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00:00On Monday, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States.

00:17In Palestine, Gaza experienced its first night in peace after 15 months of a genocidal operation.

00:28The Venezuelan government announces planning for the first Bolivarian Shield 2025 exercises

00:33aimed at warrantying peace and democracy.

00:42Hello and welcome to From the South, I'm Alejandra Garcia from Telesur Studios in Caracas, Venezuela.

00:47We begin with the news, stay with us.

00:58On Monday, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States amidst

01:08growing concerns regarding his state policies.

01:11Unlike his first term, Republicans assume unified control of Washington and set out

01:17to reshape the country's institutions.

01:19Trump will act swiftly after the ceremony, with executive orders already prepared for

01:24his signature to clamp down on border crossing, increased fossil fuel development, and diversity

01:32and inclusion programs across the federal government.

01:35The executive orders are the first step in what Trump calls the complete restoration

01:40of the country and the revolution of common sense.

01:48The golden age of America begins right now.

02:00From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world.

02:07We will be the envy of every nation, and we will not allow ourselves to be taken advantage

02:12of any longer.

02:15During every single day of the Trump administration, I will very simply put America first.

02:31President Donald Trump declared that his return to power is a rejection of the radical and

02:35corrupt establishment he claims defined Joe Biden's presidency.

02:43A tide of change is sweeping the country, sunlight is pouring over the entire world,

02:49and America has the chance to seize this opportunity like never before.

02:55But first we must be honest about the challenges we face.

02:59While they are plentiful, they will be annihilated by this great momentum that the world is now

03:04witnessing in the United States of America.

03:08As we gather today, our government confronts a crisis of trust.

03:13For many years, a radical and corrupt establishment has extracted power and wealth from our citizens

03:19while the pillars of our society lay broken and seemingly in complete disrepair.

03:32The U.S. president also said his administration would deport millions of illegal migrants

03:37back to their country of origin.

03:40I, Donald John Trump, do solemnly swear.

03:43All illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning

03:50millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came.

04:03Pope Francis called President-elect Donald Trump's plan for mass deportations of illegal

04:08migrants from the United States shameful.

04:11No, we have not spoken.

04:18He came here once when he was president the other time, but we did not hear each other.

04:23But if true, this will be a disgrace, because it makes the poor wretches who have nothing

04:28pay the bill for the imbalance.

04:31This won't do.

04:33This is not the way to solve things.

04:36That's not how things are resolved.

04:43Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ismail Bakay said Iran hopes the incoming U.S. administration

04:49under Donald Trump adopts a realistic approach and show respect for international law.

04:59We hope that the approaches and policies of the new U.S. government will be realistic

05:09and based on international law and respect for the interests and desires of the nations

05:16of the region, including the Iranian nation.

05:28Before the inauguration of the new U.S. President Donald Trump, dozens of senior State Department

05:33officials handed in their resignation.

05:36As of noon local time in Washington, D.C., senior officials resigned after being instructed

05:41by the president's advisers to leave their offices.

05:45According to the officials, the administration wants to go back to working with the people

05:49it has worked with before.

05:52Among those who resigned are John Bass, acting Undersecretary of State for Management and

05:57Political Affairs, and Geoffrey Pyatt, Undersecretary of State for Energy Resources.

06:06Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he hoped the United States would remain

06:12a historical partner of his country after Donald Trump's return to the White House on

06:16Monday.

06:20There are people who say that Trump's election could cause problems for world democracy.

06:25Trump was elected to govern the United States and I, as President of Brazil, hope that he

06:29has a successful administration, that the U.S. people improve, and that the U.S. continue

06:35to be the historical partner of Brazil.

06:37On our side, we don't want any fights with Venezuela, with the U.S., with China, with

06:42India or with Russia.

06:45What we want is peace.

07:11Welcome back to From the South.

07:12And as we inform on our first segment, on Monday Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th

07:18President of the United States.

07:19And in this context, we contact our Special Envoy to Washington, D.C., Carlos Montero.

07:24Hi, Carlos.

07:25What can you share with us at this hour?

07:28At this hour, we are processing what Trump said after swearing to be the 47th President

07:36of this country.

07:37There were so many things he said, so many things that they are impossible to do, that,

07:42I mean, there are different reactions.

07:44He talks after swearing in, he talked about Panama, that the canal is going to go back

07:52to USA, something is absolutely impossible.

07:56The President of Panama already said, you know, that's not going to happen.

08:00He talked about immigration, something he said a lot during the campaign about deportation,

08:06and it's scaring a lot of people here in the capital and in the whole country.

08:12Let's see what happens tomorrow.

08:13Maybe in Chicago they are going to start massive deportation.

08:17He talked about the situation in the border.

08:21He's going to declare emergency, something he's already active.

08:25There is an application that people who want to apply to come to this country legally,

08:32they can ask for an appointment in this application.

