16/12/2024
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*In Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil massacre leaves seven dead and two children injured
*Palestinian resistance movement attacks concentration of Israeli soldiers and vehicles
FTS 8.30
*In Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil massacre leaves seven dead and two children injured
*Palestinian resistance movement attacks concentration of Israeli soldiers and vehicles
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00:00The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, congratulated the people for their wide participation
00:15in the elections of judges of peace on December 15th and calls for a new popular consultation
00:20the coming year.
00:25In Ecuador, seven people died and at least two children were injured after a massacre
00:29in the community of Flor del Bastión in the coastal city of Guayaquil.
00:36In Palestine, resistance movements outcould carried out military operations against Israeli
00:40concentration of soldiers and vehicles in Rafah.
00:49Hello and welcome to From the South, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from Delsu Studios in Havana,
00:53Cuba.
00:54We begin with the news.
00:55The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, congratulated the Venezuelan people for their
01:00wide participation in the elections of judges of peace on December 15th, coinciding with
01:05the 25th anniversary of the constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
01:11The head of state announced that he will call for next January 26th for the first popular
01:15consultation of the coming year, the purpose of opening 2025 with new communal projects.
01:21In declarations to Venezolana de Televisión, he committed that Venezuela will have four
01:26fixed consultations per year, plus two others to approve projects for the youth and projects
01:31linked to culture.
01:32Maduro described as beautiful the election day to elect justices and congratulated the
01:38citizens elected in this historic day of December 15th, 2024, when for the first time justices
01:44of peace were elected by direct vote of the Venezuelan people.
01:54And Venezuela keeps building a different kind of government and democracy, a process that
01:58was evidenced with the massive turnout for the election of justices of communal peace.
02:03Details, the correspondent Gladys Quezada.
02:08Close to 20 million Venezuelans were summoned to the polls once again this Sunday, this
02:13time to elect the justices of the peace, an instance of the communal power designed
02:19to settle minor disputes, family or neighborhood unrest, as well as to maintain order and civility
02:26within each commune.
02:28It is the first vote of this kind in the country.
02:34Today we are very happy and grateful to God because since very early in the morning we
02:39are here in the voting center to exercise our right to vote and thus continue to ensure
02:46the peace of our country, Venezuela, as our President Nicolas Maduro has indicated.
02:55From here we can show the whole world that we are a symbol of peace, Venezuela is a symbol
03:00of peace, and that is why I exercise my right to vote on this beautiful Sunday.
03:07The opening of the center was at 8 o'clock in the morning without any inconvenience.
03:11Thank God we have had enough people coming to the center.
03:14So far there are no problems at the voting center.
03:18This process will officially see 15,000 peace justices and their respective alternates elected
03:25from among 52,288 registered candidates.
03:31Thus, it is in compliance with the provisions of the Organic Law of the Special Communal
03:37Justice of the Peace Jurisdiction approved last November.
03:43This is the result that we are offering the revolution.
03:46This is the proof that our President Nicolas Maduro can count on the organized people,
03:50on the popular power, on the communal councils, on the local committees of supply and production
03:54and the communes, to continue advancing and transforming our beautiful Venezuela.
04:01With this voting, the nation also celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Covenant Constitution
04:07approved under the government of late Commander Hugo Chavez.
04:11The Covenant leaders know its value.
04:17Today we are seeing the popular power, and 25 years ago we were moving as a Venezuelan
04:22people, exercising our right to vote.
04:26And we managed to reach 71%, more than 71% voted yes to this Constitution of the Bolivarian
04:33Republic of Venezuela, which is allowing us today to crystallize that Article 258.
04:41We all said yes to that Article 258, which is currently being implemented in each of
04:46the territories, when it says that all justices of peace must be elected by a direct, secret
04:52and universal election.
04:55Venezuela advances in the construction of the communal state, the future of popular
04:59governance and the conception of horizontal structures from the people and with the people.
05:07Gladys Casara, Telesur, Caracas, Venezuela.
05:10We now have a short break coming up, but first remember you can join us on TikTok at Telesur
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05:19We'll be right back, stay with us.
05:41Welcome back.
05:43In Ecuador, seven people died and at least two children were injured after a massacre
05:46in the community of Flor de Bastión, the host city of Guayaquil.
05:50Witnesses said the attack was carried out by hitmen, who arrived at the victim's home
05:55and motorcycles broke in and started shooting.
05:58Five members of the family died inside the house, while two others were chased and later
06:02killed.
06:03Minutes later, a contingent of national police arrived at the scene to begin the investigation.
