FTS 20:30 04-08: Lula da Silva's government to open a power line for an amazonian state
In Brazil, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva inaugurated the power line that will link the Amazonian state of Roraima to the national interconnected system// In Nigeria, West African military leaders agree on a plan for a possible intervention in Niger as a deadline nears for the country's junta to restore civilian rule// At least 11 people were killed and dozens missing after a landslide at a resort town in northwestern Georgia. teleSUR
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00:00 In Brazil, President Ignacio Lula da Silva inaugurated a power line that would link the
00:16 Amazonian state of Roraima to the national interconnected system.
00:22 In Nigeria, West African military leaders agreed on a plan for a possible intervention
00:27 in a year as a deadline nears for the country's junta to restore civil law and rule.
00:35 And at least 11 people were killed and thousands missing after a landslide at a resort town
00:41 in northwestern Georgia.
00:45 Hello, welcome to From the South, I'm Ana Marrero from the TeleSUR headquarters in Caracas,
00:53 Venezuela.
00:54 Thank you for the news, stay with us.
01:11 In Brazil, President Ignacio Lula da Silva inaugurated a power line that would link the
01:15 Amazonian state of Roraima to the national interconnected system.
01:18 On Friday, the Brazilian president presented a program "Live4All" aimed at reducing the
01:25 burning of diesel in the region, combating development and preservation of the environment.
01:31 The decarbonization program for the national interconnected system will also be implemented.
01:37 The interconnection of the municipalities of Parintes, Aticorata and Ruti to the national
01:44 interconnected system of electric power will also be announced.
01:55 In El Salvador, security forces continue for a third consecutive day to operate in an apartment
02:00 of Cabanas, where they intend to detain Alachuca members.
02:04 Human rights organizations denounce that the operations take place within the framework
02:08 of the implementation of a police and military site in the territory, under the exception
02:13 regime imposed by the government of Nayib Bukele.
02:16 The population rejects the search operations for presumed gang members in the rural zones
02:22 of the apartment.
02:23 Further, power members of the police will continue with the development of special operations
02:27 in the apartment.
02:30 Colombia's President Gustavo Petro denounced that the demand of justice be applied in partially
02:40 in the investigation process for alleged irregularities in his presidential campaign on the coast.
02:45 The President asserts in a statement that no one can be above the law and that justice
02:50 must be applied in partially with the process and its guarantees.
02:55 He also affirmed that it will be up to the judges within their competence to legally
03:00 defend what corresponds to the process.
03:04 The President informed that he had granted power to an attorney of the judge of the criminal
03:09 acquisition chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice so that he could represent him.
03:21 In Ecuador, Miguel Santos, Burgos' land director for the municipality of Durán, was
03:28 murdered after finishing his working day.
03:31 According to a preliminary report presented by the authorities, the incident occurred
03:35 near the municipal institution.
03:38 It was also revealed that the crime was evidenced in a video where a group of armed men can
03:46 be seen on board of a vehicle and later shot in the direction of the car where Burgos was
03:51 driving.
03:52 The shots alerted the inhabitants of the community and notified shopkeepers while police officers
03:58 began a chase against the subject.
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04:30 Russian and Chinese naval warships can do a drill to destroy assimilated enemy submarines
04:36 within the framework of the campaign patrol of the Pacific Ocean.
04:41 During the transit in the southwestern part of the Bering Sea, the sailors conducted an
04:46 anti-submarine exercise in which they rehearsed the location and destruction of assimilated
04:52 submarines.
04:53 On the other hand, the Russian and Chinese militaries improved their tactical manoeuvring
04:57 skills as well as connected communication, training, helicopter take-off and landing
05:03 from the decks of their ships.
05:11 The Russian government condemned the possible foreign military intervention in the internal
05:16 affairs of Nigeria.
05:17 The foreign ministries expressed the need to implement mechanisms to organize a national
05:22 dialogue to re-establish peace and guarantee the rule of law and public order in the African
05:26 country.
05:27 Authorities state that the threat to use military forces against Nigeria will not reduce tensions
05:32 or favour the resolution of the conflict.
