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Taiwán detectó 130 aeronaves militares del régimen chino durante las maniobras militares de Beijing alrededor de la isla
El régimen de China intensificó este martes su presión militar sobre Taiwán tras la detección de 130 aeronaves militares del Ejército Popular de Liberación (EPL) en las inmediaciones de la isla en un lapso de 24 horas, en el marco del segundo día de ejercicios con fuego real que Beijing presentó como una simulación de bloqueo de puertos estratégicos.
El Ministerio de Defensa de Taiwán informó que, desde las primeras horas del lunes hasta la mañana del martes, sus sistemas de vigilancia identificaron la presencia de 130 aviones militares chinos, además de 14 buques de guerra y ocho embarcaciones gubernamentales no especificadas. Según las autoridades de Taipéi, las maniobras constituyen un acto de intimidación militar con efectos directos sobre rutas de navegación marítima y aviación internacional.
La actividad aérea representó uno de los mayores despliegues registrados en un solo día alrededor de Taiwán. El ministerio taiwanés señaló que los aviones operaron en distintas zonas cercanas a la isla, en coordinación con unidades navales, en un contexto de ejercicios de gran escala anunciados por Beijing.
En paralelo, imágenes captadas por AFP mostraron el lanzamiento de cohetes desde Pingtan, una isla bajo control chino situada en el punto más cercano al territorio principal de Taiwán. Periodistas de la agencia observaron una salva alrededor de las 9:00 hora local, con estelas de humo blanco visibles en el cielo.
Al menos diez cohetes despegaron con segundos de diferencia y los estruendos se escucharon en distintos sectores de la isla. Turistas se acercaron a barricadas de madera frente al mar para registrar la escena con teléfonos móviles.
Poco después, el Ejército Popular de Liberación difundió un comunicado oficial. “A las 9:00 del 30 de diciembre, las fuerzas terrestres del Comando del Teatro Oriental del EPL realizaron ejercicios de fuego real de largo alcance en las aguas al norte de la isla de Taiwán y lograron los efectos deseados”, indicó la declaración.
Las maniobras, denominadas “Justice Mission 2025”, comenzaron el lunes y se extendieron durante dos días. Según el EPL, las fuerzas desplegaron destructores, fragatas, cazas y bombarderos, con el objetivo de ejecutar ejercicios de identificación y verificación, advertencia y expulsión, ataques simulados, asaltos a objetivos marítimos, además de operaciones antiaéreas y antisubmarinas.
El Comando del Teatro Oriental afirmó que los ejercicios realizados en aguas al norte y al sur de Taiwán “pusieron a prueba las capacidades de coordinación mar-aire y de bloqueo y control integrados”.
En ese contexto, el portavoz militar Shi Yi sostuvo que las maniobras constituyen “una severa advertencia contra las fuerzas separatistas de ‘independencia de Taiwán’ y una acción legítima y necesaria para salvaguardar la soberanía y la unidad nacional de China”.
La televisión estatal CCTV informó que uno de los ejes centrales del operativo consiste en un bloqueo de puertos taiwaneses estratégicos, entre ellos Keelung, en el norte de la isla, y Kaohsiung, en el sur. Autoridades chinas publicaron un mapa con cinco grandes zonas alrededor de Taiwán destinadas a los ejercicios, previstos hasta las 18:00 del martes hora local.
Desde Taipéi, el gobierno rechazó la operación. El Ministerio de Defensa afirmó que las zonas designadas por China, algunas situadas dentro de las 12 millas náuticas de la costa taiwanesa, afectaron el tránsito marítimo y aéreo internacional. En otro comunicado, sostuvo que las acciones del régimen chino “confirman aún más su naturaleza de agresor y lo convierten en el mayor destructor de la paz”.
La escalada se produjo tras una ronda de ventas de armas de Estados Unidos a Taiwán y declaraciones del primer ministro de Japón sobre la posibilidad de una respuesta militar de Tokio ante el uso de la fuerza contra la isla.
En Beijing, el canciller del régimen chino Wang Yi respondió con dureza. “En respuesta a las continuas provocaciones de las fuerzas pro independencia en Taiwán y las ventas de armas a gran escala de Estados Unidos a Taiwán, debemos, por supuesto, oponernos resueltamente y contrarrestarlas con firmeza”, afirmó en un discurso.
Añadió que cualquier intento de obstruir la unificación “inevitablemente terminará en fracaso”.
Por su parte, el presidente taiwanés Lai Ching-te aseguró en una publicación en Facebook que el territorio no busca “escalar el conflicto” ni provocar disputas. Un día antes, su oficina declaró que China mostró “desprecio por las normas internacionales y el uso de la intimidación militar para amenazar a países vecinos”.
