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*Number of displaced in Catatumbo, Colombia, rise to more than 40,000.
*Argentine govt. seeks to eliminate femicide from the penal code.
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*Number of displaced in Catatumbo, Colombia, rise to more than 40,000.
*Argentine govt. seeks to eliminate femicide from the penal code.
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00:00Hamas resistance movement released on Saturday four more Israeli soldiers held captive in
00:14the Gaza Strip, whose names were revealed by the spokesman of the Al-Qassam Brigades,
00:18the armed wing of the Palestinian movement, Abu Ubaidah.
00:24In Colombia, the number of people displaced by the violence in Catatumbo region has risen
00:29to more than 40,000.
00:34In Argentina, the government led by Javier Mele seeks to eliminate the concept of femicide
00:40from the penal code.
00:45Hello welcome to From the South, I'm Luis Alberto Matos from Telesur Studios in Havana,
00:49Cuba.
00:50We begin with the news.
01:09In Palestine, Israeli forces increased military checkpoints at the entrances to towns and
01:13cities to prevent thousands of displaced people from reaching their homes.
01:18Occupation forces established at least 10 new checkpoints around Nablus, installed 36
01:22iron gates at the entrances to the cities, and closed more than 47 roads.
01:27At the same time, civilians in the town of Abud denounced that vehicles are being subjected
01:31to exhaustive inspections, which increases tensions in the area.
01:36Meanwhile, Zionist raids continue in several localities, among them Beit Lekia and Al-Muqayir.
01:42Hamas's resistance movement released on Saturday four more Israeli soldiers held captive
01:53in the Gaza Strip, whose names were revealed by the spokesman of the Al-Qassam Brigades,
01:57the armed wing of the Palestinian movement Abu Ubaidah.
02:01According to the information provided, the Israelis to be handed over to the counterpart
02:05would be Kareena Arief, Daniel Gilboa, Naama Levy and Lili Al-Bas.
02:10Spokesman for the military wing of the Al-Qassam Brigades said that 200 Palestinians will
02:14be released in exchange, among them a leading resistance commander in the West Bank.
02:19Spokesman reported that the Zionist entity agreed to release up to 50 Palestinian hostages
02:24for every Israeli woman soldier released by Hamas.
02:32We were sitting in our homes when suddenly we heard a huge, powerful explosion.
02:37We discovered that there was a car on fire, exploding and flames were coming out of it.
02:42Just a few moments before, we had heard the sound of a drone in the sky, which had been
02:46flying over the area for the last three days.
02:49Unfortunately, we found a car blown to smithereens with, I believe, two martyrs inside.
02:56The United Nations Office for Palestinian Refugees denounced more than 1.9 million Palestinians
03:01homeless in Gaza due to genocide committed by the Israeli Occupation Forces.
03:06UNRWA explained that reconstruction efforts could take years because the occupation destroyed
03:10more than 80 percent of the infrastructure in the Gaza Strip.
03:14It also noted that since the troops began, humanitarian personnel worked to begin distributing
03:18food aid and providing assistance to those most in need.
03:22It stressed that the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who remain in the rubble cannot
03:26be overlooked, so they are also working to recover the bodies.
03:34And the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief coordinator denounced
03:39that there are 17,000 orphaned children in the Gaza Strip.
03:43Specialists presented a report on the situation in the Palestinian enclave after the Israeli
03:47ceasefire agreement against the coastal enclave came into effect.
03:51However, authorities took responsibility for reporting the precarious situation of children
03:55and young people in Gaza, as well as the absence of family members, either killed, kidnapped
04:01or missing.
04:02And the World Food Program intensifies efforts to provide urgent humanitarian assistance
04:09to affected populations in Gaza.
04:12More than one million people will benefit from direct delivery of humanitarian aid over
04:15the next three months, after 15 months of a devastating war in the Palestinian territory.
04:22Israel and the Hamas resistance movement reached a truce that foresees the cease of hostilities
04:26during the first phase of six weeks, in which 33 Israeli hostages should be released in
04:31exchange for 1,900 Palestinian prisoners.
04:33The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs revealed that Israel
04:38has destroyed about 436,000 buildings in Gaza since October 23, 92% of the total.
04:50And Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that army forces will not withdraw
04:54completely from southern Lebanon at the end of the 60-day period stipulated in the ceasefire
04:58agreement.
04:59In a statement, the office stressed that the pact provides for the gradual withdrawal of
05:03Israeli army forces over a period of 60 days, although this process could be extended beyond
05:08that time.
