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00:00On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro signed a decree to create a National Cyber
00:15Security Council to deal with cyberattacks in the country.
00:20In Cuba and around the world, people pay homage to Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Cruz on
00:24his 98th birthday.
00:28Russia and Palestine assess the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the
00:31humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.
00:38Hello and welcome from the south, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from Televisa Studios in Havana,
00:42Cuba.
00:43We begin with the news.
00:44On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro signed a decree to create a National Cyber
00:48Security Council to deal with cyberattacks in the country.
00:52During the Defense and State Council that took place on the same day with members of
00:56the Military High Command and the Executive Cabinet, the head of state said that the
01:00measure seeks to guarantee the liberation and protection of all the country's technological
01:04command systems.
01:05He added that all institutions, public and private, must be freed and vaccinated against
01:10cybernetic warfare.
01:11In the same session, Jorge Rodriguez, President of the National Assembly, said that the Parliament
01:16will discuss a package of reforms to regulate the use of social media in the country, a
01:21measure that is also advancing the United Nations of the world.
01:29The Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said that his government is a defender of the United
01:33Nations Charter.
01:37We are persevering defenders of the United Nations Charter and we believe in the United
01:41Nations system, but a United Nations system that upholds international law, the right
01:47of the people, the right to peace, the right to independence, not interventionism.
01:54Also the Executive Vice President of Venezuela denounced that the acts of vandalism that
01:57took place in the country after the presidential elections were a consequence of the irresponsible
02:01calls of the opposition, María Corina Machado, and the former presidential candidate, Mundo
02:10González.
02:12The events that took place as a result of the irresponsible and violent call of the
02:17activist María Corina Machado, and that of the former candidate, Mundo González Urrutia,
02:22resulted in crimes against the constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and
02:26the violation of fundamental rights of Venezuelans, such as the right to life, the right to personal
02:31integrity, the right to property, and the right to diversity, which constitutes, as
02:35stated by the Attorney General of the Republic, hate crimes, that were also committed on July
02:4129, 30, 1, and 2 of August, in joint work with the Prosecutor's General Office.
02:47We have as a balance of lethal victims, fatalities, 22 people whose cases have been duly substantiated.
02:59In addition, the Attorney General of Venezuela pointed out the seriousness of the hate crimes
03:03committed against the people of Venezuela by persecuting and attacking citizens for
03:06their political ideology.
03:09Not only the crime or instigation to a hate crime, but the hate crime that is the materialization
03:19of the murder.
03:20Of course, when a person attacks another person motivated exclusively by their membership
03:25or a particular social group.
03:28Are violent behaviors motivated by the prejudice towards the person by their sex, race, ethnicity,
03:34religion, gender identity, socio-economic level, nationality, ideology or political
03:38affiliation, disability, sexual orientation.
03:42In the Venezuelan case, was strictly to persecute and seek to exterminate chavismo.
03:47There is no doubt that it is a hate crime in fusion of attacking and seeking to exterminate
03:51people because of their political orientation.
03:56The Venezuelan state continues to investigate the attacks that different websites have been
04:00suffering since the election of July 28th.
04:02These have affected public institutions and social services of the state.
04:05Let's see the details with our correspondent Leonardo Tamal.
04:12Even two weeks after the presidential elections, Venezuela is still facing cyber attacks, denounced
04:17the Minister of Science and Technology.
04:20Sixty-five percent are denial-of-service attacks, which imply a saturation of websites due to
04:25excessive requests for access.
04:27During July 28th alone, the authorities denounced that they received 30 million attacks per
04:32minute.
04:36When one analyzes the volume of attacks, the sophistication of the attacks, the incidence
04:41of attacks, the duration of attacks, this also has to do with an installed technological
04:46capacity and with a financial capacity.
04:49To attack for an hour, a terabyte of attack, you are financing at least 5,000 dollars for
04:54each attack.
04:55So we have received 30 million attacks per minute, Mr. President.
04:59This means that what is behind the attacks is a great economic and technological power.
05:07At least 20 websites of state-owned platforms and media outlets were attacked.
05:12Another 40 are under investigation.
05:14The main one has been the state-owned telephone and Internet services company, KenTV.
