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Political Parties in Guatemala announce their government proposals for the 2nd electoral next round August 20th//On August 13th, Argentinians will select the pre-candidates for the nation's president and Vice-President, ahead of the October general elections// In Turkiye, a blast hit the site of 13 grain silos in the Derince port, leaving 12 people injured while adjacent buildings also sustained damaged. teleSUR
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00:00 The political parties in Guatemala announced their government proposal for the second electoral
00:09 round next August 20th.
00:15 And coming August 13th, Argentina will select the three candidates for the nation's president
00:21 and vice president ahead of October general elections.
00:26 And Durkheji, a blast hit the site of 13 grain silos in the Braining Port, leaving 12 people
00:33 injured, while at the census building also sustained damage.
00:42 Hello and welcome to From the South, I'm Ana Marrero from the Telesur headquarters in Caracas,
00:46 Venezuela.
00:47 Stay with us.
01:03 President Gustavo Petro leads ACT celebrating the 204th anniversary of the Boyacá-Zapato
01:09 event that settled the liberation campaign and independence spirit of Colombia.
01:13 During the event, the head of state paid tribute to the fallen soldiers in the heroic actions,
01:20 while thanking the active military forces that participate in the ceremony for protecting
01:24 the rights of the people and opening the possibility of a total peace.
01:28 He also stressed the demand for a new approach to the reach of agreements instead of increasing
01:34 violence.
01:39 Social justice is a polar star that guides us.
01:42 Social justice is the basis for peace.
01:45 Just as social inequality is the undeniable source of violence, social justice is the
01:49 basis for protecting life in Colombia.
01:52 If we do not address the very causes of inequality, if we do not face poverty and hunger, if we
01:59 do not give education to young people, if we do not take care of the elderly and guarantee
02:04 them a livelihood, if we do not give dignity to the mother and the small child, change
02:09 will simply be an empty word.
02:13 José Pedro, President of Colombia, stressed the importance of peace dialogues in the country
02:20 as well as the participation of civil society and the international community.
02:25 Therefore, we are talking with the armed groups to look for ways out, to save lives.
02:32 We have a dialogue table with the ELN that has already allowed us to reach a historic
02:37 and unprecedented bilateral ceasefire.
02:39 But more than that, it should be a suspension of hostilities against the civilian population.
02:45 Peace is not a negotiation between armed groups.
02:47 It is a reality where the unarmed society must participate.
02:52 This effort has even been supported by the United Nations, which has extended the Verification
02:56 Missions mandate operating in Colombia.
02:59 This means the support of the world to peace in Colombia.
03:05 In Guatemala, the parties National Unity of Hope and Six Movements systematized their
03:10 government proposals for the second electoral round next August 20th.
03:14 Only 14 days before the presidential runoff in Guatemala, the candidates in the political
03:20 ranks participated in a space intended to debate the proposals of their respective administrations.
03:26 Sociologist Fernando Arevalo of the Progressive Party proposed for his first 100 days to fight
03:32 corruption and strengthen the international police while Former First Lady Sandra Torres
03:37 of the United Party reaffirmed that for her government she will implement the Solidarity
03:42 Bank, open schools and social lunchrooms.
03:51 The fourth summit of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization begins on Tuesday in the
03:56 Brazilian city of Berlin.
03:58 President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that regional leaders will discuss a sustainable
04:03 development model and continue to demand compensations from rich nations to keep the rainforest standing
04:11 and to foster sustainable economic development for the millions of people living in the Amazon
04:17 rainforest.
04:18 A census in Brazil revealed on Monday that the country's indigenous population rose
04:26 to nearly 1.7 million from 2010 to 2022 through such fast growth in part attributed to a new
04:35 census methodology.
04:36 According to the National Institute of Statistics, under the new counting indigenous people in
04:42 Brazil make up 0.83% of the total population of 203 million, up from 0.47% reported in
04:53 the previous census.
05:02 On Sunday, authorities in Honduras notified that the nation has not registered homicides
05:06 during seven months in 78 of its 288 municipalities as a result of the governmental strategies
05:13 developed to face criminality.
05:16 According to the report presented by the police's statistical system, the figures represent 25.5%
05:22 of the total number of municipalities.
05:25 So far for the same period last year, the figure of zero occurrence was only achieved
05:31 in 58 municipalities.
05:49 In Argentina, next August, 13 citizens of the South American country will participate
05:56 in the open, simultaneous and mandatory preliminary elections to determine the candidates who
06:03 will run for the presidency and vice presidency of the nation in the general elections to
06:06 be held in October.
