FTS 20:30 17-08 Venezuelan pres. leads demonstration in defense of peace

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00:00In Venezuela, the President Nicolás Maduro led the great national march for peace and

00:15in support of his popular victory in the presidential elections of July 28.

00:22In Russia, authorities have reported a new drone attack by Ukrainian troops on the outskirts

00:27of the Saporizhia nuclear power plant.

00:35The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas accused Israel of frustrating negotiations

00:40for a ceasefire and the Gaza Strip.

00:47Hello and welcome to From the South, my name is Belinda de los Santos and from the Televisual

00:51Studios in Havana, Cuba, we begin with the news.

00:54In Venezuela, the President Nicolás Maduro led the great national march for peace and

00:59in support of his popular victory in the presidential elections of July 28.

01:04In the midst of the great concentration on the way to the Miraflores Palace, the Venezuelan

01:09people raised slogans and received the President, who was present, to accompany the people together

01:15with the First Lady, Silvia Flores.

01:18During his address to the people, President Maduro highlighted that the presence of the

01:22people in the streets is yet another victory after the electoral one, and that it also

01:28represents a win in the face of social media influencers and the opposition leader.

01:33Also, the President reiterated the call for communal elections on August 25 as a new instance

01:41of democratic participation for all Venezuelans.

01:50As they have no leaders and they hid, one lives in Madrid, in a mansion, in the Salamanca

01:56neighborhood, the thieving and murderous rat of Leopoldo López, the rat of Guaido lives

02:05in a mansion in Miami, Julio Borges in Spain, they have the Seona who is deflated and spiked.

02:18She is spiked and that makes her more dangerous because she has a criminal and violent mind.

02:25But they are not going to be able to beat us, they are not going to be able to.

02:33So they looked for 20 influencers.

02:36One has 80 million followers, the other one has 60, it cannot be.

02:46But you know what those influencers lack, street, they lack people, they lack dreams,

02:54they lack the Venezuelan national cause.

02:59In this context, the population mobilized in defense of the electoral victory of President

03:03Nicolás Maduro and in rejection of fascism and the ultra-right.

03:08The rally traveled through several avenues of the city of Caracas until it reached the

03:12Miraflores Palace, seat of the national government and the destination of more than 10,000 motorcycles

03:19that accompanied the march in defense of peace and the electoral victory.

03:24Simultaneously, citizens throughout the national territory took to the streets in defense of

03:29national sovereignty.

03:35And in this context, the people of Apura State in Venezuela also marched to defend peace

03:40and celebrate the victory of President Nicolás Maduro.

03:43Let's listen.

03:46The women's sector is mobilizing against the fascism that is in the blockade, the violence.

03:51This is a country of peace and here democracy won, Nicolás Maduro won, and from here we

03:55are supporting him, from here we are backing him and guaranteeing peace and sovereignty.

03:59In Venezuela this is a territory of peace.

04:05Here we are, the doctors of the homeland the revolution of health with Nicolás Maduro,

04:09we do not want fascists.

04:11The oil of Venezuela belongs to the people and for the people for Latin America.

04:15Keep it up president, overcoming president.

04:18Meanwhile in Colombia, social organizations stood in solidarity with Venezuela due to

04:23the events that threatened peace in the South American country.

04:27The movement in solidarity with Venezuela expressed its concern for the current situation

04:31in the country.

04:32The general counsel of Venezuela in Barranquilla, Juan Ferrer Romero, pointed out that the Venezuelan

04:38extreme right wing does not express the truth of the facts, they only incite acts of violence

04:45for an alleged fraud of which they have no proof.

04:49Ferrer also assured that the extremist groups would not be able to destabilize people that

04:55work in the defense of their sovereignty.

05:02On July 28, the Venezuelan people reaffirmed their course by electing Nicolás Maduro as

05:07their president once again, and the people of the world are with the Bolivarian revolution.

05:13For 25 years the Bolivarian revolution has been a beacon of hope, a popular movement

05:18that has resisted with courage and dignity the onslaught of US imperialism and its allies.

05:24And also on Saturday, the extreme right also called for its supporters in Caracas.

05:30The concentration that spread by a few blocks covered only sectors of the east of the Venezuelan

05:35capital.

05:36Aerial shots showed the dimension of the mobilization of the extreme right at the moment when the

05:43opposition, María Corina Machado, addressed her followers, a rally in which former presidential

05:50candidate Elmundo González did not participate and whose objective was to reject the country's

05:55electoral power and the official results of the last presidential elections.