El régimen de China considera a Taiwán parte de su territorio y no descarta el uso de la fuerza para tomar control de la isla, mientras el gobierno taiwanés rechaza esas pretensiones y denuncia el aumento de la presión militar en su entorno inmediato.
(Con información de AFP)
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States including California, Colorado, Maryland and New Mexico have approved or are considering temporary measures to help some residents afford coverage, but some officials across the country said the cost of replacing federal subsidies for millions of enrollees is beyond the reach of state budgets, according to Politico.
«We can carry the cost for a little bit, but at some point, we will need Congress to act,» New Mexico House Speaker Javier Martínez told the outlet. New Mexico is so far the only state to fully replace the expired subsidies.
Obamacare, officially known as the Affordable Care Act, was former President Barack Obama’s signature piece of legislation which expanded healthcare coverage to millions of Americans in 2010. Critics argue it forced people to buy insurance, raised costs for some consumers and significantly expanded the federal government’s role in health care.
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The looming expiration of the subsidies hung over negotiations during the longest-ever government shutdown in the fall, as Republicans and Democrats tried — and failed — to pass competing plans to extend or replace the enhanced tax credits.
The lapse of the subsidies is expected to push millions of Americans out of the individual insurance market, increasing pressure on state Medicaid programs and hospitals already facing financial strain. State responses have varied widely, reflecting political divisions, fiscal constraints and differing views on the Affordable Care Act.
According to Politico, California, which anticipated the subsidies would expire, is spending nearly $200 million to support roughly 300,000 lower-income residents, but officials warn that hundreds of thousands more could still lose coverage.
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Some states are using regulatory maneuvers rather than direct funding to stretch remaining subsidies. Other states, including Georgia and Washington, say budget shortfalls or political opposition prevent them from acting.
Most states have taken no action at all, including both Republican-led states that oppose the Affordable Care Act and some Democrat-led states that support it, according to Politico.
A few lawmakers in Maine and other battlegrounds worry their efforts could disincentivize Congress from coming up with a federal solution.
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Earlier this month, Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, held bipartisan confabs to hash out a framework for an Obamacare fix that could meet the desires of both sides of the aisle, but it has not been formally written into a bill that passed either chamber yet.
Any fix would likely involve a short-term extension of subsidies paired with Republican demands for guardrails, such as income limits or cost controls.
Fox News’ Alex Miller contributed to this report.
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«President Trump has prioritized enforcing the Monroe Doctrine unlike any other President in decades,» White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said in a statement to Fox News Digital. «He was elected on his promise to eliminate the scourge of drug deaths in our country, including his commitment to secure the southern border and take on the cartels. He has delivered on both fronts by stopping the flow of drugs by land and by sea.»
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«The President will continue to put Americans first by securing our Hemisphere, protecting our homeland, and striking designated narcoterrorists bringing deadly poison to our shores, just as he was elected to do,» Kelly said.
The Monroe Doctrine, first introduced in 1823 by then-President James Monroe, specifically cautioned European nations against further colonization in Central and South America. Later, it was used to justify U.S. actions in the region as an «international police power» under former President Theodore Roosevelt, according to the National Archives.
The Trump administration’s approach is a stark departure from precedent laid out during the Obama administration, where Kerry ripped the longstanding policy to shreds. Then, Kerry claimed that the policy wasn’t necessary as the U.S. sought a more equal relationship with Latin American countries — rather than one hinging upon interventionism.
«The era of the Monroe Doctrine is over,» Kerry said in 2013 at the Organization of American States.
«The relationship that we seek and that we have worked hard to foster is not about a United States declaration about how and when it will intervene in the affairs of other American states,» Kerry said. «It’s about all of our countries viewing one another as equals, sharing responsibilities, cooperating on security issues, and adhering not to doctrine, but to the decisions that we make as partners to advance the values and the interests that we share.»
The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy explicitly calls for reviving the Monroe Doctrine as a means of reasserting U.S. influence in the Western Hemisphere. The document dubs the effort the «Trump Corollary,» a nod to Roosevelt’s expansion of the original doctrine.
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«After years of neglect, the United States will reassert and enforce the Monroe Doctrine to restore American preeminence in the Western Hemisphere, and to protect our homeland and our access to key geographies throughout the region,» the National Security Strategy said.
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The Trump administration has taken an aggressive approach toward cracking down on the entry of drugs into the U.S., and it has designated drug cartel groups like Tren de Aragua, Sinaloa and others as foreign terrorist organizations.
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