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  1. George Simion Warns Romania Risks Becoming ‘New Greece’, Demands Snap Election

    ‘Nobody wants a new Greece,’ Romanian hard-right opposition leader George Simion told POLITICO Brussels, warning that the country’s…
    #Romania #RO #Europe #Europa #EU #AUR #crisis #earlyelection #Economiccrisis #GeorgeSimion #NicosurDan #PNL #PSD #romania #stiri
    europesays.com/3300698/

  2. CW: This article discusses political repression, economic hardship, fuel shortages, blackouts, sanctions, and the humanitarian impact of Cuba’s economic crisis.

    Cuba Loosens Its Economic Grip as Trump’s Pressure Campaign Bites

    Havana street life, Cuba. Photo by Pedro Szekely, used under CC BY-SA 2.0.

    Dear Cherubs, Cuba is loosening some of the tightest controls on its economy as the government confronts a brutal combination of shortages, blackouts, falling production and intensified pressure from Washington. For a country that has spent decades keeping the market firmly at arm’s length, this is quite the plot twist.

    A BIG ECONOMIC PIVOT

    In June, Cuba’s Communist Party backed a sweeping package of economic reforms that Reuters described as potentially the biggest change to the island’s socialist economic model since Fidel Castro came to power in 1959. The measures include opening the door to private real-estate development, allowing state-owned companies to become private commercial ventures and permitting private banks to operate in the financial sector.

    The reforms also loosen restrictions on business ownership and employment, while plans include allowing entrepreneurs to participate in multiple private companies and creating a digital foreign-exchange market. Later measures have gone further, including easier access for private businesses to import and resell certain goods and medicines, as well as changes designed to attract foreign investment.

    Cuba is not, however, suddenly putting up a giant “Capitalism — Grand Opening” banner.

    President Miguel Díaz-Canel has repeatedly insisted that the reforms do not mean abandoning socialism. Instead, Havana presents them as a way to make the existing system more flexible and capable of surviving an increasingly severe economic crisis.

    PRESSURE FROM WASHINGTON

    The timing is hardly accidental. The Trump administration has intensified economic pressure on Cuba, including new sanctions and restrictions affecting people, companies and financial institutions connected with the Cuban government. The White House says the measures are intended to pressure Havana over human rights, security and what Washington considers hostile activity.

    The pressure has also hit Cuba’s energy supply particularly hard. Reuters reported in October that a U.S.-imposed oil blockade was contributing to fuel shortages and blackouts, while Cuba’s dependence on imported oil leaves the island particularly vulnerable to disruptions.

    Washington has simultaneously argued that Cuba should expand private enterprise, creating an awkward contradiction. Havana can hardly miss the irony: the United States is demanding more economic opening while simultaneously imposing measures that make it harder for Cuban private businesses to operate internationally. Politics, as ever, remains remarkably talented at making simple things complicated.

    The reforms therefore look less like an ideological conversion and more like economic survival with the volume turned up.

    Whether they work is another question. Cuba has announced ambitious changes before, and implementation has often been slower and messier than the paperwork suggested. Foreign investors will also be weighing sanctions, infrastructure problems and the wider political uncertainty.

    Still, something significant is happening. Cuba is allowing more private capital, foreign investment and market mechanisms into an economy that has historically kept them on a very short leash.

    The island may not be abandoning socialism, but it is clearly giving the market considerably more room to breathe.

    Sources:

    Reuters — Cuba takes steps to implement economic overhaul amid US pressure campaign https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/cuba-takes-steps-implement-economic-overhaul-amid-us-pressure-campaign-2026-07-31/

    Reuters — Cuba and US maintain channels of communication but no negotiations https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/cuba-us-maintain-channels-communication-no-negotiations-diplomat-says-2026-10-05/

    Reuters — Cuba rolls out more free-market reforms amid US pressure https://www.investing.com/news/economic-indicators/cuba-rolls-out-more-freemarket-reforms-amid-us-pressure-4888609

    UK House of Commons Library — Cuba’s humanitarian crisis and US tensions in 2026 https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10991/