06:03And now let's take a short break, but remember you can join us on TikTok, where you will

06:08find news in different formats, news updates and more.

06:12We'll be right back, stay with us.

06:33Welcome back to From the South.

06:42In Russia, authorities have reported a new drone attack by Ukrainian troops on the outskirts

06:47of the Saporizhian nuclear power plant.

06:50According to the authorities of the plant, the attack was launched by the Ukrainian army

06:53around seven in the morning local time, this Saturday, on the road that passes next to

06:58the reactors of the plant, which represented a threat to security.

07:04This is the route through which the staff moves constantly, however, the attack left

07:08no dead or wounded.

07:10The latest incident against the nuclear power plant, located in the eastern zone, took place

07:16on August 11th, when Ukrainian forces attacked a cooling tower with two drones causing a

07:22fire.

07:27Earlier, the Russian government had warned that it would give a tough response if Ukraine

07:36carried out any nuclear provocation.

07:39Through a statement, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that it was evaluating information

07:43released by independent channels on the preparation by the Ukrainian regime to attack the nuclear

07:49power plants of Kursk and Saporizhia.

07:51They also denounced that the objective of this provocation was to accuse Moscow of self-attack

07:58on its plan in order to allegedly create reasons for attacking nuclear facilities in Ukraine.

08:03The security agency condemned these plans and stated that they constitute a direct violation

08:09of the International Convention on Combating Acts of Nuclear Terrorism.

08:19And also in this context, Russian Defense Ministry reported on massive surrender of

08:24the Ukrainian military in Kursk province after operations were thwarted by Moscow.

08:30According to a spokesman for the Russian security agency, several Ukrainian settlements in Kursk

08:36have been evicted since August 15th.

08:40The Ministry of Defense also reported that Russian forces continue to conduct military

08:44operations in the area with a view to advancing the recovery of the region and taking prisoners.

08:51The Ukrainian army launched a surprise offensive against the Kursk region on August 6th, killing

08:56at least 12 civilians and wounding more than 120 people, including 10 children.

09:23And now we move on to Palestine, as resistance movement Hamas accused Israel of frustrating

09:28negotiations for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

09:31Hamas political bureau member Ghazi Hamada stated that despite the efforts of the mediators,

09:37conciliation was not achieved on any point of the proposal.

09:41He also explained that the resistance will not accept any agreement without a full ceasefire,

09:46withdrawal of occupation from Gaza.

09:49The return of displaced people and an agreement on prisoner exchanges.

09:54Hamad believes that even if new conditions are established, Tel Aviv would continue its

09:59siege against Palestine.

10:08And in the meantime, massacres by genocidal Israeli troops continue in the Gaza Strip.

10:14At least 15 people were killed in the Suwayda refugee camp.

10:17Palestinian troops bombed tents full of people, most of them hungry and thirsty women and

10:22children.

10:23The Israeli fighter planes launched three attacks in the surrounding of the camp, where

10:28the Palestinians that they themselves displaced there with the promise that this was a safe

10:34area were taking refuge.

10:37These attacks in the center of Gaza, in addition to new orders for massive evacuations in the

10:41north and south of the Palestinian settlement, are taking place while the international community

10:47is concentrating its hopes on a ceasefire.

10:54And also, recent reports revealed that Israeli settlers and military have set at least 273

11:01fires on Palestinian property in the occupied West Bank since October 2023.

11:06The resistance committed to the wall and settlements issued a statement in which it detailed that

11:11since the outbreak of the new cycle of violence on last October 7th, some 120 fires were caused

11:18in the governorate of Nablus, 42 in Ramallah and 26 in Yenin, of the total 77 affected

11:24land and crops, while 196 burned public or private property, including apartments, buildings

11:31and vehicles.

11:32The committee denounced that the Israeli Occupation Authority sponsored these actions with the

11:37aim of terrorizing and intimidating the population in order to cause forced displacement.

11:48And in other news, in India, the Medical Association suspended non-urgent service for 24 hours

11:54this Saturday in protest of the rape and murder of a young woman resident of the hospital

12:01in the city of Kolkata.

12:03The medical body indicated that essential services and the operation of emergency rooms

12:08will be maintained, but there will be no service in ambulatory patient departments nor elective

12:13surgeries.

12:14These actions of protest are added to others at national level in support of the professionals

12:19of the Kolkata hospital, who remain mobilized since October 9th after the rape and murder

12:25of a young resident.

12:27Most doctors demand rigorous sentences for this matter, of which only one accused is

12:33known, as well as greater security in health facilities.