08:37The application is discontinued at this moment, so a lot of people are upset for that, because

08:41if they want to come here legally, that application was something that was helping them a lot.

08:48Now they cannot do it.

08:49So it's really something, maybe they are going to try to come illegally, you don't know,

08:54to cross the border.

08:56He's going to send more militaries to the border.

08:59He talked about Mars.

09:01He said that the American flag is going to be on Mars.

09:05Elon Musk, one of his faithful helpers since he won the election, he was really happy.

09:13He was in the Congress with also Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, was there.

09:20Che Pesso, the owner of Amazon, was there.

09:23Also, there were not many people because it was done in a small place.

09:27Due to the weather, it's very cold.

09:29The idea was to do it outside, but they have to do it in the rotunda of the Congress, a

09:35place that no more than two, three hundred people, they were allowed.

09:39But the people who want to see Donald Trump here in the Capitol, they were expecting two

09:43hundred thousand people, I'm sure much less came when they found out on Friday that he's

09:49going to be inside the ceremony and all the traditional parade and festivities.

09:55But all those people, they are in a stadium, a stadium that's really close to where we

09:59are, a few blocks.

10:01There's a lot of security there.

10:03It's called the Capital One Arena is where the basketball team, the men's and women's

10:09WNBA, NBA, they play there.

10:11The Wizards of Washington has a capacity for 20,000 people.

10:16They are there right now.

10:17And Donald Trump, after signing those executive orders, he said they're going to be around

10:22one hundred.

10:23He's in the White House right now and he's going to go there.

10:27Over there, there are a lot of people waiting.

10:29They want to celebrate the presidency, the comeback of Donald Trump.

10:35During the whole afternoon, there were different groups, different celebrities talking to the

10:40crowd.

10:41Some of them, they spent the whole night outside, even extremely cold.

10:46It was minus 10 degrees Celsius in the middle of the night, but they were camping outside.

10:51So today, this morning, when they opened the doors, they were the first one to get in.

10:56And there was a big scream and they can watch the ceremony in the Congress in that place.

11:02Trump is going to be there and he's going to talk to them.

11:04And we are going to pay attention to what he has to say.

11:08But we are already still processing all those announcements he did today in his first speech

11:14as president of the USA.

11:16I'm going back to you, to the studio.

11:19Thanks for all the information.

11:23We were speaking to our special envoy, Carlos Montero, in the framework of the swearing-in

11:28ceremony of President-elect Donald Trump.

11:31Now let's move on to other information.

11:34Gaza experienced its first night in peace after 15 months of a genocidal operation that

11:57daily bombed the Palestinian enclave.

12:00Palestinian organizations estimated an average of 846 daily attacks against the Strip.

12:06Seven months ago, an investigation by the Euro-Mediterranean Observatory for Human Rights

12:11calculated that about 70,000 tons of bombs had been dropped by the Israeli occupation,

12:17a figure that even then exceeded the bombings of the Second World War.

12:22The United Nations reported that six out of ten buildings have been destroyed.

12:26This Sunday night, not a single bomb fell in Gaza for the first time after more than

12:3147,000 deaths.

12:38At least 200 trucks with humanitarian aid entered Gaza from Egypt on Monday, bringing

12:44the total to 830.

12:47Tension reigns in the Strip.

12:48Earlier on Monday, a powerful explosion in the northern West Bank killed an Israeli reservist

12:54and wounded two others.

12:56Occupation forces said that the explosion occurred when the patrol vehicle was passing

13:00by.

13:01The government of the Strip has also reported incidents in Kanjanese, where the Israeli

13:06troops are said to have fired several shots.

13:19The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs reports that 92 percent of homes in

13:24the Gaza Strip have been destroyed by U.S. bombs sent to Israel.

13:28World Health Organization representative in Palestine, Rick Peppercorn, says that after

13:34the hopeful ceasefire, a huge challenge lies ahead.

13:37The health system in Gaza is virtually destroyed, as are the 436,000 homes that are reduced

13:44to rubble or are uninhabitable.

13:46Meanwhile, Palestinians who have returned to their neighborhoods are trying to recover

13:50the bodies of their loved ones, who still remain under the rubble.

14:02Israeli occupation forces have striken hundreds of buildings in southern Lebanon, violating

14:06the ceasefire agreement enforced since November 27, 2024.

14:11The review of satellite data, open source images and interviews with United Nations

14:16special envoys, unfolded the Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon.

14:21The continuous aggressions towards the Lebanese people, even after the implementation of the

14:26agreement, have generated uncertainty about the reliability of the deal, which would end

14:32its initial 60-day term on January 26, 2025.

14:36Subsequently, the resistance Lebanese movement has counter-attacked Israeli military sites.

14:42In addition, Hezbollah insisted on the repeated Israeli violations of the agreement.

14:53On Monday, attacks attributed to the rapid support forces of Darfur and northern Sudan

14:58killed at least 22 people and wounded 20 others.