    The White House — Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Imposes Sanctions on Cuban Regime Officials https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/05/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-imposes-sanctions-on-cuban-regime-officials-responsible-for-repression-and-threats-to-u-s-national-security-and-foreign-policy/

    The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers #cuba #cubaEconomy #cubaSanctions #cubanPolitics #cubanReforms #cubanSocialism #DonaldTrump #economicCrisis #economicReforms #foreignInvestment #havana #history #miguelDiazCanel #politics #privateEnterprise #socialism #Trump #usCubaRelations #usForeignPolicy #Venezuela
  3. Pakistan’s Economic Troubles Mount As IMF Flags Circular Debt Breach, Rising Inflation | Exclusive | World News

    News world Pakistan’s Economic Troubles Mount As IMF Flags Circular Debt Breach, Rising Inflation | Exclusive Last Updated:October…
    #Economy #circulardebt #currentAccountdeficit #Economiccrisis #externalaccount #IMF #IMFpakistan #inflationPakistan #InternationalMonetaryFund #Pakistaneconomy #powersector
    europesays.com/3288217/

  4. Heather Cox Richardson's "An Immediate Calamity" explores what we can learn from history's dire moments by revisiting President Hoover's limited government response to the Great Depression. As public suffering mounted, his approach clashed with demands for federal intervention, highlighting the critical need for active government support during economic crises. These parallels offer timely insight into balancing ideology with human needs in turbulent times. Click the link to read the full analysis. heathercoxrichardson.substack. #HistoryLessons #GovernmentRole #EconomicCrisis

  5. Iran’s economic crisis: When even three jobs are barely enough

    Hadi, a civil servant in Tehran, may have a secure job but can no longer make ends meet.…
    #EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Iran #economiccrisis #Iraniancurrency #Iranians #monthtomonth #PresidentDonaldTrump #steadyincome #Tehran #womeniniran
    europesays.com/iran/312981/

  6. 🚨 ALARM IN TURKEY: A police union says seven members of the force died by suicide in just five days, as anger grows over wages, pensions, punishing working conditions and the soaring cost of everyday life.

    Turkey’s inflation crisis may be easing on paper. But has the economic crisis already become a deeper social crisis?

    thelevantfiles.org/2026/09/ala

    #Turkey #EconomicCrisis #CostOfLiving #Police

  7. Syria’s economic reckoning: The greatest test yet for al-Sharaa

    Damascus, Syria – Syria witnessed its largest protests last week since the fall of Assad’s regime in 2024.…
    #EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Syria #Ahmedal-Sharaa #economiccrisis #energy-crisis #fuelprices #neoliberalism #Post-AssadSyria #US-IsraelwaronIran
    europesays.com/iran/303998/

  8. Cubans face tolls from ‘economic strangulation’ as U.S. embargo continues

    Sweltering nights. Water and power shortages. Dwindling fuel and crumbling homes. Limited public transportation and weak cellphone signals. The psychological…
    #Conflict #Conflicts #War #Cuba #Economiccrisis #Energyindustry #psychology
    europesays.com/3241978/

  9. 🚨 A Dual Health Crisis in Iran 🚨

    As autumn approaches, Iran is confronting a concurrent wave of both COVID-19 and influenza. This sudden spike is largely being driven by increased travel and a return to crowded, enclosed environments. Ongoing economic hardships are severely deepening the crisis.

    thelevantfiles.org/2026/09/a-d

    #Iran #COVID19 #Influenza #PublicHealth #EconomicCrisis #Healthcare #TheLevantFiles

  10. @Johny28 dude, nobody forced you to post shit, thus shout out and utter your bray of stupidity to the world,.
    not the #ICE but #DomesticTurmoil in #Iran2026 due to #EconomicCrisis does #EndIranWar,.
    Eighty seven million frustrated impoverished #Iranians have nothing to eat on their tables, thus nothing to lose, and need a small tip to roll out on streets to push the #Crackpot regime of #Throcratic Zealots in Iran to take decisions they should,. It ends this stupid #GeopoliticalRealityTV show,.