05:20So we have a sophistication in the number of attacks, a significant volume in the number
05:24of attacks, a significant funding in the number of attacks, and a diversity of attacks,
05:29with more than five types of attacks targeting the state's technological platforms.
05:35Many of the attacks on the websites affect service pages such as the payment of taxes,
05:39the civil identification system, and the patria system that grants bonds and different services,
05:44among others.
05:45Even media outlets such as TeleSUR were affected.
05:49The big thing is that they are hurting everybody, right?
05:53So, for example, if they attack, what do I know, a state system where any Venezuelan
05:57requires it, that person is being affected by the enemies of the homeland, regardless
06:03of the ideology of that person.
06:09In response to these attacks, a National Cyber Security Council will be created to develop
06:14defense strategies and legal developments on the subject.
06:18One day, Foreign Minister of Venezuela Ivan Gil rejected the statements of the White House
06:22Spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre, in which she granted that the alleged tally sheets
06:26published by the far-right are true.
06:28The foreign minister assured that the coup operation, planned and directed from the U.S.,
06:33has no limits.
06:34Now, Karine Jean-Pierre, spokesperson for the White House, proclaims herself an electoral
06:38authority in Venezuela.
06:40The reality is that all her answers obey well-paid lobbies.
06:43All the questions and comments in the pantomime of the press briefing are paid off, framed
06:48in a great conspiracy against Venezuela.
06:51All Venezuelans wonder who is paying for this, which dark funds are financing this
06:55operation.
06:56Reply, Ms Jean-Pierre.
06:57Let's now take a short break, but remember you can join us on Tiktok at Trash of English,
07:05where you will find news in different formats, news updates, and much more.
07:10We'll be right back, stay with us.
07:21Welcome back.
07:34On Tuesday, August 13th, people around the world pay homage to Commander-in-Chief Fidel
07:39Castro Ruz on his 98th birth anniversary.
07:42In Cuba, citizens carry out different activities to honor Fidel Castro's work and legacy.
07:47Early in the morning, people from across the country gather at the Santa Eugenia Cemetery
07:51to lay a wreath of flowers to the grave where Fidel's ashes rest.
07:55In other parts of the world, citizens also pay tribute to Fidel's actions in the fight
07:59for a more equal and peaceful world.
08:01In China, Fidel's contributions to biotechnology were acknowledged.
08:04The Union of Cuban Residents in Argentina highlight the example of the historic leader
08:08of the revolution and have been carrying out different activities since Sunday to honor
08:12the day.
08:14Celebrations alike were also held in other areas, such as Russia, Nicaragua, Bolivia,
08:18Vietnam, and many others.
08:28Venezuela joined the day of homage dedicated to Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro.
08:32In an official statement, the Bolivarian nation celebrates with revolutionary fervor the 98th
08:37anniversary of the birth of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, remembering his rebellious
08:42thinking inspired by Martí's and Bolívar's ideas.
08:46The legacy of Commander Fidel Castro has transcended the history of our America, and the world
08:51and today continues to be one of the main inspirations that allow us to move in the
08:55midst of battles in favor of humanity with commitment and strength to defeat any difficulty.
09:00From Venezuela, we join the sentiments of the Cuban people, its President Miguel Díaz-Canel
09:05and Army General Raúl Castro, certain that the socialist revolution undertaken by the
09:10immortal Commander Fidel will continue to be the beacon of dignity for all those who
09:15aspire to build a better, just, and non-interfering world.
09:20In this context also, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America's People's
09:29Strait Treaty commemorated Fidel Castro's legacy.
09:32On social media posted the peoples of the ALBA-TCP commemorate the 98th anniversary
09:39of the birth of Commander Fidel Castro, historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, who traveled
09:43a long road to achieve the liberation of Cuba and defend the sovereignty of his country
09:47that was under the tyranny of the U.S. Empire.
09:50Fidel became a reference for the peoples in their processes of struggle and liberation
09:54from capitalist oppression and the expansionist and predatory pretensions of imperialism.
10:07The historic leader of the Cuban Revolution was an advocate of Latin American integration
10:10to confront imperialism.
10:12As faith to his view, we invite you to listen to a fragment of a speech by Fidel Castro
10:16during his visit to Caracas on January 23, 1959.
