29/08/2024
FTS 12.30
*People demonstrate one month after pres. Maduro's electoral victory
*At least 18 people killed in Israel operation in West Bank
FTS 12.30
*People demonstrate one month after pres. Maduro's electoral victory
*At least 18 people killed in Israel operation in West Bank
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00:00The Venezuelan people commemorated a month of the electoral process and the strengthening
00:15of their democracy.
00:19The Supreme Court of Brazil threatened to ban social media acts unless its owner, Elon
00:23Musk, appoints a legal representative in the country.
00:29And in Palestine, the number of people killed in a two-day Israeli military operation in
00:34the occupied West Bank rose to 18.
00:43Hello and welcome to From the South.
00:45My name is Belinda de los Santos and from the Cesaros Studios in Havana, Cuba, we begin
00:49with the news.
00:50On Wednesday, the Venezuelan people commemorated one month after the electoral process and
00:55the strengthening of their democracy, the triumph of Nicolás Maduro, and the will
01:00of those who want to preserve peace over violence.
01:03Let's see the details.
01:07The Venezuelan people took to the streets to celebrate one month of the electoral triumph
01:12of Nicolás Maduro Moros, who is still in charge of the country.
01:16A month with many political, international and social challenges, where the violent events
01:22managed to be placated.
01:26We have come to ratify our vote on July 28, because we voted for Nicolás Maduro and we
01:32want the sovereignty of the people to be respected.
01:35We voted for Nicolás Maduro, we do not want interference in any country that comes to
01:39say Maduro won.
01:41And we are here in defense of our vote.
01:44Respect the vote of the sovereign people of Venezuela.
01:47We have completed one month since the victory of President Nicolás Maduro.
01:51As a young Chavista, a young person who studies, who works well, I am happy that today, as
01:57an organized people, we can march in the streets of Caracas and celebrate the great victory
02:01of all the Venezuelans.
02:03The Venezuelan people are constantly fighting for their sovereignty and against interference,
02:08demanding respect for their internal processes and showing their reality to the world.
02:16I ask the opposition people, the conscious people, the people who truly love their homeland,
02:29who still have family here, to remain calm, to accept that we are the majority and that
02:35we can dialogue.
02:38Because we are a people of peace, we are a people of love, and by talking things can
02:43be solved.
02:47Celebrating in the streets.
02:48Only we Chavistas know how to do, with joy, with enthusiasm, to keep moving forward, keep
02:52moving forward.
02:53Some want to remain in the past, who want to remain in hatred and violence, and who
02:57want to remain stagnant.
02:59We will continue moving forward.
03:01The country is not going to stop.
03:02On the contrary, the country is going to redouble its march to keep moving forward.
03:07They also celebrate Venezuelan democracy.
03:09The July 28th process was followed by a couple of days ago by a national consultation of
03:16the Popular Basis, an ever-deepening democracy.
03:22Because the people are getting organized, the popular power is getting organized to
03:26generate the changes that need to be generated.
03:28That is why the people are happy, the people are in the streets, and the next six years
03:32are going to be very victorious.
03:35Hugo Rafael Chavez raised a conscience in us, where his people understand that we have
03:40problems, but we are going to solve them among Venezuelans.
03:44We cannot leave our problems to someone else to solve them.
03:47We are the ones who are called to solve the problems of Venezuela.
03:51Venezuela is a country of peace, and we are fighting for the peace we want.
03:55And Venezuela deserves peace.
03:58During the last four weeks, the march ended at the Miraflores Palace, where it was received
04:03by President Nicolás Maduro Moros, who celebrated the triumph of peace and joy in Venezuela.
04:09Gladys Quezada, Tel Azur, Caracas, Venezuela.
04:14And on Wednesday, the extreme right-wing sectors also gathered in the capital, Caracas.
04:19The concentration took place in the east of Caracas, specifically in the municipality
04:23of Chacao.
