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. 🧵

Happy birthday to Billie Holiday, born on this day in 1915!

Following reports from the Wall Street Journal that diplomatic channels between the U.S. and Iran have closed, Iranian state-backed media outlet Tehran Times has denied the reports.

BREAKING: Iranian General just sent this message to the Iranian people: "Prepare and be at the highest state of readiness, for the United States and Israel will attack Iran by land in the coming hours. It seems that a U.S. ground attack on Iran is imminent." Seems the 'negotiations' aren't going well unfortunately.

El próximo domingo, 12 de abril, serán las elecciones en Hungría. Las elecciones más importantes en la Unión Europea, en mucho tiempo. Y con ella, veremos si una democracia puede recuperarse después de ser desmantelada desde adentro. Algo que ya no es ajeno a nuestra realidad en este momento histórico. Lee mi análisis aquí 👉 laventanapr.substack.com/p/el-caso-cont…

Iranian TV: All diplomatic channels and indirect talks have been frozen following Trump’s recent threats.

In honor of Vance's visit to Hungary, where he will campaign for Viktor Orban, I am reposting this article: Orban's Hungary is one of the poorest countries, and certainly the most corrupt and least free country, in the EU. Vance wants this for America? theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

President Donald J. Trump posted to Truth Social just minutes ago, stating, "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again." I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will."

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Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar today accused the U.S. of meddling in the country’s upcoming election, hitting out at Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Budapest just days before voters head to the polls. politico.eu/article/viktor…

On April 9, 1994, Bill Clinton met with Eddie Vedder, just one day after Kurt Cobain's body was discovered. Clinton privately asked Vedder whether he should address the nation about Cobain's death, but Vedder advised against it, concerned that a public statement might trigger copycat incidents.

!!! A senior Iranian source told Reuters that Tehran had ‌rejected a proposal conveyed by intermediaries for a temporary ceasefire. Any future settlement must leave Iran in control of the strait, imposing fees on ships that use it, the source said.

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Majority of Canadians open to joining EU, new poll suggests theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

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Orbán isn't just betting on the US, says Sofia-based political scientist Ivan Krastev. On the latest episode of #GZEROWorld, Krastev breaks down how Beijing bought Hungary's EU veto power, and why that story may be coming to an end.

⭕ Un audio de siete minutos puso en alerta al presidente Gustavo Petro el pasado enero. Faltaban pocos días para reunirse con Donald Trump en la Casa Blanca, cuando el presidente escuchó una grabación a la que ha tenido acceso EL PAÍS 🔗 elpais.com/america-colomb…

Donald Trump wants to "take" Cuba. Its people deserve better than his inhumane pressure campaign. rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

Guess it was always going to happen… Yanis Varoufakis dancing at a conference in Moscow to the viral techno track about himself, made by Russian DJ Sasha Melior.

Ay virgen…