05:41 In Nigeria, West African military leaders agree on a plan for a possible intervention
05:45 in Nigeria as a deadline nears for the country's attempt to restore the civil land rule.
05:50 The military reached the agreement on the last days of an extraordinary summit meeting
05:55 of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, held on Friday in Nigeria
06:00 capital Abuja to discuss ways to respond to the crisis.
06:03 The Sunday ECOWAS gave the junta that toppled elected president Mohamed Basuno in a July
06:09 26 scoop one week to restore him or face a potential loss of the force.
06:15 "All the elements that would go into any eventual intervention have been worked out
06:26 here and being refined, including the timing, including the resources needed, and including
06:36 how and where and when we are going to deploy such a force.
06:41 We want diplomacy to work and we want this message clearly transmitted to the leaders
06:48 of the junta in Niger that we are giving them every opportunity to reverse what they have
06:55 done."
06:56 The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, announced that World Food Community prizes
07:08 rose in July under the influence of the termination of the Black Sea Grain Export Initiative.
07:14 According to the UN agency, the World Food Index averaged 123.9 points up to 1.3 percent
07:22 from June.
07:23 The agency also stressed that the increase was due to a sharp rise in the FAO Vegetable
07:28 Oil Price Index, which rose 12.1 percent since June after seven consecutive months of decline.
07:34 In Honduras, recent rains have led to destruction and economic losses in Copanrinas Bird Park.
07:58 According to the authorities, at least 60 communities were affected after passage of
08:03 a tropical wave through the region.
08:05 The Secretary of the Rural Management and National Contingencies issued a yellow letter
08:10 for the departments of Copan, Santa Barbara and Jocotepeque.
08:15 In this context, the authorities continue with recovery work in the affected areas.
08:24 A forest fire on the Spanish Mediterranean coast, on a border with France, was advancing
08:30 at high speed on Friday night due to strong winds.
08:33 The blaze has led to the lockdown of villages and the capsizing of the area.
08:40 According to the forest authorities in Catalonia, the area affected by the fire extended over
08:44 150 hectares at 19.25 hours local time, compared to 50 hectares less than an hour earlier.
09:00 At least 11 people were killed and thousands missing after a landslide at a resort town
09:04 in northwestern Georgia.
09:06 The landslide took place on Thursday in Shelby-Isamal Resort Town in Yorgassa, continues northwest
09:13 of Fenma for its vast forest and mineral water springs.
09:18 Prime Minister said that rescuers were on the scene and that he had called in the army
09:26 to help with search efforts.
09:28 According to the local authorities, 35 people were still missing while more than 200 were
09:33 evacuated from the area.
09:44 In this context, the president of Georgia declared that it is important to stand together
09:48 in difficult times.
09:50 "How to stand together in the face of such tragedies?
09:59 It is important that we stand together and help people in need to get through this difficult
10:09 time in their lives."
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10:37 And now we head to southwestern China where a local football championship that went over
10:44 the hearts of the entire country in the last weekend.
10:48 After the sudden chaos took over Chinese social media, hundreds of thousands of tourists began
10:53 to travel into the small town on weekends to watch matches with teams made up of local
10:58 workers.
10:59 Brazilian TVT correspondent in China Mauro Ramos attended the final game and will tell
11:05 us more about it.
11:06 The football by China continues to grow.
11:10 This year, in addition to the fever generated by the arrival of Argentinian idol Lionel
11:14 Messi for the friendly games against Australia and the participation of the national team
11:19 in the Women's World Cup, a phenomenon piqued the interest of Chinese people throughout
11:24 the country.
11:25 A tournament in a small country called Rongjiang.
11:29 In Gansu province in southwestern China, the championship is called Xunxiao and can be
11:35 translated as the "Villa's Super League".
11:37 The final took place last weekend, 20 teams from various places and with players from
11:44 different ethnic groups participating in it.
11:47 The players are all workers from the region, peasants, students, drivers and local business,
11:54 people aged between 15 and 50 years.
11:57 "As a peasant, I have to go to the field in the morning.
12:02 Nowadays it is not as backward as it used to be, so we can use modern tools.
12:07 Every morning I go to the field to see if there are any problems with the crops.
12:12 I go early in the morning and come back at noon.
