06/12/2023
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*Venezuela: Government complies with popular mandate on Esequibo
* Court orders immediate release of ex-dictator Alberto Fujimori
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*Venezuela: Government complies with popular mandate on Esequibo
* Court orders immediate release of ex-dictator Alberto Fujimori
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00:02 - In Venezuela, government complied with the popular mandate
00:15 after the consultative referendum
00:17 in defense of the Esequibo held last Sunday.
00:19 In Peru, a constitutional court has ordered
00:23 the immediate release of dictator Alberto Fujimori.
00:29 And in Palestine, Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday
00:31 continued the intensive shelling of the southern,
00:34 central, and northern besieged Gaza Strip,
00:36 committing more massacres against the people of the Strip.
00:39 Hello, welcome to Telesur English.
00:46 I am Estefania Bravo from the headquarters
00:48 of Quito in Ecuador.
00:49 This is From the South.
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00:56 Venezuelan state complied with the popular mandate
01:08 after the consultative referendum
01:09 for the defense of the Esequibo held last Sunday.
01:12 President Nicolás Maduro, in a meeting
01:14 at the General Assembly of the Federal Council of Government
01:17 announced the seven decisions of the government
01:19 after the electoral exercise of December the 3rd.
01:22 (speaking in foreign language)
01:26 Activate immediately the debate in the National Assembly
01:36 and the approval of the organic law
01:37 for the creation of the Guyana Esequiba
01:40 and the implementation of the five decisions
01:42 taken by the people of Venezuela,
01:43 the five yeses in each of their parts.
01:46 And I deliver to the president of the National Assembly,
01:49 Dr. Jorge Rodriguez.
01:52 (speaking in foreign language)
01:53 The organic law for the defense of the Guyana Esequiba,
01:56 organic law to regulate the creation
01:58 of the state of Guyana Esequiba
02:00 and all the decisions of last Sunday.
02:02 Activate immediately the debate in the National Assembly
02:10 and the approval of the organic law
02:12 for the creation of the Guyana Esequiba
02:14 and the implementation of the five decisions
02:16 taken by the people of Venezuela,
02:18 the five yeses in each of their parts.
02:21 And I deliver to the president of the National Assembly,
02:23 Dr. Jorge Rodriguez.
02:25 The organic law for the defense of the Guyana Esequiba,
02:31 organic law to regulate the creation
02:33 of the state of Guyana Esequiba
02:34 and all the decisions of last Sunday.
02:36 - President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro,
02:40 affirmed that the participation of Venezuelans
02:42 in the consultative referendum
02:45 evidences an important agreement in the country.
02:47 (speaking in foreign language)
02:51 - We have already convoked ourselves to raise the issue
02:58 to welcome the blessed, brilliant initiative
03:00 of the National Assembly
03:02 to call for a consultative referendum on the great issues
03:05 of the trajectory and the historical legacy
03:12 of the Guyana Esequiba,
03:14 on the great issues of the present
03:16 and above all, on the great issues of the future.
03:18 We convene ourselves, we met again,
03:24 each one presented his vision
03:25 and on Sunday, the voice of the people spoke
03:28 and the voice of the people was overwhelming.
03:32 In the five questions, the Venezuelan people
03:37 showed an impressive consensus,
03:40 an outstanding consensus of the position
03:44 that has united, that unites
03:46 and that must unite Venezuela on this great issue
03:50 that has to do with the territorial integrity
03:52 with sovereignty and peace with the region,
03:55 something extremely important.
03:57 - In Colombia, organizations and relatives
04:01 of victims of forced disappearances demanded
04:03 that requests issued by the authorities.
04:06 Family members demand attention to their requests
04:08 for access to documents related to military forces,
04:11 intelligence and the unit for the search
04:13 of disappeared people after having no response
04:16 regarding the whereabouts of their loved ones.
04:18 A constitutional court in Peru has ordered
04:25 on Tuesday, the immediate release
04:27 of dictator Alberto Fujimori.
04:29 The court's ruling reinstates a pardon granted
04:32 to ex-presidents for humanitarian reasons
04:34 which was revoked by the Supreme Court in 2019.
