
https://xcancel.com/DropSiteNews/status/1919195123360948346
related to this https://hexbear.net/post/4804836
jdpon don you’ve done it again
Trump is sending his Sanctions Coordinator, David Gramble, to Brazil on Monday to negotiate “punishment” for one of Brazil’s 11 Supreme Court Justices, Alexandre de Moraes. People like Trump & Greenwald accuse Moraes of censorship but sanctioning a judge IS a form of censorship.
Moreas oversaw the criminal investigation of Trump’s buddy Jair Bolsonaro. When sanctions are levied against a foreign judge as a direct response to their rulings, they function as a tool of censorship by seeking to control or punish judicial speech (i.e., legal decisions). Moraes is also the Supreme Court Justice behind the temporary ban of Trump overlord Elon Musk’s X platform, when it failed to abide by local laws.
According to Brazilian journalist Paulo Capelli, the Trump administration is thinking of barring Moraes from visiting the US (as if he cares), and freezing any US assets (of which he doesn’t have any).
Silicon Valley technofash and their puppet-journalists have wasted so much effort pushing the false, Moraes as dictator narrative, they don’t seem to realize that if he were deposed tomorrow, it wouldn’t affect Bolsonaro’s trial. Only 2 Justices are expected to vote ‘not guilty’.
Israel indirectly places blame on the United States, with the Israeli Air Force stating that the American ‘THAAD’ system missed the Yemeni missile, allowing it to impact at Ben Gurion Airport – Kann
- Telegram
Not really, the Israeli full statement also says that the Israeli Arrow 2 and 3 systems also failed to intercept.
Both the Israeli Air Force’s long-range Arrow air defense system and the American THAAD system failed to intercept the Houthi missile this morning, defense sources say.
The IDF says it made several attempts to down the missile, which ultimately landed within the perimeter of Ben Gurion Airport.
To understand what happened, we have to understand how the layered air defence shield works. There’s Israeli Arrow 3 and optionally US Navy SM-3 for midcourse interception, then Israeli Arrow 2 and THAAD for terminal phase intercepts (and David’s Sling if the missile is fired at a military site). No Iron Dome, it’s not designed to intercept ballistic missiles.
Here’s an exaggerated not to scale graphic showing the phases of flight of a MaRV equipped ballistic missile, the captions are based on the flight behaviour of the Iranian Fattah-1 missile:
The first chance to intercept after the launch of the missile is detected by US Space Force early warning satellites, is early in the midcourse/unpowered flight phase, or even late in the boost phase with a US Navy SM-3, if a US Navy warship is close enough to Yemen and has an SM-3 to spare. That was not the case according to reports, no mention of SM-3. Then the next chance to intercept is with an Arrow-3 in the midcourse, the missile evidently evaded midcourse interception, the Palestine-2 and Fattah-1 missiles can do that better than others.
Then there’s the terminal intercept systems in Arrow 2 and THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Air Defense). The reason THAAD was brought in was to plug a defensive gap in the Arrow-2 system, which has a maximum altitude ceiling of 50km. Thus, a Maneuverable Re-entry Vehicle (MaRV) capable ballistic missile could glide above that ceiling, before diving straight down towards the target at a steep angle, giving Arrow 2 a very short time to engage (around 36 seconds to illuminate, fire and intercept if the average speed of the Marv is 4200kph, Arrow-2 can engage targets at altitudes between 8-50km). THAAD plugs this gap as it’s maximum altitude ceiling is 150km, so MaRVs can’t glide above that (hence terminal high altitude air defence acronym). THAAD can’t engage targets at lower altitudes though, it’s minimum altitude floor is 40km, meaning that THAAD on its own could be defeated by MaRVs gliding under this floor. Thus THAAD is designed to be used in conjunction with systems like Arrow-2 or Patriot which cover those lower altitudes, they compliment each other as a layered terminal air defence net. To make interception as difficult as possible, a MaRV could glide say at an altitude between 40-50km before diving down to the target, at the edge of both THAAD and Arrow-2s floor and ceiling respectively. So I’d guess what happened was something like that, and both THAAD and Arrow-2 fired interceptors and both missed this time.
Graphic showing THAAD engagement envelope, with a hypothetical Iranian Dezful MaRV trajectory plan to glide under the engagement envelope:
the zionists are ready to open another front!
As the UK Labour right’s increasingly circular firing squad intensifies after expected blowouts across recent local elections they’re announcing (via the political editor of The Times) that they’re going they’re going to chainsaw - as in shut down - the Department for Media, Culture, & Sport, while their ministers are on Twitter screaming about how they have to do “more deportations, faster”.