06:07 Let's see the details in the following report.
06:14 According to the National Electoral Chamber, in Argentina there are 36 million registered
06:18 voters to take part in the first term elections.
06:24 In this case we are talking about president and vice president, but also about national
06:28 deputies and national senators that are elected throughout the country.
06:33 They have to fulfill a series of requirements, which is to register, participate in these
06:38 elections.
06:39 And in the case that there is more than one alternative for each political space, the
06:43 most voted alternative is the one that is going to lead and then carry out the candidacy
06:49 for that political party for the general elections in October.
06:53 Analyst Federico Montero explains what this election is about and which are the positions
06:59 contested.
07:01 Argentina has 23 provinces and the autonomous city of Buenos Aires.
07:05 In all provinces, the president and vice president are elected.
07:08 Parliamentarians to parliazurt by single district, which is a very important element because
07:13 during the previous government of Mauricio Macri, the possibility of direct elections
07:17 to the parliamentarians of the Marcosur had been withdrawn.
07:20 This has now been reinstated, with which Argentina again complies with international obligations,
07:26 and it is also a bet on regional integration.
07:29 On the other hand, national deputies are elected by each one of the provinces, and some provinces
07:35 also elect national senators.
07:39 For any political party to take part in the general elections, they must have a voting
07:44 floor of 1.5% of the general electoral roll.
07:53 With the already elected candidates, we will head towards the presidential election to
07:57 be held on October 22.
08:01 Eventually, given the characteristics of the electoral preference in Argentina, we all
08:07 consider the possibility of a second electoral round to elect a president to be held on November
08:13 19.
08:19 The circumstances in terms of electoral preference show a level of fragmentation.
08:29 Argentina has today two great coalitions that will, in the end, I believe, determine who
08:37 will lead the country's course.
08:39 Of those eligible to vote in the 105,243 polling stations that will be distributed throughout
08:48 the country, 18,225,116 are women, 17,686,646 are men, and 1,079 are non-binary.
09:05 We believe that on average fewer people will participate both in the primary elections
09:12 and in the general election.
09:14 We have a participation of more than 85% in the democratic recovery.
09:19 These have been declining election after election, and this will probably be an election of low
09:24 participation in relative terms.
09:26 We cannot think of less than 75% participation in the general election, and in the primaries
09:31 we will probably have 70 points or around 70 points of participation, which for the
09:36 Argentinian standard is low.
09:39 Thus, on August 13, vote is mandatory for citizens above the age of 18 and up to 70
09:46 years of age.
09:47 Those aged 16 and 17 can vote but are not binded by law to do so.
09:55 Carolina Silvestre, TELESUR, Buenos Aires.
09:59 Let's take a short break but remember you can now join us on our TikTok @telesurenglish
10:06 where you'll be able to see news in different formats and news updates and more.
10:10 Stay tuned for more news.
10:15 On the south on Monday, United Kingdom, Portland passed a controversial legislation against
10:26 irregular immigration across the English Channel.
10:30 Immigrants, rioters, campaigners and the main opposition party have condemned the British
10:34 government for starting the process of housing asylum seekers on a giant barn in Mourne in
10:41 southern England.
10:42 British media reported Monday that a small number of asylum seekers were moved to baby
10:47 stools at England's Brains as the government tries to reduce the cost of taking the great
10:53 number of people arriving in the country.
10:57 "The way that the government has been running their asylum policy is to target these people
11:05 and to scapegoat them and I think that starts from the top and we should be sending a welcome
11:13 message locally but nationally as well.
11:19 We hope that attempts to divide or scapegoat or follow people don't happen and that we
11:29 show the real humanity that there is locally."
11:46 At least three people have been injured while several hundreds had to be evacuated due to
11:51 the fire that is raging on the Italian island of Sardinia.
11:56 Local authorities explain that the fire originated in the morning hours in the areas of Montelungo
12:01 and spread rapidly through the locality of Sint Nicola and La Caleta.
12:06 The areas of greater risk were evacuated.
12:08 The flames, which have caused significant material losses, are defined by the weather
12:13 conditions that bring strong gusts of wind.
12:21 According to a UNICEF report, children living in South Asia are exposed to temperatures
12:26 above 35 degrees Celsius for long hours.
12:29 The United Nations Children's Agency said children in countries such as Afghanistan,
12:34 India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, among others, are exposed to a surge in heat.
12:39 They are the most affected in the world by this phenomenon not only in the city but also
12:46 in time as they face more than 4.4 heat waves every year.