15:02Security Ministry Director General Ibrahim Jarrah said these latest bombings have affected

15:07the towns of Umm Kaddada and other nearby villages.

15:11Moreover, the Yezida Conference, a Sudanese civil society group, said six civilians were

15:17killed and three others kidnapped, including a doctor, in attacks by the rapid support

15:21forces in the state.

15:31We have a second short break coming up, but before going back, it's a visit to our YouTube

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15:45world's most recent events.

15:46Fun, a short break, don't go away.

16:07Welcome back to From the South.

16:09The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, headed the planning meeting for the popular

16:13military and police exercises Bolivarian Shield 2025 to be held from 22nd to 23rd of January.

16:21In addition to the head of state, the Minister of Defence, Vladimir Padrino, the Minister

16:25of Interior, Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabello, and those responsible for national security

16:31and defence also took part.

16:33The exercises that are traditionally carried out in the Bolivarian nation have the fundamental

16:38objective of guaranteeing the peace, defence and democratic stability of the nation.

16:43In addition, in Venezuela, the alliance of the people with the armed forces and the police

16:48gives a sovereign participatory and protagonist character to these exercises.

16:56On this Monday, the Defence Ministry issued an official statement on the military exercises

17:01to be held this week.

17:03The statement reads,

17:04The National Bolivarian Armed Forces inform the Venezuelan people that on January 22nd

17:09and 23rd of this year, the first Bolivarian Shield 2025 exercise in defence of peace and

17:15democracy will be carried out.

17:18It adds that this new popular police-military exercise will be carried out with a high level

17:23of strategic, operational and tactical innovation, optimising in its different phases the interoperability

17:31between the organised people, military units and citizen security organisations, deploying

17:36with greater synchronisation multiple weapon systems and mixed rapid reaction units.

17:45Colombia's Defence Minister Iván Velázquez has said that violence will not be allowed

17:50to take over Catatumbo given the difficult situation in the north-east of the country.

17:55He reaffirmed that the government is working to ensure the safety and protection of communities

18:01and recalled that support lines have been set up to assist people at risk.

18:05He stressed that President Gustavo Petro has given priority to the protection of life and

18:10humanitarian aid.

18:11In his first appearance since his medical leave, he also sent a message of thanks and

18:16appreciation to the security forces deployed in the northern of Santander via army radio.

18:26We are with you.

18:28We support every effort you make to stabilise this territory and to restore peace to its

18:34inhabitants, to the communities.

18:38I want to reiterate that you are not alone.

18:45We understand the difficulties you face and we are here to protect you.

18:50We have deployed our troops throughout the region reinforcing our presence with new contingents

18:54and advanced technology to ensure your safety.

19:01In Ecuador, 16 nominees for the 2025 presidential election participated Sunday in the first

19:06debate in which they made their proposals to face domestic challenges and crisis.

19:11Gallup polls had revealed that candidate Luisa González, a follower of former President

19:17Rafael Correa, leads the voting intention with 40%, while President of Ecuador and contender

19:24Daniel Novoa comes next with 33%.

19:27Therefore, estimates indicate the 14 others on the race do not have much chances to win

19:32elections.

19:33Nonetheless, all of them made their proposals on main concerning issues of security, public

19:38services and economy in a 90-second keynote address on the debate split into two sessions

19:45of eight nominees.

19:49Today we have seen how the new Ecuador continues to triumph against that old Ecuador.

19:55That old Ecuador that only seeks to slander, that only seeks to delay our success and our

19:59growth.

20:00Let us not see our families bleeding, migrating, not having a job, going hungry, enough of

20:08so much fighting and confrontation.

20:11Here we are with serious ideas and proposals.

20:19Cuban Minister of Transportation Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila announced having initiated

20:24a pilot project to contribute to medical attention in Havana.

20:28The minister detailed that the plan is performed in coordination with the Ministry of Public

20:32Health and the Government of Havana.

20:34The transportation office has provided 15 new ambulances with duly trained drivers and

20:40the health care system will warranty medical personnel and equipment to assist emergencies.

20:45This project is part of one of the agreements signed at the past International Transport

20:50and Logistics Fair held in April 2024.

21:00The Cuban people paid homage Monday to the 13 combatants who died on January 7th fire

21:06of a military warehouse in eastern Olguin province.

21:09The commemorative ceremony was held at Major General Calixto Garcia Revolution Square in

21:16Olguin.

21:17Both family members and military noted they sacrificed their lives in their attempt to

21:21put out the fire.

21:22Therefore, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel decreed official mourning in Cuba from 6 am

21:28to 12 pm local time on Monday.

21:30Investigations indicated an electrical failure lighted up the fire onto the military warehouse

21:36on January 7th.

21:40And we have come to the end of this news brief but you can find this and many other stories

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21:53For TELUScityEnglish, I'm Alejandra Garcia, thank you for watching.

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