04:37 The decision takes place despite human rights
04:39 organizations requests that he not be released.
04:42 Relatives of the victims of the Peruvian dictator
04:45 denounced the court's decision is unacceptable
04:47 as it puts their rights below Fujimori's undue freedom.
04:51 And continuing in Peru, citizens are unhappy
04:59 with the ruling of the constitutional court
05:01 which ordered the release of Alberto Fujimori
05:03 and called this Tuesday via social media networks
05:06 for demonstrations in appreciation in the center of Lima.
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05:13 The National Police of Peru raided the congressional offices
05:19 in the midst of the investigation
05:20 into the criminal network allegedly led
05:22 by prosecutor Patricia Benavides.
05:24 In the middle of the declarations,
05:26 the prosecutor Patricia Benavides
05:27 at the Congress headquarters,
05:29 members of the special team of the prosecutors
05:31 against corruption in the National Police
05:33 intervene the Congress headquarters
05:35 in the framework of the investigations
05:37 against Jaime Villanueva,
05:38 former advisor of the prosecutor of the nation,
05:41 Patricia Benavides for the case,
05:42 the prosecutor and her power dome.
05:44 (beeping)
05:51 An Indonesia rescue official said 11 climbers
06:04 were found dead on Monday after the eruption
06:06 of Mount Merapi on the island of Sumatra
06:09 which is believed to have killed 11 climbers.
06:12 Local rescue teams indicated that the number of people
06:15 killed by the eruption increased to 13,
06:17 while 10 are still missing
06:19 and 52 have been evacuated from the site.
06:21 Meanwhile, authorities reported
06:22 that continued volcanic activity
06:24 and bad weather conditions have obstructed
06:27 the rescue mission,
06:28 while volcanic ash has reached the foot of the hill.
06:31 (beeping)
06:33 At least 65 people have been killed in landslides
06:39 and flooding triggered by heavy rainfall
06:41 in northern Tanzania.
06:42 Torrential downpours at the weekend
06:44 washed away vehicles and brought down buildings
06:47 on the hillside of Katish,
06:49 300 kilometers north of the capital Dodoma.
06:52 Images broadcast on television show debris from houses
06:56 including furniture strewn across streets
06:59 with key roads, power lines,
07:00 and communication networks disrupted.
07:02 The disaster has prompted President Samia Sulu Kuhasan
07:06 to cut short her visit to Dubai
07:08 for the COPE 28 climate talks with her office
07:11 saying that she would visit the affected area on Thursday.
07:14 The world could exceed the 1.5 degrees Celsius
07:23 warming three's hold in just 70 years
07:25 if the CO2 emissions continue to rise.
07:28 A group of scientists warned on Tuesday
07:30 urging participating countries to act now.
07:33 The Global Carbon Project study presented
07:35 by the United Nations Climate Conference in Dubai
07:38 warns that CO2 emissions from coal, gas, or oil
07:41 will reach a new record in 2023.
07:43 Pollution from fossil fuels increased by 1.1% last year
07:47 according to the research
07:48 by this international consortium of scientists.
07:51 The study emphasizes that China and India
07:53 have become respectively the world's first
07:55 and third largest emitters of greenhouse gases.
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08:16 Welcome back.
08:40 Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday
08:42 continued the intensive shelling
08:44 of the southern, central, and northern besieged Gaza Strip
08:47 committing more massacres against the people of the Strip.
08:50 The death toll in Gaza has so far reached 16,000
08:53 since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7th,
08:56 including 1,240 who were killed
08:58 after the end of the humanitarian truce on December 1st.
09:01 And U.S. spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric said on Tuesday
09:10 the agency continues to struggle
09:12 to get supplies inside Gaza.
09:14 Dujarric told reporters in New York
09:15 that 108 trucks carrying humanitarian supplies
09:19 and 69,000 liters went into Gaza from Egypt on Monday,
09:22 but this is far less than the amount of aid
09:25 that was entering the territory
09:27 during the November humanitarian ceasefire.