05:09Israel justifies its action, alleging that Lebanon has not yet fully implemented the
05:15ceasefire agreement, so the phase of gradual withdrawal will continue in coordination with
05:20the United States.
05:21The balance of this conflict so far is more than 3,800 Lebanese killed.
05:31The Belarusian Central Electoral Commission confirmed that more than 480 international
05:35observers have been created for the presidential elections to be held this Sunday, January
05:4026.
05:41Among those created, there are more than 800 journalists, including over 300 foreign correspondents,
05:47also 486 international observers, being the most numerous mission that of the representatives
05:53of the Community of Independent States.
05:55Likewise, the Electoral Commission detailed that six polling stations were set up so that
05:59nationals living abroad could vote.
06:03We now have a short break coming up, but first remember you can join us on TikTok at TELUS
06:09for English, where you'll find news in different formats, news updates, and much more.
06:13We'll be right back, stay with us.
06:24Welcome back.
06:25In Colombia, the number of people displaced by violence in the Catatumbo region has risen
06:28to more than 40,000.
06:31According to data provided by the Unified Command Post, close to 20,000 people sought
06:36refuge in Cucuta, the departmental capital north of Santander, after leaving their localities
06:41due to the armed conflict.
06:42In addition to this number, there are 10,719 Colombian refugees in Ocaña and another 10,482
06:50in Tipu, while hundreds more sought refuge in Venezuela.
06:54On top of the thousands displaced people, the confrontation between the ELN and FARC-EP
06:59dissidents have left approximately 80 people dead, as well as kidnapped and missing people.
07:06In Cuba, the Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Ministry of Foreign
07:12Affairs, Eugenio Martínez Enrique, through his accounting ex, categorically denied the
07:17presence on the island of any member of the National Liberation Army of Colombia, nor
07:21of its Central Command.
07:23The diplomatic indicated that the mission of Cuba, as one of the countries where they
07:28could be, is an insinuation without evidence, because there is none.
07:33Martínez Enrique said that all ELN members who traveled to Cuba in the recent past did
07:38so with authorization from the Colombian national government by means of safe conducts issued.
07:44Precisely that they came to the island for the sole and exclusive purpose of negotiating
07:49peace in Colombia, and that all ELN members left Cuba months ago at the conclusion of
07:54the sixth cycle of the peace dialogue table and the point of contact requested by the
07:58peace delegation of the Colombian government and the ELN.
08:04And the Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Iván Gil, emphasized that there will be no possible
08:11relationship with Chile as long as the current government maintains a posture of disrespect
08:15towards the Bolivarian country.
08:18Through his social media, Foreign Minister Gil expressed,
08:21These Chilean bureaucrats and diplomats of social networks are very funny and ridiculous.
08:26They are so eager to support the empire that they forget the reality.
08:31Since August of last year, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela expelled them from the
08:35homeland of Bolivar, and we broke all relations, withdrawing also all our personnel from Chile.
08:42All this because they were dragged to the gringos.
08:44As long as the imitator government of Sebastián Piñera does not assume a dignified role of
08:49respect for our country, there will be no possible relationship.
08:53Meanwhile, in the United States, the Senate has ratified Pete Hexeth as Secretary of Defense
09:02in Donald Trump's administration.
09:05Vice President James David Vance cast the vote that awarded the victory to Secretary
09:09Pete Hexeth.
09:10Hexeth's appointment was troubling because of his involvement in various events, where
09:14he was accused of drunkenness on duty, inappropriate sexual behavior, and possible financial mismanagement.
09:21Hexeth suffered a pre-vote interrogation about a potential sexual assault, which he
09:25repeatedly denied.
09:27He thus pledged to foster a water culture in the Defense Department if he were approved.
09:37And according to White House statements, U.S. Marines arrive at the Mexican border under
09:41the pretext of supporting border protection efforts.
09:44Washington shared images of the first Marine Corps elements arriving at the Mexican border
09:49to supposedly assist Customs and Border Protection and allegedly protect the United States.
09:54Footage shows trucks operating their territory a few meters away from the Mexican side, while
09:59the ground is being prepared for the landing of aircraft with armed military personnel.
10:04The Pentagon announced that approximately 1,500 troops will be sent to the border as
10:09the Department rushes to implement President Donald Trump's executive order demanding
10:14a crackdown on migration.
10:20We now have a second short break coming up, but before we invite you to visit our YouTube
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10:34Events.
10:35Final short break, don't go away.