  11. @goatrodeo well, Unrest n #DomesticTurmoil in #Iran2026 due to #EconomicCrisis does #EndIranWar now

    Eighty seven million frustrated impoverished #Iranians have nothing to eat on their tables, thus nothing to lose, and need a small tip to roll out on streets n push the #Crackpot regime of #Throcratic Zealots in Iran to take decisions they should,.

    #CivilUnrest must be ensue NOW to end #HormuzBlockade and respectively #IranWar2026, #UnrestInIran ends this stupid #GeopoliticalRealityTV show,.

  12. @riggbeck Unrest n #DomesticTurmoil in #Iran2026 due to #EconomicCrisis in Iran does #EndIranWar,.

    Eighty seven million frustrated impoverished #Iranians have nothing to eat on their tables, thus nothing to lose, and need a small tip to roll out on the streets to push the #Crackpot regime of #Throcratic Zealots in Iran to take decisions they should,.

    #CivilUnrest must be ensue NOW to end #HormuzBlockade and respectively #IranWar2026, #UnrestInIran ends this stupid #GeopoliticalRealityTV show,.

  13. Unrest n #DomesticTurmoil in #Iran2026 due to #EconomicCrisis in the country does #EndIranWar,.

    Eighty seven million frustrated impoverished #Iranians have nothing to eat on their tables, thus nothing to lose, and need a small tip to roll out on the streets to push the #Crackpot regime of #Throcratic Zealots in Iran to take decisions they should,.

    #CivilUnrest must be ensue NOW to end #HormuzBlockade and respectively #IranWar2026, #UnrestInIran ends this stupid #GeopoliticalRealityTV show,.

  14. Wednesday, August 12, 2026

    Explosions rock Russia's Novorossiysk, occupied Crimea amid reported drone attack . . . . . Ukraine faces race against time as Russia chokes Black Sea ports . . . . . Belgium LNG imports in July 100% Russian . . . . . Russia prepares its 'final push' of the war this fall . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  15. Koreans Protest Against Lee After Sharp Kospi Market Decline

    📰 Original title: Crushed by Kospi Rout, Angry Koreans Rip Lee and Vow Not to Buy

    🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
    👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

    View full AI summary en.killbait.com/koreans-protes

    #business #stockmarket #economiccrisis #politicalaccountability

  16. Koreans Protest Against Lee After Sharp Kospi Market Decline

    📰 Original title: Crushed by Kospi Rout, Angry Koreans Rip Lee and Vow Not to Buy

    🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
    👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

    View full AI summary en.killbait.com/koreans-protes

    #business #stockmarket #economiccrisis #politicalaccountability

  17. 🇮🇷 **Iran's Economic Collapse Deepens**

    Wheat flour up 124% since Nov '25. Inflation set to hit 68.9% in 2026 — the highest since 1979. As the internet blackout lifts, the true scale of Iran's cost-of-living crisis comes into view.

    📖 Read more: thelevantfiles.org/2026/07/ira

    #Iran #FoodSecurity #Inflation #MiddleEast #Sanctions #EconomicCrisis #CSIS #TheLevantFiles

  18. Financial regulation gutted, raising risk of another crisis! Paul Krugman and Dennis Kelleher of Better Markets discuss how protections are being undone by "termites" in Washington, with the Fed and SEC now influenced by Wall Street. The stakes are high for all Americans. Read the full conversation here: paulkrugman.substack.com/p/den #FinancialRegulation #WallStreet #EconomicCrisis #BetterMarkets

  19. 🟡 Economic Disruption | 8/10
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    Caracas Stock Exchange suspends trading due to state of emergency
    The Caracas Stock Exchange announced trading suspension on Thursday following the state of emergency. From Friday, its headquarters will operate as a collection center for relief supplies.