09:29 - By the end of yesterday, of last night,
09:35 a hundred trucks, 108 trucks carrying humanitarian supplies
09:38 and about 69,000 liters of fuel
09:41 entered from Egypt into Gaza,
09:43 about the same as the previous day.
09:47 This is well below the daily average of 170 trucks
09:51 and 110,000 liters of fuel that had entered
09:54 during the humanitarian pause that took place
09:57 between the 24th and 30th of November.
10:00 Meanwhile, Rafah was the only governorate in Gaza
10:03 where limited aid distribution was able to take place,
10:06 and that is primary flour and water.
10:09 In the adjacent Khan Younis governorate,
10:11 aid distribution largely stopped
10:13 due to the intensified hostilities
10:17 or the intensity of the hostilities.
10:19 In addition, last night,
10:20 the main telecommunication provider in Gaza
10:23 announced that all telecom services had shut down
10:26 due to cuts in the main fiber routes.
10:29 This followed a partial shutdown in Gaza City
10:32 in northern Gaza a few hours earlier
10:34 due to the ongoing hostilities.
10:36 - In Lebanon, a Hamas representative denied
10:39 that the group's fighters raped women
10:41 during the October 7th attack.
10:43 Hamas senior representative, Osama Hamdam,
10:46 said during a press conference in Beirut on Tuesday
10:49 that such reports aimed to cover the good treatment
10:53 the hostages received while being held in the group.
10:55 However, when asked if Hamas was holding 17 female soldiers,
10:59 the representative said that time had not come yet
11:02 to speak about the matter
11:03 and reiterated that the negotiations
11:05 were supposed to be confined to civilians.
11:08 - The Zionist claims and lies that some women were raped
11:17 come to cover the images of good treatment
11:19 that the Zionist settlers and foreigners received in Gaza
11:22 that categorically deny these claims,
11:25 as these images bothered the Zionist entity
11:27 that desperately tried to satanize our steadfast people
11:31 and solid resistance.
11:33 Regarding the exchange,
11:34 I was clear and say the stance of the movement,
11:38 as there will be no talk about an exchange
11:40 before ending the aggression on Gaza.
11:42 The mediators exerted efforts,
11:45 but the side that blocked these efforts is the occupation.
11:48 And today, Netanyahu fired the mercy bullet on these efforts
11:52 when he met the families of the prisoners
11:54 and told them that their loved ones will not return soon.
11:58 - The third edition of the Wounded of the Homeland Games
12:01 continue in Damascus and will end on Wednesday, December 6th,
12:05 an event that features 173 war-wounded athletes
12:08 from Russia, Iran, Indonesia, Iraq, and Syria.
12:11 Our correspondent in Damascus, Hisham Mounous, has more.
12:14 - With resolve, willpower, and determination,
12:20 the wounded athletes from the Syrian armies
12:22 and the other participating countries
12:24 competed in the disciplines of swimming,
12:27 track and field, weightlifting, table tennis,
12:30 basketball, and badminton.
12:32 During the games, the Syrian athletes
12:35 demonstrated great ability to compete
12:37 and obtain good results in this match,
12:39 which they consider an important step
12:42 on the way to represent their country
12:44 in international competitions.
12:47 - Without a doubt, our goal is to form
12:53 a high-level national team that can compete internationally,
12:56 and for this reason, we are looking to conduct
12:58 training sessions with teams of other countries
13:00 and keep in touch with foreign athletes
13:02 in order to represent our country in competitions
13:05 in Arab and other countries.
13:06 Think the Syrian swimmers are very fast and very strong,
13:12 and if they follow through with the right training,
13:17 I think they will be stronger than the Russian swimmers,
13:21 and I really wish they would.
13:23 The competition has been very strong
13:26 with other participating teams from other countries,
13:29 and we, Wounded for our Homeland,
13:30 have demonstrated our capacity to make a difference,
13:34 because just as we have fought on the battlefield
13:38 and we have won, now we are winning in sports
13:42 and we are improving in this field.