04:25Aerial images showed low participation for the activity that was called by the far-right
04:30opposition leader, MarĂa Corina Machado.
04:33Low turnout has been a constant throughout these calls for mobilization made by the far-right
04:38sector, as the sector continues to ignore public authorities of the country, as well
04:43as the official results of the presidential elections of July 28th.
04:52And also in this context, the Venezuelan Public Prosecutor's Office will issue a third summons
04:57to former opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González for the alleged commission
05:02of several crimes.
05:04Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab, in declarations to the press in Caracas,
05:08indicated on Wednesday that a third summon would be issued.
05:13In case of his absence, once again, the public ministry in due time would announce the corresponding
05:18action to be taken in accordance with the law.
05:21The official specified that according to the jurisprudence of the criminal chamber, a person
05:27may be summoned up to three times.
05:29In the case of González, the summon is for him to testify in a process against him already
05:35in progress for alleged crimes and also for disobedience of the law.
05:45And meanwhile, on Thursday, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, thanked King
05:49Abdullah II bin al-Hussein and the government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for their
05:55congratulations on his victory of the July 28th election.
05:59On Wednesday, the Jordanian senior authority sent a complimentary letter to which the Venezuelan
06:03head of state replied that he thanked King Abdullah II bin al-Hussein, his people and
06:09the government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for their congratulations to the Venezuelan
06:15people on the July 28th presidential election.
06:18He also stated that they would continue to strengthen their ties of friendship and cooperation
06:23for benefitting the mutual breakthrough of our peoples.
06:34And now let's take a short break, but remember you can join us on TikTok at Elizabeth English
06:37where you will find news in different formats, news updates and much more.
06:45We'll be right back, stay with us.
06:53Welcome back from the South.
07:04In Mexico, changes in the consumption patterns of products and services after the COVID-19
07:09pandemic have transformed the way inflation is measured.
07:13Our correspondent Daniel Rosas will tell us more on the subject and its impact on the
07:18Mexican economy.
07:21Buying music in hard copies is becoming less and less common, but this small store in Mexico's
07:26city is an example of resilience.
07:30Even during the pandemic, we had a growth because all the people were locked up.
07:34So what they did was to buy their stereos to be at home listening to music.
07:38After the pandemic, our sales dropped a little bit.
07:41But the good conditions of the Mexican economy allow them not only to maintain, but to grow.
07:49Most of our merchandise, if not almost all of it, is imported and then, since the exchange
07:54rate dropped, surprisingly.
07:58On the contrary, we were able to adjust our prices, both for turntables and records, we
08:03were able to lower them a little.
08:11Changes in the way people consume led the National Statistics Institute to make adjustments
08:15in the way inflation is measured.
08:20For example, the technological change, cell phones, now more cell phones are being consumed.
08:27There are changes in the form of marketing.
08:30Now you can buy online, it is not necessary to go to places to buy.
08:35To this, we can add changes derived from the confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic and
08:39now the so-called post-COVID.
08:42Now after COVID, private and public companies are already introducing home office.
08:48And that makes us consume more internet, for example in homes, streaming and music downloads,
08:54which are replacing CDs and DVDs.
08:58After the changes, the latest measurements showed a decrease in inflation, which had
09:02been on an upward trend.
09:07In other news, the Supreme Court of Brazil threatened to ban social media acts unless
09:13the owner, Elon Musk, appoints a legal representative in the country.
09:16In an order made public, Justice Chief Alexander de Moraes gave the billionaire 24 hours to
09:23appoint a legal representative for X if he is not willing the immediate suspension of
09:29the platform.
09:30The ruling comes after X, on August 17, justified a closure of its Brazilian offices on the
09:36basis of allegations against Minister de Moraes, who is in charge of the case.
09:43This would represent the latest chapter in a long dispute between the Brazilian judicial
09:46authorities and billionaire Elon Musk, who also owns Tesla and SpaceX.