12:51 The agency recalled that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a Pakistani city, recorded the highest temperatures
12:56 on the planet when it reached 51 degrees Celsius.
13:09 In Turkey, a blast hit the site of 13 grain silos in the Derbeyt port, leaving 12 people
13:15 injured while at the census buildings also sustained damage.
13:18 It is presumed that pressure of the weather does drain the transfers of weather from ships
13:26 to the silos that might have caused the explosion, which occurred early in the afternoon.
13:32 An inquiry is underway to clarify the incident.
13:35 The Office of Security said health search and rescue teams and fire brigades were quickly
13:39 dispatched to the area.
13:55 On Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that its troops advanced 3 kilometers in the
14:00 Kavyansky Front in eastern Ukraine in the past three days.
14:04 The city of Kavyansk and its surroundings in Ukraine's Kharkiv region were under the
14:10 command of Ukrainian soldiers since last September.
14:14 But Moscow assured that it will recover control of the region.
14:17 It was confirmed by Moscow's Defense Ministry, which added that in the last three days, the
14:22 advance of Russian troops have been 11 kilometers along with the front and more than 3 kilometers
14:27 deep into the enemy defense.
14:34 Russian government announced Monday its plans to launch a lunar lander after multiple delays,
14:41 hoping to return to the moon for the first time in early 50 years.
14:46 Russian officials confirmed that launching will be on Friday and comes in armed conflicts
14:52 in Ukraine and despite current tensions and Western power sanctions.
15:17 Welcome back.
15:31 The Pakistan Monday supporters of former Prime Minister Irman Khan staged a protest in Lahore
15:37 that has Khan's lawyers attempt to file a petition that would allow them to challenge
15:42 his three-year sentence of corruption charges.
15:46 Khan's lawyers have been denied a trial of their client at Attock Yale, a 100-year-old
15:51 prison on the outskirts of the historically-called Attock city, about 40 miles west of the capital.
15:58 Here's a map.
15:59 Khan's lawyers are trying to get power of attorney on behalf of their client in order
16:04 to be able to appeal the sentence, which disqualifies him from running for office for the next five
16:10 years.
16:17 Nigeria remains under threat of military intervention on Monday following a warning from the Director
16:23 of the Economic Community of West African States.
16:26 After the expiration of the deadline given to the National Safeguard Council of the Economic
16:32 Community of the African States, ECOWAS, the council closed their airspace and mobilized
16:38 troops to the border of the host countries and warned of a joint response.
16:43 However, the military intervention agreed to on Friday in the Nigerian capital by the
16:48 Western Bloc, however, the command did not take place.
16:58 Monday Mali and Burkina Faso announced that they are sending a solidarity joint official
17:02 delegation to Nigeria to dissent of a military coup late July.
17:06 The delegation will be led by Malian Minister Abdel Jemmaiega and its aim is to show the
17:13 solidarity of the two countries with the sister nation of Nigeria just after the expiry Sunday
17:19 at midnight of the ultimatum issued by the Economic Community of the West African States.
17:26 ECOWAS to the Nigerian soldiers, Rooster to AUSTEAD President Mohamed Basun.
17:37 On Monday, some 200 bakers in Tunisia take part in a sit-out at the headquarters of the
17:43 Ministry of Commerce to protest the closure of more than 1,500 of their bakeries following
17:50 the government's decision to cut off the supply of subsidized flour.
17:55 Because Tunisians have been suffering from a breath shortage for months, casting long
18:00 lines outside bakeries.
18:01 In December, thousands of bakeries closed the door as part of general strikes to demand
18:05 that the government pay to their jobs in the context of subsidizing the bakery industry.
18:18 We go back to the Caribbean because the International Giro Fauna, Arts, Medicine, Agriculture and
18:24 Education organizations, revealed on Sunday that the Indigenous Language Recovery Project
18:29 is on a mission to save the Giro Fauna language and culture from extinction in St. Vincent
18:34 and the Grenadines.
18:35 The organization plans to pass on Giro Fauna traditions, customs and language to the next
18:42 generation by inviting 100 children and teenagers from St. Vincent and the Grenadines to participate
18:48 in a performing arts workshop that will result in a public performance this August.
18:54 Participants will have the opportunity to learn traditional Giro Fauna music, dance
18:59 and rituals, which will result in an exciting performance for friends, family and the general
19:07 public.
19:08 We have come to the end of this news brief, but you can find this and many other stories
19:12 on our website at telesudioenglish.net.
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19:18 This is El Sud English and from the south, I'm Ana Marrero, thank you for watching.
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