Rafael Tirado Rivera 🇵🇷

1/3 Hungría vota el domingo, 12 de abril. Es la elección más importante de la UE en años — y una prueba de si una democracia puede recuperarse después de ser destruida desde adentro. Un hilo sobre el caso contra Viktor Orbán. 🧵

15 ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz within 24 hours after obtaining permission from Iran. Source: Fars

Ukrainian drones have hit a massive oil depot in the port of Novorossiysk Russia.

The possible nuclear dimension of the war cannot be overlooked And if Iran had not yet produced a weapon by February, after that it would have every reason to do so, and with the technology it possesses and North Korean assistance, it would be a relatively quick. I recently wrote about the possibility of Iran already possessing a nuclear weapon and the risks that this could lead to various outcomes. One of them: ‘That would completely upend the Middle East board, starting with Saudi launching its own program, as it has repeatedly said it would do if Iran ever developed a nuclear weapon.’ But if Iran already has a nuclear weapon, why hasn’t it revealed it? The answer might lie in the fact that they are uncertain about the reactions from Israel and the U.S., who could claim the necessity of a preemptive nuclear strike. Based on various lines of evidence, I have a strong intuition that Iran already possesses this weapon. Furthermore, the intensity of U.S. and Israeli operations, marked by nearly 900 strikes on the Natanz and Fordow complexes, suggests a deliberate attempt to trigger a nuclear disaster. This is further evidenced by four hits on the Bushehr nuclear power plant, as well as attacks on a heavy water reactor associated with plutonium production and a uranium facility in Yazd. Iran knows it occupies a privileged strategic position, and bombs will not reverse this situation. The U.S. and Israel have few options left on this board, while political and economic pressure increases daily. This lack of alternatives may be creating a scenario where it is becoming increasingly likely that a nuclear disaster will occur. IF that happens, Iran will likely respond by attacking the Dimona reactor in Israel, which will trigger a nuclear war, with Israel fulfilling its ‘dream’ of nuking Iran. The outcome is that this could trigger the same response from Iran, and I will explain how this would occur. Iran’s nuclear program began in the 1950s but took on a military dimension in the 1980s-2000s through the AMAD project. U.S. intelligence assessed a formal suspension in 2003, yet in the two decades since, Iran has had more than enough time to make steady investments, longer than it took Pakistan (10-15 years). After the U.S. withdrawal from the JCPOA in 2018, Iran sharply accelerated its efforts, and by 2025 it had the capability to produce a weapon in days or weeks. Read the full article: open.substack.com/pub/global21/p…

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Trump: Our President is not a Christian and his words and actions should not be supported by Christians. He has gone insane.

I agree with what Pope Leo XIV stated today in his first Easter speech:

Who did this?!

Una bomba nuclear es el “ultimate reality show”, dijo recientemente Alistair Campbell

from @CatherineBelton, on why Vance is going to Budapest washingtonpost.com/world/2026/04/…

So far, I have been working with the hypothesis of a pilot rescue operation. However, given the number of aircraft involved and the location, I am considering that this may have been more than just that. Two fixed-wing aircraft and four helicopters may have been shot down. How many were actually able to turn back and return safely? We could be looking at a failed attempt to establish a forward basing inside Iran. Although this version still lacks solid evidence, I will wait to address it further if more indications emerge.

Trump routinely threatening war crimes as a matter of policy may explain why he got so mad about Dems saying troops shouldn't carry out illegal orders.

Iran has rejected a proposal to open the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for a temporary ceasefire, while telling mediators from Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan that it is unwilling to meet American officials in Islamabad in the coming days and considers U.S. demands to end the war unacceptable, officials tell The Wall Street Journal.

Happy Birthday, Mike! 🎉 📸: Geoff Whitman

Zelensky meets with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus.

El conflicto en Irán, sin solución a la vista, está afectando nuestra vida cotidiana de maneras que ni sospechamos. Gracias por leer y compartir mi colina de hoy, ‘La guerra tuya’ elnuevodia.com/opinion/las-co…

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Jack White made his sixth musical guest appearance on 'SNL,' performing two new songs, "Derecho Demonico" and "G.O.D. And The Broken Ribs" rollingstone.com/music/music-ne…

Eulogy for the CIA Factbook: The free standard for world facts is gone dlvr.it/TRtPKy

Two weeks ago, the Hungarian opposition was bracing for a false flag operation, an "emergency" that would allow Viktor Orban to turn the tide or even cancel an election he is losing. Now it appears to have arrived

President Trump: “Praise be to Allah.”

EXCLUSIVE: We've obtained a cache of text messages and recorded conversations between Russian intelligence officers and a student they coerced into becoming an informant. Here’s a rare insight into Moscow’s efforts to infiltrate opposition groups abroad: politico.eu/article/russia…