11:02In other news, on Monday, Uruguay headed the seventh meeting of the Mercosur-China Dialogue
11:08Mechanism to strengthen ties between nations.
11:11The meeting was held in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo, with the objective of reaching
11:14a free trade agreement with China.
11:16For his part, Uruguay's Deputy Foreign Minister Nicolás Albertoni presented investment proposals
11:21aimed at relaxing Mercosur's rules to open the bloc to the world amid its own expectations
11:26of trade openness.
11:33The Peruvian Public Ministry assures that the law on crimes against humanity and war
11:37crimes enacted by Congress violates the defense of human rights and the autonomy and independence
11:42of judges.
11:43The Public Prosecutor's Office assures that the law will have a negative impact on the
11:48processing of judicial processes in particularly serious cases such as Madre Mía, Humaya and
11:54Galva and Borja, among others.
11:56It also refers that the new law violates the autonomy and functional independence of magistrates
12:01since it prevents the Prosecutor's Office from exercising its function as defender of
12:05legality and prosecutor of the crime.
12:07The firm also warns of the negative consequences that the law will have on the exercise of
12:12prosecutors.
12:13Meanwhile, in the United States, the team of the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris
12:20claimed that Elon Musk is using his social media X to control the country's democracy.
12:27Harris' campaign team denounced that billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk ruined X by allowing
12:32hate speech and disinformation to flood the platform.
12:35The photo claimed that Musk is now using his fortune and broad scope to try to take over
12:40U.S. democracy.
12:41The billionaire held a live interview with former President Donald Trump on X, which
12:46was followed by over one million users.
13:10Russia President Vladimir Putin met with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas to join
13:14efforts for a ceasefire and to provide aid to Gaza.
13:17On the meeting, both leaders discussed the situation in the Middle East, and despite
13:20his special military operation, Ukraine, Russia is willing to support Palestine, though the
13:24head of state affirmed that it cannot be dismissed.
13:27Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that the United Nations failed to guarantee the
13:30human rights of the Palestinians in the face of the situation of Israeli aggression after
13:34the U.S. pressure.
13:35Putin further stressed that they will always advocate a peaceful solution to the Palestinian-Israeli
13:40conflict.
13:45The United Nations claims Israel continues to block crucial humanitarian aid missions
13:49to Gaza.
13:50According to the multilateral organization, Israel has denied access to the Palestinian
13:54enclave to more than one-third of the aid missions since the beginning of August.
13:59The UN Security Council calls Tel Aviv's decision a continuing cycle of deprivation and distress
14:04for the Palestinian population devastated by the genocidal operation.
14:08According to the latest UN report of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
14:12Affairs, 198 people were killed and 430 injured in Israeli attacks in less than 72 hours,
14:18and adds that the blockade of coordinated aid undermines efforts to address urgent humanitarian
14:23needs.
14:26The Israeli regime bombed several towns in southern Lebanon with internationally banned
14:33white phosphorus munitions.
14:36Israeli aircraft fired on the outskirts of several residential areas in the Lebanese
14:39territories.
14:40The health ministry reported that at least three civilians were wounded in the attack.
14:44The Lebanese authorities denounced that the attacks by Tel Aviv, which have intensified
14:48since October 2003 against southern Lebanon, have caused more than 100,000 people to be
14:53displaced.
14:54In this regard, they assure that they maintain diplomatic lines with Israel and international
14:58organizations to stop the violations committed by the occupation and to achieve a ceasefire
15:03in Gaza.
15:08The acting Prime Minister of Lebanon, Najib Bikati, confirmed that all relevant ministries,
15:12departments and organizations have taken measures within the framework of the National Emergency
15:16Plan to deal with Israeli aggressions.
15:18In this regard, he emphasized the need for de-escalation to avoid a spiral of violence
15:22and the decisive role of the international community.
15:25He also recalled that the only way out of the conflict is the implementation of the
15:29Security Council's Resolution 701, which establishes the freedom and sovereignty of
15:33Lebanon within its internationally recognized borders.
16:03Welcome back.
16:31Greece is hit by heavy fires and extreme weather conditions, and Monday the fire claimed
16:35its first fatality north of the country's capital.
16:38File 4 disreported that the body of a 62-year-old woman was found in a store razed by the flames.