06:07According to official figures, between January and November, the number of violent deaths
06:12fell by 18 percent, compared to 2023, the number of homicides this year still exceeds
06:1810,000.
06:19And in Panama, on the 35th anniversary of the military invasion by the U.S. government,
06:28several guilds rejected the crime of lesa humanidad, the crime against human rights
06:34against innocent civilians.
06:36Local media reported that next December 20th, the day of National Mourning, will open a
06:41window of recognition to the victims of a criminal aggression that destroyed the peace
06:46of the country.
06:47Likewise, they stressed that the perpetrators of the violation of sovereignty were not sanctioned
06:52at the time, stressing that the rule of the aggressors continues.
06:56In related news, the lawyer representing the victims recalled that in 2018, they were able
07:01to hold Washington accountable for compensating the victims and survivors of these attacks,
07:06but this achievement has not been broadcast.
07:12The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, arrived on Sunday in Mexico with the objective
07:18of advancing a bilateral agenda with President Claudio Chaim Baum.
07:22The Colombian head of state was received by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Juan Ramón
07:27de la Fuente, at the Felipe Ángeles International Airport.
07:30Through a publication on social networks, the Colombian government released a video
07:35recording the welcome given on Mexican soil.
07:38It is forecast that on Monday, both presidents will meet.
07:43In France, officials report that densely populated neighborhoods on the island of
08:07Mayotte were completely destroyed, a permanent building severely damaged by Cyclone Tito.
08:13The total number of deaths is still unknown, and it could be several days before the official
08:19toll is known.
08:20According to the French Weather Service, Tito's winds hit the island at more than 220 km per
08:26hour, making it a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
08:33300,000 people had not seen a hurricane of this magnitude since 1934, the French Ministry
08:40of the Armed Forces said.
08:42Rescue teams and supplies such as generators and military rations were sent from the nearby
08:47island of Réunion.
08:55Cyclone Tito caused severe damage in the northeastern province of Cape Delgado as it passed through
09:00Mozambique.
09:01Local media reported that dozens of infrastructures were totally or partially destroyed in the
09:07area.
09:08Tito made landfall on Sunday with winds of up to 200 km per hour that destroyed roofs,
09:13knocked down trees and power poles, leaving part of the province without electricity and
09:18water.
09:19From December to March, the southeastern Indian Ocean and southern Africa are affected by the
09:23cyclone season.
09:31Meanwhile in Australia, authorities on Monday issued fire warnings for several locations
09:35in the country's southeast in the wake of a heatwave that will send thermometers soaring
09:40to record highs of 47 degrees Celsius.
09:43Melbourne will experience a record day of 41 degrees, the hottest since 2020.
09:50Authorities also predict that Sydney will see a similar temperature on Tuesday, especially
09:55in its western neighbourhoods.
09:57In the southeastern state of South Wales, temperatures will reach 47 degrees in the
10:03towns of Wilcannia and Ivanhoe, more than 840 km west of Syndy.
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11:07In Palestine, resistance movement Al-Quds carried out military operations against Israeli
11:12concentration of soldiers and vehicles in Rafah.
11:15Al-Quds also confirmed the detonation of three explosive devices planted in occupation vehicles
11:20during their advance a few days ago.
11:23These devices were placed near the Tunisian school and near the Martyrs' Mosque, Abduz
11:26al-Siyah al-Rantizi locality in Gaza City.
11:30They also confirmed the destruction of an Israeli military vehicle with a barrel bomb,
11:34which was pre-positioned during a raid in the area of Al-Nadaa Towers in northern Gaza
11:39Strip.
11:45In Palestine, the Israeli army attacked several areas in the Gaza Strip, killing 69 civilians
11:50in the last 24 hours.
11:52Israel continues its process of ethnic cleansing despite constant condemnation from the United
11:56Nations, which has called for a ceasefire on more than one occasion.
12:00The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has warned that Israel's actions are aimed at crippling
12:04the movement of compatriots and dismembering the West Bank in order to undermine any chance
12:09of establishing a Palestinian state.
12:18In this context, the Israeli regime once again targeted a United Nations safe haven
12:22school in the Gaza Strip.
12:24At least 20 Palestinians, including children, were killed in the attack and several were
12:27wounded.
12:28The Wafa News Agency reported that the Israeli army shelled the Ahmed bin Abdul Aziz school,
12:34run by UNWWA, which was sheltering displaced families in southern Handounis.
12:39According to testimonies, the building was full of children.
12:41The attack followed an assault on a school in northern Beit Hanoun, in which 43 people
12:46were killed, and another on a civil defense post in which al-Jazeera cameraman Ahmed Al-Luh
12:52and five rescue workers died.