09:57In Argentina, the bloc of senators of La Libertad Avanza, the party of President Javier Millet,
10:02decided on Wednesday to expel one of its members due to irreconcilable political differences.
10:09It was the ruling party legislator for the province of Formosa, Francisco Paul Troni,
10:14who opposed the appointment of federal judge Ariel Lijo to complete the list of the Supreme
10:19Court of Justice, contrary to the wishes of the government house.
10:23On Tuesday, Congresswoman Lourdes Arrieta also left the bloc, minutes before her colleagues
10:29were about to expel her from the parliamentary bench after she unleashed a public scandal
10:35for the visit of a commission of legislators to repressors convicted for crimes against
10:40humanity committed during the last civic-military dictatorship in the country.
10:45The decision of Millet's senators further exposes the political crisis that the ruling
10:49party is going through in the legislative branch.
10:57In Panama, workers protested on the grounds of the National Assembly against the ratification
11:02of Dino Moon as director of the Social Security Fund.
11:06Citizens of the workers' sector questioned Dino Moon's capacity to manage the Social
11:11Security Fund, arguing that his position is not compatible with the needs and demands
11:16of the country's insured and workers.
11:19They also rejected the appointment of Dino Moon because of his role as manager as a private
11:23insurance company and his public position in favor of measures such as increasing the
11:29retirement age.
11:31Members of the Confederation of Independent Union, Unity, stated that they are waiting
11:36for a dialogue table where they can discuss proposals to address the crisis of the Social
11:41Security Fund.
11:46In Costa Rica, thousands of people and more than 70 organizations march in the capital
11:51San Jose to defend public education after claiming that the sector has been underfunded
11:56by the government of Rodrigo Chavez.
11:59This way, students, teachers, unionists and professionals marched under the slogan, Education
12:05Today, Peace Tomorrow, demanding a bigger budget for the educational sector.
12:10The demonstrators reiterated the importance of allocating 8% of the gross domestic product
12:15to the education budget, as established in the Constitution.
12:19The mobilizations take place after the government concluded negotiations with the National Council
12:24of Rectors to define the special fund for higher education for 2025 without favorable
12:30results for the universities.
12:37And in other news, Paris Prosecutor's Office released the founder of Telegram messaging
12:41app, Pavel Durov, on a bail of 5 million euros.
12:45After a hearing for several hours with two investigative judges, the authorities informed
12:51that the businessman was placed under judicial supervision and prohibited him from leaving
12:56French territory in addition to imposing bail, after he was arrested on August 24 at a Paris
13:03airport on charges related to the alleged criminal use of his application, including
13:08terrorism, drug trafficking, money laundering and fraud.
13:16In the United States, 10 weeks ahead of a presidential election that appears to be tight,
13:21Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and former Republican President Donald Trump tour
13:25strategic states in search of their support.
13:29Encouraged by her formal nomination during Chicago's TNC, Kamala Harris is campaigning
13:33on Wednesday and Thursday in Georgia, one of the seven swing states, where the November
13:395th vote promises to be especially close.
13:42Precisely, her campaign team has stated that they are working hard to win Georgia again
13:48on 2024, after flipping the state to a Democratic side for the first time in three decades in
13:552020.
13:56For his part, Donald Trump claims that he has a very stable base, even more fervent
14:01since he was a victim of an attack on July 13th, and that various lawsuits against him
14:06have not diminished his support.
14:12And meanwhile, on Wednesday, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, the FBI, revealed new details
14:18about the author of the attack on Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President
14:23Donald Trump.
14:24The agency stated that Thomas Crooks possibly acted alone and that his motive is still unknown.
14:31The FBI also released photos of some of the evidence the agents collected in their investigation
14:36consisting primarily on the weapon recovered at the scene, that is an air-type rifle manufactured
14:43by DPMS Panther Arms, which has an extendable rear stock and optical sight, two improvised
14:50explosive devices that were discovered in the trunk of Crooks' car, and the air conditioning
14:55unit the authorities think he used to access the roof of the building.