    #OSINT #NewsGroup #Venezuela #EconomicCrisis #StateOfEmergency

  20. Long read but well-worth it! First published in November 2020 but absolutely STILL relevant today!

    “The Planet Cannot Heal until We Rip the Mask off the West’s War Machine”

    by Jonathan Cook in The Palestine Chronicle

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    @iran
    @uk_politics

    “The role of the imperial project is to use violence as a tool to capture and funnel ever greater wealth – whether it be resources seized in foreign lands or the communal wealth of domestic western populations – into the pockets of the power establishment, and to exercise that power covertly enough, or at a great enough distance, that no meaningful resistance is provoked”

    palestinechronicle.com/the-pla

    #Press #SocialMedia #West #WarMachine #Imperialism #US #UK #Capitalism #LateStageCapitalism #Oligarchy #Wealth #Military #EU #ClimateCrisis #SocialCrisis #EconomicCrisis #CIA #Wilson #Corbyn #Assange #Propaganda #Disinformation #Narrative #Lies #MSM

  21. I almost cried reading this 😩

    I'm sure not everyone who worked in retail in the 70s, 80s, and 90s had this experience but many did.

    #EconomicCrisis #Inflation #WorkingClass #Retail

  22. #malawi #usa #israel #iran : #warofaggression / #straitofhormuz / #merchantshipping / #fossilenergy / #africa / #economiccrisis / #interconnectivity

    „In Malawi's capital Lilongwe, drivers are struggling to fill up their tanks. People wait hours for petrol that's more than doubled in price since last year. Government price hikes and the war in Iran have created a perfect storm for the landlocked African nation.“

    africanews.com/2026/05/21/fuel

  23. 🔴 EconomicCrisis | 9/10
    🇮🇷 🇸🇦 🇶🇦

    Gulf crisis: shortages of oil, fuel and gas due to Strait of Hormuz disruption
    Prolonged disruption in the Strait of Hormuz is causing real shortages of oil, fuel and gas worldwide. Existing stockpiles initially softened the impact, but mounting damage to Gulf infrastructure is worsening the crisis.

    #OSINT #NewsGroup #EconomicCrisis #Oil #Gas #StraitOfHormuz

  24. The best decision would be to stop attacking Iran and withdraw the military.
    President Trump says he wants the gas tax to be temporarily suspended as the war in Iran extends into its 11th week and keeps oil prices elevated.
    The U.S. federal gas tax is primarily used to fund transportation infrastructure through the Highway Trust Fund.
    #trumpiscrazy #iranwar #oil #economiccrisis #highprices #affordability #epstein #pedophiles

    tinyurl.com/5fumkvfy

  25. John Oliver about AI. Watch it. This is the type of companies Blender intends to get into bed with.

    If you think these companies are no fascists, or this is no political, maybe you should get out a bit more and read, read a lot.

    youtube.com/watch?v=Ykvf3MunGf8

    #b3d #Blender3D #Anthropice #AISlop #AIBubble #EconomicCrisis #datacenters #ScarceResources #GlobalWarming #fascism #politics

  26. Video - What’s Behind Cuba’s Economic Crisis? Economist Emily Morris Breaks It Down
    peertube.world/w/6GhTaaHVjDqrx
    Duration - 2:39

    [a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]

    “If the U.S. were to lift sanctions, the #Cuban economy, within five years would be prosperous,” economist Emily Morris says in an interview with Belly of the Beast journalist Liz Oliva Fernández. Morris breaks down the roots of Cuba’s crisis and the devastating impact of #US policy.

    To watch the full interview:
    peertube.world/w/pJMa4hUoQ3DSV
    Duration - 1:05:08

    #OilForCuba!
    #EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
    #CubaSolidarity
    #LetCubaLive
    #EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
    #VivaCuba #CubaSí #AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
    #PetróleoParaCuba
    #LatinAmerica #Caribbean
    #news #politics #USpol #EconomicCrisis

  27. اسلام آباد لاک ڈاؤن میں کیوں بند ہے؟ امریکہ-ایران مذاکرات کی قیمت عام شہری کیسے ادا کر رہے ہیں؟ مکمل رپورٹ پڑھیں

    kaynewsurdu.com/2026/04/23/isl
    #KayNewsUrdu #IslamabadLockdown #PakistanNews #USIranTalks #EconomicCrisis #BreakingNews #Geopolitics #MiddleEast #PakistanEconomy

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