12:14 I take a two-hour break at noon and then go back to the field to see my crops."
12:20 This was the first time that Xunxiao took on national proportions.
12:24 The small country of Rongjiang with a population of 385,000 received around 1 million tourists
12:31 after the game strengthened on Chinese social media.
12:35 On Saturday, July 29, more than 150,000 people traveled to Rongjiang to watch the final.
12:43 Xunxiao, the "Super Village League" is first and foremost a showcase for our collective
12:49 confidence and Rongjiang's culinary delights.
12:52 It also serves as a way to bond through football culture, showcasing our local cuisine and
12:58 the intangible cultural heritage of our ethnic minorities.
13:01 Fundamentally, it has greatly contributed to Rongjiang's economic growth and ultimately
13:07 significantly increased the cohesion of our community.
13:11 Wu Xiaishi is a peasant from Shongshan, the village that came runner-up throughout the
13:17 Xunxiao.
13:19 She sold juices and fruit that she grew herself on her land.
13:23 "Today is Xunxiao's final.
13:27 At first, we really didn't imagine that Xunxiao would become so popular.
13:31 We really welcome friends from different places to come to our Xunxiao.
13:36 They have helped us a lot in business, bringing great benefits to Rongjiang in Kuizhou.
13:42 We're excited and happy to meet all of you, our friends from the outside.
13:46 And well, I really don't know what to say.
13:49 I'm very excited right now."
13:52 In the first month of the championship, tourism in Rongjiang generated more than 1.2 billion
13:57 yuan, about 167 million US dollars.
14:01 The neighbors organized the entire event, the teams, the calendar of the game, the rules,
14:06 and the prizes, which were animals raised by the peasants of the region themselves.
14:12 The winning team, Shenyang, won a bull, the runners-up, Shongshan, won goose, those from
14:18 Xiangba came third and won the prizes of pig, and those in fourth place, Xinsheng, got geese.
14:26 The judges, the linespeople, and the best players also took home chickens.
14:31 The initiative is part of a larger project that is rural revitalization.
14:36 As part of the policy, the central government set a goal of creating more than 100 rural
14:42 sport events by 2035.
14:45 Rural revitalization in China is the country's strategy to consolidate the achievement of
14:51 poverty reduction and the elimination of extreme poverty in recent years.
14:55 It is also part of the Chinese modernization project.
14:59 "Gongchao has indeed stimulated our local economy.
15:04 For example, many local villagers would usually go outside their hometowns for work.
15:10 But thanks to this platform and these activities, many people can come back to work in their
15:15 hometowns.
15:16 As a result, the local economies get boosted, and many people are also happy that they don't
15:22 have to leave their hometown to find work."
15:26 Rongjiang was one of the last nine counties in China to be removed from the country's
15:31 poverty list in 2020.
15:33 One of the guiding elements of the campaign that lifted 100 million people out of poverty
15:39 in a year was how to ensure people stay out of poverty.
15:43 The promotion of sports and rural tourism is one of the responses that China has been
15:48 implementing.
15:49 "The local football association as well as the Dong and Miao ethnic studies association
15:57 organize the games.
15:59 The government provides funds for the necessary infrastructure.
16:02 While we are responsible for organizing the games regarding financing, we reject all forms
16:08 of commercialization, sponsorship and profit."
16:13 As during all the weekends in which it was played, the final of the Xunxiao featured
16:17 cultural activities representing the ethnic diversity of the region.
16:21 One of these presentations included 600 women of different communities singing on the football
16:26 pitch.
16:28 More than 83% of Rongjiang's population belonged to 15 ethnic groups such as the Miao and Dong.
16:35 The final match was practically settled.
16:37 Xunxian was winning 2-1, when a few minutes before the end of the match, Xiejiang team
16:43 scored the draw goal.
16:45 The match went directly to penalties and finally the resident of Xiejiang took home the winning
16:50 title.
16:51 "It has been a long and difficult day, but we managed to win the championship.
16:55 I am proud, happy and delighted from being a peasant to winning the Xunxiao championship.
17:00 I am extremely happy."
17:02 From China, Mauro Ramos from TVT for TELESUR.
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