FTS 12:30 06-10: Minister of Foreign Affairs meet Saint’s Lucia PM in Venezuela
6/10/2023
FTS 12.30
*In Barbados, representatives and ambassadors remember terrorist crime
*At least 89 people killed in drone strike in Homs, Syria
FTS 12.30
*In Barbados, representatives and ambassadors remember terrorist crime
*At least 89 people killed in drone strike in Homs, Syria
Transcript
00:00 Prime Minister Saint Lucia Felipe Joseph here, arrived in Venezuela in an official visit.
00:21 In Barbados, local government representative and the ambassador of Cuba and Ghana congregated
00:27 to remember the terrorist attack against Cuban Airlines Flight 445 and the first anniversary
00:34 of the Caricom Cuba date against terrorism.
00:40 In Syria, authorities reported that the death toll from the terrorist attack on the military
00:45 academy has risen to 89.
00:52 Hello welcome to From the South.
00:54 I'm Ana Raza from the Television Studios in Havana, Cuba.
00:58 We begin with the news.
01:00 On Thursday, the Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Felipe Joseph here, arrived in Venezuela in
01:05 an official visit.
01:07 The Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Felipe Joseph here, was received by the Minister
01:12 of Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Ivan Gil.
01:17 The Prime Minister of Saint Lucia is expected to hold a meeting with President Nicolás
01:21 Maduro to heighten and consolidate bilateral relations and brotherhood and fraternity.
01:27 They gathered at the National Pantheon in Mambolívar to make a floral tribute to the
01:32 Bolivarian hero.
01:34 At the National Pantheon, they listened to the national anthem of all countries.
01:38 It is worth mentioning that since the Prime Minister won the elections July 26, 2021,
01:45 relations with Caracas have been re-established.
01:52 The Criminal Department of the Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela agreed on Thursday
01:56 to approve the obligation for extradition to the candidate of Spain of Antonio Ledezma,
02:01 accused of treason and conspiracy, among other crimes.
02:06 The process, initiated in August by the Special Court of Justice, was referred to the Supreme
02:11 Court for evaluation.
02:14 After considering that the proceedings complied with the general principles, Magistrate Michael
02:19 Moreno wrote sentence 333.
02:23 The proceedings request is in accordance with the agreement enforced between Venezuela
02:27 and Spain's hands in 1989.
02:30 The deportation of Ledezma accused of crimes that could lead to prison for a period exceeding
02:35 20 years.
02:40 The Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek Williams-Ahab, informed Thursday that several
02:45 prosecutors with national jurisdiction have been appointed to issue an arrest warrant
02:50 against Juan Guaidó for causing significant economic losses to the Venezuelan state.
03:01 As head of the criminal action of the public ministry announced that in view of these revelations,
03:07 which have been provided by a federal court in the United States of America, and later
03:11 we will give the details, where it is revealed that the gang of Juan Guaidó and him personally,
03:18 using the figure of a fictitious government in a deliberate manner, in a premeditated
03:23 manner, caused losses to the Venezuelan state of approximately $20 billion.
03:28 Therefore, we have appointed the 67th, 73rd, and 74th Attorneys with national competence
03:35 to issue an order of prison against them, and the respective request for a red alert
03:41 to interport so that this should get pace for these crimes that are now known and disseminated
03:47 by the justice system in the United States of America.
03:51 Likewise, the Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek Williams-Ahab, indicated that Juan Guaidó
03:56 used PDVSAs for sources for personal use.
04:04 These documents, already published as revealed by the Delaware court, which details that
04:09 this false government, led by this despicable subject, used the resources of PDVSA to finance
04:15 his personal expenses, legal expenses, and even forged PDVSA using the figure of the
04:21 fictitious government to accept in his term what he and his gang detailed, for an alleged
04:27 fraud.
04:28 Refinancing by that way, he practically delivered CITGO.
04:36 The Attorney General of Venezuela emphasized that Juan Guaidó and his allies organized
04:41 some forefront fictitious acts of government, in addition to participating in conspirative
04:46 acts against the nation.