10:45Welcome back.
10:46In Argentina, the government led by Javier Millet seeks to eliminate the concept of femicide
10:50from the penal code.
10:52The information was released by the Argentine Minister of Justice, Mariano Cuneo Livadona,
10:57who quoted words expressed by President Javier Millet at the Davos World Economic Forum.
11:01Moreover, he alleged that feminism is a distortion of the concept of equality that only seeks
11:06privileges by pitting one half of the population against the other.
11:10Femicide is an aggravating circumstance that was incorporated into the penal code in 2021
11:15after being unanimously approved by Congress.
11:18Meanwhile, in 2025, there were 25 femicides in 24 days, which represents one woman murdered
11:24every 20 hours.
11:30Brazil prepares to receive the first flight of deportees from the United States after
11:34President Donald Trump signed a major set of executive orders on immigration issues.
11:39According to a federal police report, 158 immigrants, of which at least 88 are Brazilian
11:45nationals, are being deported on a flight from the United States to Belo Horizonte.
11:50This action is part of the immigration policies that the U.S. President Donald Trump has recently
11:54installed in the White House.
11:56These first anti-immigrant raids left more than 500 detained and hundreds deported.
12:01In this regard, several Latin American countries have committed through agreements to defend
12:04the human rights that protect this vulnerable population, in addition to rejecting their
12:08criminalization within the U.S. territory.
12:15A heavy rainstorm affected the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo on Friday, leaving more
12:31than 160,000 homes in the metro-Britain area without power.
12:35Authorities reported 160,723 homes without electric power in the region, including 126,567
12:43in the capital city.
12:44In addition, several subway and train stations were flooded after recording 120 liters of
12:49rain per square meter in only two hours, half the usual rainfall for January.
12:55Despite road and infrastructure damage, no more victims were reported.
12:59Civil defense issued alerts on residents' cell phones warning of the risk of severe
13:02rains and recommending shelter.
13:09In Antarctica, the world's largest iceberg known as A23A is moving slowly on a possible
13:14collision course with the South Georgia Islands, a British territory which is a crucial wildlife
13:19habitat.
13:20Scientists fear that if the iceberg continues on its course, it could threaten the lives
13:25of baby penguins and seals.
13:27According to British Antarctic Service oceanographer Andrew Meyers, it is difficult to predict
13:32the course of the iceberg, but ocean currents suggest that it would reach the shallow continental
13:36shelf around southern Georgia within two to four weeks.
13:40Furthermore, Meyers assured that what might happen next is unknown to scientists, but
13:45it is highly likely that this event would seriously affect seagulls and penguins, which
13:49feed and raise their babies on these islands.
13:58In the Dominican Republic, a new crisis in the power supply causes significant distress
14:02and losses to the government and its inhabitants.
14:05While the authorities are trying to solve the problem, experts assure that if necessary
14:09measures are not taken in the next month, the country will present an unbearable increase
14:14in temperature.
14:15Authorities point out that with the implementation of measures such as the off-times, the energy
14:19deficit is set to be reduced, because in many cases the losses of energy supplies exceed
14:2450%.
14:25The electric crisis has forced the state to allocate an annual subsidy of $1.05 billion,
14:34a figure that is unsustainable for public finances.
14:39In Cuba, the 40th edition of the Jazz Plaza International Festival is set to bring the
14:54musical genre together with cinema through various activities.
14:58The program looks to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Cuban Institute of Cinematography,
15:04Art and Industry in addition to the four decades of history of the musical event.
15:10Starting on January 27, several movie theaters in Havana will host both film screenings and
15:14live music performances centered on the traditional Afro-American rhythm.
15:18The 2025 Jazz Plaza International Festival will take over the cities of Havana, Santiago,
15:24and Santa Clara from January 26 to February 2, with the participation of more than 400
15:30artists from 20 countries.
15:36An exhibition entitled Repatriated was opened Friday at the National Museum of Indonesia
15:41in Jakarta displaying 800 historical objects looted during the Dutch colonization.
15:47The collection seeks to offer Indonesians a glimpse of their rich cultural heritage, which
15:52was largely lost during four centuries of colonial rule.
15:55The objects on display were returned to the country under a repatriation agreement signed
15:59in 2022 between Indonesia and the Netherlands.
16:03Visitors to the show have expressed their amazement at the richness of the collection,
16:07which fills in gaps of the nation's history and provides a more complete knowledge of
16:12the Indonesian past.
16:13Like this, we have come to the end of this news brief.
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