15:04And now we have a second short break coming up, but before we invite you to visit our
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15:44The Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations Amina Mohamed visited Sudan to bolster
15:49humanitarian efforts in the war-torn country.
15:53Mohamed, together with the Secretary General's personal envoy for Sudan, Rabnaneh Lamamra,
16:00and an inter-agency delegation consists of senior officials from the WFP, the UNHCR,
16:07and UNICEF arrived in Port Sudan to meet with the nation's Sovereignty Council, senior
16:12officials and the UN country team to hold meetings focusing on strengthening humanitarian
16:18efforts in the region.
16:19The ongoing conflict in Sudan erupted in April 2023 and, according to United Nations reports,
16:26has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions, precipitating one of the world's
16:32worst humanitarian crises.
16:55We go now to Palestine, where the number of people killed in a two-day Israeli military
17:00operation in the occupied West Bank rose to 18.
17:04Wafaa News Agency reported that among the dead are eight people in the governorate of
17:08Yenin, six in Tulkarem, and four in Tubas.
17:12In addition, dozens of people were injured in the attacks by the Israeli occupation army.
17:17During the raids, soldiers raided civilian homes, destroyed infrastructure, and arrested
17:2225 people from Wednesday afternoon to Thursday morning.
17:26August was one of the most violent months of the year in the West Bank, with at least
17:3170 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire.
17:38In this context, UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres called on Israel to immediately halt
17:43its operation in the northern West Bank.
17:46The Secretary-General said that these dangerous developments are fueling an already explosive
17:51situation in the region and further undermine the Palestinian Authority.
17:56After expressing deep concern over recent developments that have involved the use of
18:01airstrikes resulting in casualties and damage to civilian infrastructure, the Secretary-General
18:07strongly condemned the loss of life, including that of children.
18:17In other news, Syria's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, al-Hakam Dendi, demanded
18:22during a Security Council session to discuss political and humanitarian issues in Syria
18:28to stop the Pentagon's plundering of national wealth and its support for terrorism and its
18:33proxy militias.
18:34The diplomat denounced that these illegal formations of separatist tendency launched
18:39criminal attacks on innocent people defending their families, villages, and properties in
18:44the provinces of Deir Ezzor and Hazakeh and in the city of Qamishli.
18:50He also stated that there is no legal basis for such a US military presence without Syrian
18:56approval and in contravention of the established provisions of international law, both conventional
19:02and customary.
19:21We now move on to other topics.
19:22On Wednesday, the Ecuadorian government closed the first oil well in the 43 ITT block in
19:28the Yusani National Park in the Amazon as part of the compliance of the popular mandate
19:33that demands to leave the oil in the ground.
19:36Authorities from Ecuador's Ministry of Energy and Mines went to the province of Orellana
19:41in the Amazon region to verify the shutdown of the Ixbingo B-56 well, one of the 247 wells
19:49in the oil field.
19:51The Minister of Energy and Mines, Antonio Goncalves, stated at the protocol ceremony
19:55that the closure of the ITT is not an easy job and requires special and technical planning
20:02and insisted that the total shutdown should take place in five years and five months to
20:08avoid affecting the environment and much less the surrounding communities.
20:17Also on Thursday, Typhoon Shan Shan, categorized as very strong, made landfall on the main
20:22island of Kyushu, southwest of Japan, with heavy rains and winds that, according to the
20:29Japanese Meteorological Agency, could destroy houses.
20:33The number of people injured by the typhoon rose from 9 to 39 in Kyushu, while a total
20:39of 30 people were injured in the Miyazaki Prefecture and another 9 in Kagoshima.
20:45Due to the weather phenomenon, evacuation orders have been issued for more than 2.2
20:50million people on the islands of Kyushu and Shikoku, in addition to a high-level warning
20:56for 2,300 inhabitants in the city of Yufu in the Oita Prefecture.
21:06And like this, we have come to the end of this news brief.
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