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• Landau conveyed his hope that the island's citizens would have access to civil rights and mentioned his intention to continue monitoring the political situation in Cuba.

Washington DC, Jan.29 (DPnet).– In a politically charged symbolic gesture, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau delivered a message of hope to the Cuban people during the official ceremony in Havana commemorating the 250th anniversary of American independence. He said Wednesday that Washington hopes Cubans will be able to "exercise their fundamental freedoms" by 2026, alluding to the possibility of regime change on the island.

The statements were made in a video message projected at the residence of the US ambassador in Havana, Mike Hammer, during the opening of activities for the 250th anniversary of the independence of the United States. The diplomat chose the symbolic setting of the American Independence anniversary to reiterate that, from Washington's perspective, the Cuban people deserve the same freedom celebrated that day.

The diplomat quoted President Donald Trump and asserted that “the Castro-communist regime is faltering; it won’t last much longer. After 67 years of a failed revolution that has betrayed the Cuban people, it’s time for the change the people on the island yearn for.”

Davos, Jan. 22 (DPnet).– U.S. President Donald Trump said that his ambitions for Greenland were headed toward a negotiated solution after he met with NATO’s chief yesterday and withdrew a tariff threat. Trump wrote on social media that a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte had yielded “the framework of a future deal” regarding Greenland and the whole Arctic region. Much to Europe’s relief, he announced that he had scrapped plans for tariffs on European countries that were set to begin on February 1. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen responded by expressing the country’s desire to maintain “a constructive dialogue with allies” regarding Arctic security, which includes U.S. plans for a new missile defense shield.

De-escalation is occurring, but few details are available. Limited information about the framework discussed by Trump and Rutte was made public. Rutte told Bloomberg that the initiative could involve seven “High North” countries, including the United States, enhancing joint defense efforts. According to the Wall Street Journal, this agreement might also lead to a new arrangement concerning the stationing of U.S. forces in Greenland. The White House press secretary indicated that Trump is “hopeful” a deal will be finalized but did not provide specific details about the framework. NATO said in a statement that the goal of negotiations between Denmark, Greenland, and the United States was to prevent China and Russia from gaining an economic or military “foothold” in Greenland.

A moment of relief 

Suva, Jan. 7.– FIJI faces an uncomfortable reckoning as the United States threatens to cut millions of dollars in development aid over allegations of human trafficking tied to a South Korean sect.

Grace Roads is a prominent investor with supermarkets, restaurants, and service stations but arrived in Fiji initially to set up a commune on which its members hope to escape the end of the world.

Its leader, Shin Ok-ju, and three other members of the Grace Road Church were arrested at Seoul’s international airport in 2018 on charges of human trafficking in Fiji and the US.

• Nicolás Maduro was captured by the US army's Delta force, the military's top counter terrorism unit.
• A CIA source inside the Venezuelan government helped the US track Maduro's location in the lead-up to his capture.
• The US has captured Venezuela's illegitimate president Nicolas Maduro after a large scale strike on the South American country, US President Donald Trump annouced.

San Juan PR, Jan. 3.– In the early hours of a Saturday morning, the news reverberated through the halls of power and spilled into living rooms across America. Donald Trump, sitting comfortably on a couch during his regular appearance on "Fox and Friends," recounted a highly classified operation aimed at one of America's most contentious adversaries: Venezuelan illegitimate president Nicolás Maduro. In meticulous detail, he described how U.S. forces had meticulously prepared for this mission. 

Trump told Fox and Friends on Saturday that Maduro and his wife were taken from "a house that was more like a fortress". The president said US forces were prepared with "massive blowtorches" to cut through steel, but said Maduro "did not make it into that protected area of the house". Trump proudly stated that there were no U.S. casualties and only "a few injuries" during this operation, which he personally monitored in real-time.

Trump stated that Venezuela's left-wing president and his wife were evacuated from the country during a military operation conducted in coordination with U.S. law enforcement. They have been charged with drug and weapons offenses in New York since 2020/2021. The president said the U.S. will "run" Venezuela on a temporary basis. "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition," Mr. Trump told reporters. The president said "we don't want to be involved with having somebody else get in, and we have the same situation that we had for the last long period of years. So, we are going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition, and it has to be judicious," he added This announcement follows reports of explosions occurring in the capital, Caracas, during the early hours of Saturday morning, including at military bases, port facilities and illegal drug collection and distribution centres.