13:43 - The event, organized by the Syrian association
13:51 Wounded for the Homeland,
13:52 together with the General Sports Federation of Syria,
13:56 at the Tizrin and Al-Faya sports complexes
13:59 in the Syrian capital,
14:01 is a space where the wounded of the Syrian Arab Army
14:03 demonstrate that although they can no longer serve
14:07 in the military, they refuse to be defeated by their wounds
14:11 and bet on continuing their lives in other fields,
14:15 including sports, in a clear demonstration
14:17 of their attachments to life
14:19 and their determination to move forward
14:21 after long years of war and blockade
14:23 imposed by foreign powers.
14:25 - The wound I suffered in the battlefield
14:30 has changed my life, and I am now in the sports field,
14:33 and in both fields, like all my wounded colleagues,
14:35 we act with heroism and with a lot of will
14:38 and determination to overcome our physical disabilities
14:42 and recover the normal course of our lives
14:44 with the support of the relevant institutions of the country.
14:47 I have lost my legs while I was a soldier in the army,
14:51 but I have not lost my life, and I currently practice
14:54 wheelchair basketball, and this allowed me to share
14:57 with people like me who overcome their injuries
14:59 and go on with their lives,
15:01 especially the injured Syrian athletes
15:03 whom I wish much success,
15:05 as well as to all the participating teams.
15:07 - With a will of steel, the participants in these games
15:11 face their physical disabilities
15:13 and return to fight in defense of their homeland,
15:15 but this time in the sports field.
15:19 The Syrian athletes, like thousands of wounded soldiers
15:22 of the Syrian army,
15:23 although they receive all the support
15:27 by the country's military institution
15:29 in appreciation of their performance on the battlefield,
15:33 refuse to remain inactive,
15:35 and so they take part in their enormous work
15:37 being carried out by the government and citizens
15:40 in all fields for the recovery of Syria.
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16:23 Nigerian President Maulad Nubu has ordered
16:25 an investigation into a military drone strike
16:27 that killed 85 civilians gathered
16:30 for a religious celebration over the weekend.
16:32 Government spokesperson Adjuru Nigali
16:34 said in an official statement on Tuesday
16:36 that the president qualified the incident
16:39 as worrying and painful.
16:40 On the other hand, Nigerian Army Chief Lieutenant General
16:43 personally visited Tundu Biri Village
16:46 to express apologies for the airstrike
16:48 while at a Knuda Hospital.
16:50 Attending to the injured, he assured the victims
16:53 that their medical bills would be taken care of.
16:56 Negotiations between Sudanese Armed Forces
17:04 and the Rapid Support Forces in Saudi Arabia's port city
17:07 of Jeddah have been definitely suspended
17:09 by Saudi, US, and African mediators.
17:12 According to Sudan's media, the suspension comes
17:15 after the two sides failed to meet their commitments
17:18 to implementing confidence-building measures
17:20 and withdrawing military forces from key cities.
17:23 On November 7th, the two parties reached an agreement
17:26 outlining measures to facilitate humanitarian aid
17:29 access to civilians.
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17:34 UK Home Secretary James Cleverly said on Tuesday
17:39 that he feels very strongly that a new asylum treaty
17:42 with Rwanda addresses legal concerns raised
17:45 by the UK Supreme Court.
17:46 Last month, the UK Supreme Court ruled that the plan
17:50 to send asylum seekers to the West African country
17:52 was illegal because it said Rwanda
17:54 is not a safe country for refugees.
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18:00 On Tuesday, a court has suspended the privatization
18:04 of 11 state-owned companies in Kenya,
18:07 including the National Oil and Gas Company,
18:09 following an appeal by the main opposition party.
18:12 According to the main opposition leader, Raila Odinga,
18:15 the sale of the state's holdings should be subject
18:18 to a referendum because of the strategic importance
18:21 of the companies concerned in this country,
18:24 the economic powerhouse of East Africa.
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18:30 And the Imhotep Museum in Egypt reopened its doors
18:36 to the public after more than a year closed for repairs.
18:39 Located in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara,
18:42 south of Cairo, the museum was named in honor
18:45 of the ancient Egyptian architect Imhotep,
18:48 best known for building the step pyramid
18:51 of Pharaoh Djoser during the Third Dynasty.
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