12:42We have a second short break coming up, but before we invite you to visit our YouTube

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12:57world's most recent events.

13:01Final short break, don't go away.

13:22Welcome back from the South.

13:24The African Union Health Agency reported a detection of more than 18,000 cases of Mpox

13:31in the year 2024.

13:32The health agency detailed that so far there are 3,101 confirmed cases, another 15,636

13:41suspected and 541 deaths in at least 12 countries because of the virus known as Mono Smallpox.

13:50In response, the World Health Organization declared an emergency due to rapid spread

13:56with the first cases of this new variant of Mpox appearing in Sweden and Pakistan.

14:01In this case, it urged the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control to prepare

14:08for the emergence of more cases.

14:16And also in this context, the Ministry of Health of Peru issued an epidemiological alert

14:22in the South American country for 77 cases of Mpox confirmed by the National Center for

14:28Epidemiology, Prevention and Control of Diseases.

14:32The alert is issued to warn citizens of the risk that this new variant of the monkeypox

14:38presents.

14:39Official data recorded that during 2022, there were at least 3,697 cases.

15:05We now move on to other topics.

15:06In Colombia, delegates from the nine countries that make up the indigenous peoples of the

15:11Amazon Basin met in the capital to establish criteria and commitments to protect biodiversity

15:16in their territories and communities in preparation for the UN Climate Change Conference to be

15:22held in Cali.

15:23Our correspondent Erlando Vargas has the details, let's see.

15:31In the Colombian capital, the indigenous people belonging to the Amazon Basin held

15:35the first international meeting of native people on the road to CBD.

15:39Nine delegates from the countries that make up this region and their representatives from

15:43Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and Peru, as well as state

15:48entities from the host country, were present.

15:58We talk about the expansion of indigenous reserves, that legal security to maintain

16:03the balance of nature.

16:05There are some very important issues of direct funding for indigenous people, who care for

16:09and protect the territory to be able to talk about biodiversity at the national, international

16:15and global level.

16:16There are some bets that are going to order to protect the territory, protect the environment

16:21and protect biodiversity.

16:32Native people are key to the protection of biodiversity and the fight to combat climate

16:35change and preserve the ecological balance in the plain.

16:39The Amazon Basin alone is home to more than 500 indigenous people, who are in permanent

16:43struggle for the preservation of the so-called lungs of the world, which is why it is necessary

16:49for them to be heard and participate in social, ecological and climate policies.

17:01For us, my people and other peoples of the Amazon, we are aware of our contributions,

17:07but many times the states and the governments do not recognize these types of contributions,

17:12that for millennia, with our knowledge, our connectivity with Mother Earth, with nature,

17:17we have contributed and that is one of the strong demands of these great dialogues at

17:21the global level.

17:23But we must never lose sight of the right to life, human rights, the rights of indigenous

17:28people are not negotiable.

17:40Spaces such as these serve to promote environmental protection policies, they also serve to reflect

17:45on the conditions of indigenous people, historical victims of violence and colonialism.

17:54Colonialism still exists, but in another form, it is now the transnational companies that

18:00have many important resources and are installed in a territory from one day to another and

18:05already have the legal security that the peoples have been demanding for more than 20 years,

18:10a situation so complicated and difficult, but also we indigenous people have always

18:15said we are not against the development of private companies, as long as they respect

18:20the collective rights of indigenous people.

18:29Representatives of the native people of the Amazon Basin sign an agreement that will be

18:32taken to the largest biodiversity conference, CBD COP16, to be held next October in Colombia,

18:39bringing their proposals for the protection and defense of the biodiverse territories

18:44and lungs of the world.

18:48And in other news, Hong Kong celebrated the birth of its first giant panda twins on August

18:5315th, delivered by Ying Ying, who became the oldest panda to give birth for the first time

18:59at nearly 19 years old.

19:01The cubs, a male and a female, were born after a five-month pregnancy, with the female weighing

19:07122 grams and the male 112 grams.

19:10This event is significant, as giant pandas are notoriously difficult to breed, and Ying

19:14Ying had previously struggled with pregnancy.

19:17The twins are currently receiving round-the-clock care due to their delicate condition.

19:23Hong Kong's chief executive, John Lee, remarked on this special occasion, coinciding with

19:27the 75th anniversary of the People's Republic of China.

19:32The pair of pandas is expected to arrive in Hong Kong next month.

19:42And like this, we have come to the end of this news brief.

19:44You can find these and many other stories on our website at cedesverenglish.net.

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19:54For Cedesver English, my name is Belén de los Santos, thank you for watching.

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