16:43The victim's acquaintances cannot explain why she waited until the last minute before
16:47leaving the store.
16:48The fire that hit the Attica region broke out on Sunday in the vicinity of Lake Marathon
16:53and has spread, razing several houses and establishments in its path.
16:56The European Union monitoring service has raised the number of hectares burned to more
17:00than 10,000.
17:01A 5.5 earthquake has been reported in the Syrian province of Hama.
17:09At least 25 people have been injured.
17:11According to the health director of the region, Maher Younes, the victims suffered minor and
17:15medium injuries.
17:16Panic and fainting spells were also reported, especially in the city of Salameh, the closest
17:21city to the epicenter of the strong tremor.
17:23The quake struck at 11.56 local time with its epicenter 28 kilometers east of the city
17:29of Hama, pointing to the Syrian National Earthquake Center.
17:32Authorities in Damascus, Latakia and other provinces where the quake was felt said that
17:37no major damages have been reported.
17:53Tropical Storm Nesto is approaching the Lesser Antilles with sustained winds of 40 km per
17:57hour and westward movement at 20 km per hour.
18:01According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, at 5 a.m., Ernesto was about 350 miles southeast
18:08of San Juan.
18:09The phenomenon is expected to reach Puerto Rico on Tuesday evening, and rainfalls will
18:15be between 3 to 6 inches, with a maximum of 10 inches.
18:19Experts forecast that the storm could make a west-northward movement with some decreasing
18:24forward speed.
18:27On Monday, the Austral Sailing Ship of the non-governmental organization Open Arms rescued
18:35187 migrants in several rescue operations in the Central Mediterranean.
18:39Since last August 9, the organization has been carrying out rescue work, according to
18:44figures from the Italian Migration Authorities.
18:47421 migrants had reached the island of Lampedusa in just 24 hours, as of Friday.
18:52In the midst of this new wave of migration, Open Arms has been involved in six operations,
18:56including the distribution of hydration and life jackets to migrants who have managed
19:00to reach the island in precarious boats.
19:03In one of the rescue missions, they saved the lives of 55 people from Tunisia, including
19:07children and babies in high-risk conditions.
19:14In Spain, citizens protested against mass tourism on the Spanish island of Mallorca.
19:19Residents of the island of Mallorca symbolically occupied a section of Bellarmine Beach to
19:24protest against the consequences of mass tourism in the territory.
19:28The island is part of the Balearic Archipelago, one of the most touristic regions of the country,
19:32where the tourism sector causes socio-economic and ecological problems.
19:36In this context, demonstration is added to others that have been presented this year
19:40in other Spanish cities against mass tourism.
19:47A resident of Mojambique went to court to file criminal charges against the former Prime
19:51Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, for the wave of violence on the riots.
19:56The Prime Minister resigned and left the country while violence and tensions raged on the streets.
20:01Therefore, a citizen resorted to justice to denounce the murder of the owner of a grocery
20:05store with whom he has a family relationship.
20:09The victim was killed by an armed attack.
20:11Besides Prime Minister Hasina, the Secretary-General of the Awami League party, the former Home
20:16Minister and the Inspector General of Police are further being accused.
20:19This is the first case opened before the Bangladesh judiciary against the former Prime Minister
20:23who moved to India on August 5 this year.
20:39On Monday evening, five-time Olympic champion Mijain Lopez highlighted athletes' commitment
20:49to the Cuban people and commemoration of Fidel Castro's birth anniversary.
20:58And with our Inter-President's permission, I told him I wasn't willing to read a communiqué,
21:04as I want to say from the bottom of my heart what I feel for my country, for my people
21:08who loves me.
21:15We are already at home.
21:17All the athletes who went with a unique mission that of fighting for our medals to reaffirm
21:21we are the best in the world.
21:27And we are happy to get here and represent our people.
21:30Today, tomorrow and ever, I won my fifth medal.
21:33I am retiring but I will work on our continuity so that all our Cuban athletes continue fighting
21:37for victory and continue giving joy to our Cuban people.
21:40So I ask for a round of applause on behalf of the birth anniversary of our undefeated
21:44commander-in-chief Fidel Castro Ruz.
21:47We have come to the end of this news brief.
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21:59For Terrestrial English, I'm Luis Alberto Matos.