The DfMCS supports and strategises for a huge amount of sport and tourism in general, but it also oversees two very obvious and important things that the far-right (in Labour, Reform, and the media) are desperate to be able to sack and dismantle…
The first is that it oversees funding and provides support for things like galleries, museums, their links with education, and also things like music and the arts. It’s a massive culture war target for the frothing at the mouth fash who believe that anything other than white-supremacy and the glory of the British Empire is critical race theory and the woke mind virus. It’s history rewriting time folks, not to mention that no doubt the government is probably eliminating it at least in part for retribution against artists like Kneecap (who the Met Police anti-terrorism task force have now assigned units to trawl through every online video of the band ever posted to try and find grounds to charge them with offences, it was revealed the other day) as well as literary and art figures who have spoken out against the genocide in Palestine.
The second is that it also oversees matters of press freedom and media regulation. Dismantling it provides a perfect attack vector for not only directly forcing media to follow the party line (as oppossed to implicit method of it being one big club of about 300 privately educated lunatics funded by foreign billionaires at the moment), but also eliminating whatever tiny sliver of regulation there is on the right-wing newspapers and television news, the protection of journalists, and defence of ordinary people / groups from smear campaigns and libel (& frivolous libel suits too).
I’ve been saying for months that Starmer’s government is following the Trump policy agenda in everything but speed and tone and here we have the tone shifting as they scream to speed up the process.
They dont have anything over the libdems anymore jfc
Reform-Libdem coalition is going to be the harm reduction vote of 2029.
Britain isn’t ready for Dark Ed Davey
Who needs Reform when you have the right wing of the Labour Party? (the answer is Reform voters who despite all this still consider Keir Starmer a Muslim Communist)
Trump is cancelling SLS
Pros: SLS sucks and is a scam
Cons: it’s all gonna be Starship now, which also sucks and is a scam. Falcon does not suck and is not a scam, but is pretty small and narrow for BLEO use.
China (and I guess Russia) just won the race for a lunar base. We can’t build anything anymore
China has been winning the race for a lunar base, SLS was always a deeply unserious launch system.
(Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Nicaragua, Serbia, Pakistan, South Africa, Thailand, Venezuela, Kazakhstan, and Senegal are also gonna win the race for a lunar base along with China and Russia)
Unlike musky, I trust china to actually manage to build that international moon base.
Russia unfortunately not. Their space program’s R&D has been underfunded for decades. They’re basically coasting on USSR-era technology.
Yeah knew this was coming. And I agree. only reason I have any positive feelings for SLS is because I used the parts for a bit in Kerbal Space Program (before I advanced to realistic mode)
I hate Shuttle derived hardware mandates I hate Shuttle derived hardware mandates I hate Shuttle derived hardware mandates
Expendable use of RS-25 engines is like burning down a museum
Swear I thought that SLS died years ago. How the hell was it still around?
At this point I believe trump asks his aides/chat gpt for reactionary stuff he can say online to get his MAGA voter base happy while nothing really happens
You want to rebuild Alcatraz to grow the prison population
I want to rebuild Alcatraz so there can be daring prison breaks
We are not the same
Misery and Suffering are capitalized because theyre the two gender identities allowed under the boot of the holy orange, or whatever
https://deadline.com/2025/05/trump-movie-tariffs-hollywood-1236384980/
100% tariffs on all foreign movies. Did someone just tell him about Ne Zha 2?
I can’t fucking believe trump tariffed the Hatsune Miku movie
Tariffed Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing
Comrade Trump destroying the heart of America’s worldwide soft power once other countries respond in kind.
Now do video games
He was upset when Parasite won best picture. He doesn’t like having to read
What does this even mean. How do you tariff a film?
Venezuelan GDP Grows by 9.32% in the First Quarter of 2025 - Telesur English
Article
The economic landscape of Venezuela is witnessing a significant transformation, as indicated by the impressive growth of 9.32% in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the first quarter of 2025. This remarkable figure surpasses the growth rate of 9.13% observed in the same period of 2024, signaling a continuous recovery that has been underway for sixteen consecutive quarters. The recent report from the Central Bank of Venezuela underscores this positive trend, highlighting an annual growth of 8.54% for the year 2024.
The Heroic Resistance Against Economic Blockade
At the heart of this economic resurgence lies the valiant spirit of the Venezuelan people who have shown resilience in the face of an economic blockade imposed on the nation. Over the years, the government has adopted a series of policies aimed at revitalizing the economy, fostering participation across various sectors.
This collective effort has been pivotal in navigating through the adversities presented by international sanctions and economic challenges. The statistics paint a picture of hope and determination. The oil sector experienced a staggering growth of 18.23%, while the mining industry also thrived with a growth of 13.46% in the same quarter.
Such figures not only illustrate the effectiveness of current economic policies but also demonstrate the ability of the Venezuelan economy to rebound despite facing external aggression.