04:49 I highlight the fictitious appointment of the board of directors of CITGO, PECIBEN and
04:54 Monomers, fictitious appointment of ambassadors and judges, the first fictitious appointment
04:59 of a board of directors of the Central Bank of Venezuela, theft of access and misappropriation
05:05 of humanitarian aid funds, without obviously forgetting the participation in the criminal
05:10 conspiratorial acts that I mentioned, the frustrated assassination attempt in 2018,
05:16 the pickup attempt in 2019, and the so-called Operation Hedión in 2020.
05:24 In this context, a Polish prosecutor's office requested a rare alert from Interpol against
05:29 Juan Guaidó.
05:31 After the Srela Court of the Lawyer in the United States released an official document
05:35 detailing crimes committed by the former Venezuelan deputy against the interests of the nation,
05:41 in addition to the theft of assets from Petroleum Venezuela PDVSA.
05:47 Likewise it opened an investigation for crimes against the homeland, profit or distraction
05:52 of money, security or public assets, money laundering, and association.
05:57 In addition, they requested international and criminal collaborations that Guaidó may
06:02 be handed over to pay his sentence, as well as to determine the properties that may have
06:07 been acquired by the members of the fictitious interim government with the stolen funds.
06:16 On Thursday, the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Bogotá decided to deny preclusion to former
06:21 President Alberto Uribe Vélez.
06:24 The former president, supported by the Attorney General's office, requested the determination
06:28 of the criminal proceedings against him, even though all the stages had not been completed.
06:34 The court has denied the possibility and will continue to charge him for witness trampering
06:39 and procedural fraud.
06:41 On Friday, Carlos Andrés Guzmán, the magistrate who will present the case, could announce
06:46 a historic event, since it will be the first time that the Attorney General's office charges
06:51 a former president before the ordinary justice system.
06:55 On the other hand, former President Alberto Uribe Vélez denounced a conspiracy against
07:01 him.
07:01 The trial began with biases.
07:09 It was a process that began in the criminal room of the court, and it seemed a revenge
07:14 against me for some differences that I had with the court in the presidential exercise.
07:22 United Nations Secretary General António Guterres announced the latest report of the
07:28 Commission verifying the peace agreement with Colombia's FARC and acknowledges progress
07:32 and incessant protection of demobilized persons.
07:36 In this report, which covers the last quarter of 2023, the United Nations Secretary General
07:41 complimented the efforts of the government of President Gustavo Petro.
07:46 He appreciated that thanks to the policies implemented by his administration, it has
07:51 been possible to renovate the commitments acquired in the peace agreement.
07:55 However, the Organization's report highlights that the state's commitments to the victims
08:00 and vulnerable communities must still be fulfilled.
08:08 The President of Peru, Dina Velouarte, announced on Thursday that she will extend the state
08:12 of emergency to the historical center of Lima to fight crime.
08:17 The President's announcement followed the declaration of a state of emergency in the
08:20 populous districts of San Juan de Lurigancho and San Martín de Porres, also in Lima, as
08:26 well as in the several districts of the northern city of Suyana, where she says a disarmament
08:31 plan has been put in place against organized crime mafias.
08:35 In the meantime, Velouarte also asked the Major of Lima, Rafael López Aliaga, for the
08:40 support of the security forces.
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09:22 Honduras qualifies as a surrogate achievement that the Central American Bank for Economic
09:28 Integration has decided to support the studies of the Interoceanid Frame Project, declared
09:34 of national interest.
09:36 Dante Mosse, Executive President of the regional entity, informed that in addition to supporting
09:41 the study for the Interoceanid Frame, they have hired the financial design for two dams
09:47 in Ixochuleta and Chamalecón rivers.
09:50 During a public ceremony held this week, President Ximena Castro emphasized that the Interoceanid
09:56 Frame Project would guarantee the economic and social development of Central America,
10:01 which is why she has given it a special rating.
10:09 In Honduras, on Thursday, local authorities declared 12 departments in green alert and
10:14 others in yellow due to the arrival of the rains.
10:17 The Secretaria of Risk Management and National Contingencies explained that the yellow alert
10:22 is due to the damage and flooding caused by heavy rains and the overflowing of the Iguazucaran
10:27 River, which affected the municipality of Alianza and the Department of Valle.