12:54At least 44,976 civilians have been killed by Israel and more than 106,000 have been
13:00wounded since the beginning of the genocide in Gaza in October 2023.
13:11And this Sunday, the Israeli regime approved a plan to increase the number of settlers
13:15in the Syrian Golan Heights illegally occupied since 1967.
13:18The decision comes days after seizing more Syrian territory following the overthrow of
13:23President Bashar al-Assad and the seizure of power in Damascus by extremist factions.
13:29Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said the government had unanimously
13:33approved the demographic development of the occupied territory, which would seek to double
13:38the Israeli population there.
13:40The new plan applies to the part of the Golan Heights that Israel has occupied since 1967
13:45and where some 31,000 settlers live in dozens of illegal settlements.
13:56And in Syria, the new regime ordered to disband all bases of the Palestinian resistance factions
14:01in Damascus and to disarm them.
14:03In a statement, the regime reported that it sent a senior official from its military operations
14:08administration to the Yarmouk Palestinian Refugee Camp to inform that they would no
14:12longer be allowed to carry weapons or have training camps.
14:16Following this, local media reported clashes between the Popular Front for the Liberation
14:20of Palestine and HDS terrorist groups in Qusaya village west of the capital.
14:25New regime's orders state that factions must disband their military formations as soon
14:30as possible in exchange for political and charitable engagement under the flag of the
14:35new Syrian state.
14:54In Russia, the Donbass Dome air defense system detected and intercepted a total of 138 Ukrainian
14:59drones attempting to attack civilian infrastructure in one week.
15:03The Russian Federal Security Service reports that a kamikaze drone with a homemade explosive
15:07device was intercepted near a water supply facility.
15:11The bomb squad cut the controls and removed the components for later use.
15:15No civilian casualties or damage to infrastructure were reported.
15:18In recent months, Ukraine has focused its drone strikes on refineries, fuel depots and
15:23oil industry facilities in Russia, mainly in the border provinces, but also in areas
15:27far from the front lines.
15:34And in the United States, Donald Trump's choice for the position of National Security
15:38Advisor to the White House, Mike Walz, said that the team of the President-elect of the
15:43United States will start the initiative on a ceasefire in Ukraine.
15:46During an interview with CBS News, Walz talked about Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's
15:51proposal for a Christmas ceasefire in the armed conflict.
15:55He added that the whole world would like to see some kind of end to the carnage in
15:58eastern Ukraine, stressing that the fighting must stop.
16:02This week, Hungary's Prime Minister said Budapest had made new peace efforts at the end of its
16:06country's presidency of the European Union, proposing a Christmas ceasefire and a large-scale
16:11prisoner exchange.
16:18And the European Union announced the adoption of a new package of restrictions against Russia
16:23for its alleged actions of hybrid war against the bloc.
16:26The agency reports on the imposition of unilateral punitive measures against 15 Russian personalities,
16:32including representatives of security bodies, ministries of defense and interior, the Federal
16:36Security Service, experts and journalists, blacklists for their dubious involvement in
16:41alleged war activities against the Union.
16:44However, the Kremlin also denounces a joint European attack of economic, cyber and media
16:48warfare against Russia.
16:57And in Sudan, at least 38 people were killed after armed groups attacked the western town
17:00of El Fasher.
17:01According to local media, the systematic drone attack left 20 wounded and the death toll
17:06expected to rise.
17:08The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that the conflict could lead to disease
17:12outbreaks and the collapse of the country's health system.
17:15It is worth noting that the United Nations International Organization for Migration said
17:21that the number of internally displaced people in Sudan is more than 11 million.
17:30And leaders of the economic community of West African states meet at a summit with three
17:35member countries led by military governments on the verge of leaving the bloc.
17:39On the eve of a meeting of the economic community of West African states, Burkina Faso, Mali
17:43and Niger confirmed as irreversible their decision to leave the group, which they condemned
17:48as submissive to the former colonial master, France.
17:51In a statement issued late Sunday, the president of ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touré, announced
17:57a grace period after the 66th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government
18:02of the Regional Organization, which was held in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria.
18:07According to the head of the Commission, the leaders of the bloc recognized that all three
18:10countries would officially cease to be members of ECOWAS as of January 29th, 2025.
18:17The Authority decides to set the period from 29th January 2025 to 29th July 2025 as a transitional
18:34period and to keep ECOWAS doors open to the three countries during the transition period.
18:45It is we have come to the end of this newsbrief, you can find this and many other stories on
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