A Strategic Response to International Challenges
The ongoing conflict between the United States and Venezuela has created a complex scenario for international trade, with threats of a potential global recession looming large. However, the Venezuelan economy showcases its capacity to adapt and overcome these hurdles. The sustainable growth of key sectors, particularly oil and mining, signals a strategic response to the challenging international environment.
Moreover, this economic performance indicates that Venezuela is not merely surviving; it is evolving. The successful navigation through these tempestuous waters speaks volumes about the inherent strength of the Venezuelan economy. It is a testament to how, even amid external pressures, a nation can chart its path toward recovery and prosperity.
GDP growth: More than just a number
As we look to the future, it becomes evident that Venezuela is prepared to meet the challenges posed by global economic instability. The lessons learned over the past four years have equipped the nation with the tools necessary to confront unilateral aggressions and external pressures.
With a solid foundation built on resilience, unity, and strategic policy implementation, Venezuela stands ready to capitalize on its growth momentum. In conclusion, the 9.32% growth in GDP during the first quarter of 2025 is not just a number; it embodies the triumph of a nation against adversity.
It reflects the indomitable spirit of the Venezuelan people and their unwavering commitment to rebuilding their economy. As Venezuela continues to advance amidst the storms, the world watches closely, recognizing that this journey of recovery is a powerful narrative of hope and determination.
We’re at the point where sanctioning oil producing nations ends up strengthening them after some time. Tools of empire coming back to haunt them.
Economic sanctions only work if they are followed up with military action shortly after (or in response to military actions). Otherwise they just help your enemy bumrush a better deal or indigenous economic potential.
Looks like the Romanian election’s second round’s gonna be Simion (fash de facto replacement for the fash guy who got his victory last time around annulled) vs
Antonescu (hazy centrist neocon), opinion polls heavily favor Antonescu for the 1v1Dan (hazy centrist running hard on an anticorruption platform, basically prewar zelenskyyy), Dan’s ahead in the 1v1 polls but it’s too close to be completely sureI would lament how Romania has a depressing party system but as a resident of Amerikkka theirs is still three tiers above ours lmao
What’s Simion’s views on nato and the military base stuff?
Meloni
So he’s just a far-right atlanticist who can be assimilated by the EU? IIRC the guy who got banned wasn’t, I assume people were mostly voting for him and this new guy for their social conservatism and not the geopolitics stuff then?
Yes and no
I think he’s more like if Vukcic was in the EU
And he’s basically Georgescu’s extension anyway
The reason he got so much is the ever present anti system vote,with the results showing again that the people are sick of the party duopoly that has ruled since the 90s with their candidate not getting into the second round once again
I see, thanks for answering
They are going to keep building the soon to be largest us base in europe
Nah,Nicusor is gonna be opposing him
See how the results evolved last time with Lasconi and Ciolacu, exactly the same situation
First the establishment guy leads,then the diaspora comes in and cinches in the lib opposition guy
What’s different this time is that more people were emboldened into voting for Simion because of the annulled elections last year
Is it possiable that stunt could be pulled again?
You can check it right now,it’s happening as we speak
I ment the annulled elections thing. The reasoning seemed paperthin enough before.
Maybe,I think something would pop off if it did, though
So,not that likely in my opinion
US and UK airstrikes continue on Yemen for the 51st night in a row. The following governorates were hit by airstrikes:
Hodeidah:
- Unspecified amount of airstrikes hit Ras Isa Fuel Port.
Sana’a:
- Fighter jets heard over Sana’a.
- 3 airstrikes hit the Sawad area in the Sanhan district.
- Unspecified amount of airstrikes hit Al-Malikah area in Bani Hushaysh.
- 6 airstrikes hit the Bani Matar District.
- 2 airstrikes hit the Sa’wan area of Shu’ub District.
- Unspecified amount of airstrikes hit Al Rawdah area of Bani Al Harith District, near the airport.
- 2 airstrikes hit the Attan area of Bani Matar District.
Ma’rib:
- 2 airstrikes on Raghwan district.
Al-Jawf:
- 3 airstrikes hit the Khabb wa ash Sha’af District.
Big focus on Sana’a today, after it was excluded from strikes yesterday.
Warning for potential graphic imagery during ongoing airstrikes:
I hope to get my post about the Franken SAMs out tomorrow, but who knows, maybe Iran will unveil another ballistic missile, or Yemen will hit another target, and delay it further.
Latest statement by the Yemeni Armed Forces on the ballistic missile strike at Ben Gurion airport, and the announcement of a air blockade on Israel, something that they’ve been working on since March 22nd. I think the direct hit very near the airport terminal and control tower has given Yahya Sare’e the necessary political capital and confidence to announce it more broadly now.