10:32 They also emphasized that the green alert would be maintained for 24 hours in several
10:38 departments such as Santa Bárbara, Copán and Ocotepeque, among others.
10:43 They have also asked the population to take the necessary preventive measures, mainly
10:48 in the raised areas.
10:54 The Constitutional Court of Guatemala endorsed on Thursday the action of the Attorney General's
11:00 Office and the criminal judge against the Sevilla movement of the elected President
11:04 Bernardo Arevalo.
11:06 In what some legal experts have described as a setback, the decision of the court to
11:11 the consultation made by the highest electoral body establishes that a judge of the first
11:16 instance may suspend a political party as a precautionary measure.
11:21 The ruling also states that constituting or associating to form a political party may
11:25 be considered a crime.
11:27 Thus, it was determined in a statement read to the country by the Protocol Teams of the
11:32 High Magistracy.
11:40 It corresponds to the criminal jurisdiction only in the case of possible crimes under
11:44 the Law Against Organized Crime to declare as a precautionary measure the provisional
11:49 suspension of the registration of the legal personality of political organizations under
11:54 the strict responsibility of the one who requests it and of the jurisdictional organ that decrees
12:00 it.
12:01 Our criminal has set fire to another police station in North Uruf for the Prince Haiti's
12:07 capital.
12:08 The National Union of Haitian Police pointed out that the police station in the municipality
12:13 of Tomassot was set on fire last Wednesday by members of a gang who raided in the crowded
12:19 Bouquettes commune, where the policemen on duty evacuated the facility in order to save
12:24 their lives.
12:25 Another similar event occurred last Friday night to Saturday in another port of France,
12:30 where the police station of Saut d'Eau was set on fire.
12:33 Later, on Saturday, in the village of Fonaville, also north-east of the capital, the criminals
12:39 carried out similar attacks again.
12:45 The government of Guyana and Suriname announced on Thursday that they have joined a list of
12:49 countries willing to send troops to Haiti under the mandate of the United Nations Organization.
12:56 The chief of the staff of the Defense Forces of Guyana, Brigadier Omar Khan, informed that
13:02 his country would add troops to the multiple state deployments, without offering details.
13:08 Later on, the foreign minister Robert Persaud ratified the interest in the coup d'état
13:13 so that the humanitarian crisis in Haiti may come to an end.
13:17 For his part, the president of Suriname, Chandrigarh Persa Di Santoki, during a visit to the Dominican
13:24 Republic, promised before the Congress of that country the addition of his troops to
13:30 the mission to be coordinated by the UN.
13:33 The Ghanian leadership of this mission remains undefined.
13:42 On Friday, in Barbados, local government representatives and the ambassadors of Cuba and Guyana congregated
13:48 to remember the Terrorist Act against Cuban Airlines Flight 455 and the first anniversary
13:54 of the Karikoun-Cuba Day against terrorism.
13:57 On the 47th anniversary of the Terrorist Act, the Caribbean community recalled the 73 victims
14:04 of the terrorist attack committed in 1967, 66 of the coast of Barbados and rejected any
14:11 act of terrorism.
14:13 The ground of Barbados, as a mid-flight explosion of a plane with bombs placed inside, is considered
14:19 one of the most brutal acts of terrorism against the Cuban Revolution by the people in the
14:24 service of the United States Central Intelligence Agency.
14:32 Chantal Ananuawu, representative of the Karikoun Secretariat, expressed the importance of standing
14:38 together in the context of the adversities facing the region.
14:42 In the face of such challenges, it is paramount that we stand united.
14:49 The bonds that connect us must remain a commitment etched in our collective consciousness.
14:58 Intra-regional collaboration is not just a necessity.
15:01 It is our duty to forge a shield against forces that threaten our safety and security.
15:09 Let us therefore regard today as a call to action, as we aspire to preserve the Caribbean
15:16 as a zone of peace.
15:18 Geneva Rossin, the Consul of Guyana, used the occasion to express solidarity with the
15:24 Cuban people at the moment of the terrorist attack committed in Barbados against the Cuban
15:29 Revolution in 1966.
15:31 It reaffirms its solidarity with the government and people of Cuba, with whom we share close
15:41 and cordial ties.
15:44 On this solemn occasion, we remember October 6, 1976, as a dark chapter in the history
15:55 of international aviation and the history of this hemisphere.
16:01 While Irobe and Inolita are amid a debate on distributing migrants to Spain, over 250
16:08 Sub-Saharan Africans disembarked 2,000 kilometers away from them.
16:13 The Selvamad Adara Maritime Rescue Vessel reported on Friday that 277 migrants arrived
16:20 at the Canary Island coast on Thursday night.
16:23 According to the Emergency Coordination Center, the full dugouts would transfer to the ports
16:28 of Tenerife, Gran Canaria and El Hierro, where they received medical assistance in coordination
16:33 with the Red Cross and the Canary Emergency Service.
16:38 Local authorities assure migrants will continue disembarking 24/7.
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17:08 The Syrian authorities reported that the death toll from the terrorist attack on the military
17:34 academy in Syria has risen to 89.
17:38 The Syrian Minister of Health added that among the dead are 31 women and 5 children.
17:44 The attack was perpetrated at the end of the graduation ceremony of the Military Academy
17:49 of Homs, in the west of the country.
17:51 The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Jair al-Persian, condemned the attack and
17:57 expressed his sorrow for the loss of life on all sides.
18:00 The Turks also called on all sides to exercise maximum restraint and reiterated the need
18:06 for an immediate de-escalation of violence, a national-wide ceasefire and a cooperative
18:11 approach to counter terrorist groups.
18:19 United States member of the North Atlantic Freedom Organization, NATO, has bombed and
18:24 shot down a drone of Turkey and another member of the Atlantic Coalition in Syria.
18:29 Washington says that during the Turkish offensive in Halka Saka, one of the drones reached within
18:34 half a kilometer of its forces and was shot down by an F-16.
18:39 According to General Pat Ryder, Pentagon spokesman, there was no evidence that the drone wanted
18:45 to attack them.
18:46 Turkey is conducting operations against U.S.-alike Kurdish formations in the area after the Ankara
18:52 bombing.
18:53 The Turkey defense minister merely said that the drone did not belong to them, without
18:58 specifying any details.
19:05 On Friday, local media reported that most of Canada's diplomatic personnel in India
19:09 had been evacuated to neighboring countries such as Malaysia or Singapore due to the increased
19:14 tensions over the assassination of the leader, Hadib Zindigar.
19:19 The move comes after the Canadian foreign minister reported that diplomats received
19:23 threats on various social media platforms of the prime minister Justin Trudeau against
19:29 the New Delhi government of being involved in the murder of a Sikh leader.
19:33 The diplomatic office said that as a result of this accusation, they are evaluating their
19:38 staff in India and have decided to temporarily adjust the presence of personnel in that country.
19:48 At least seven people died and 40 others have been injured in the fire in the building in
19:53 the state of Maharashtra in western India.
19:56 The local authorities reported that the fire broke out in a seven-story residential building
20:01 located in the neighborhood of Goregaon in the city of Mumbai at three local times.
20:07 It was confirmed that among the deceased there are two minors.
20:12 The head minister of the state of Maharashtra, Eknath Chinde, considered the incident as
20:18 an unfortunate event and expressed his condolences to the relatives of the victims.
20:24 He also announced the payment of compensation for the families of the dead.
20:34 Azerbaijan has confirmed the arrest of the former president of Nagorno-Karabakh, Aragi
20:38 Haruturayan, on charges of waging a war of aggression against Baku, the capital of the
20:44 country.
20:45 The prosecutor general and the Azerbaijani security service have explained that the arrest
20:53 of the former president is due to the fact that he led the government in Nagorno-Karabakh.
20:59 During the year 2020, a conflict between Baku and Erbil for the control of the enclave.
21:07 According to Azerbaijani security forces, all the former authorities and the military
21:15 commanders of the overthrown government were detained.
21:19 In a statement, the Armenian foreign minister said that Yerevan will take all possible measures
21:24 to protect the rights of the illegally detained Nagorno-Karabakh representative, including
21:29 before international accords.
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