6/02/2023
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*Death toll due to Israeli genocidal aggression rose to 27,968
*Opposition denounces a constitutional coup in Senegal
FTS 9.30
*Death toll due to Israeli genocidal aggression rose to 27,968
*Opposition denounces a constitutional coup in Senegal
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 The Colombian government and the National Liberation Army
00:13 agreed on a new six-month extension
00:15 of the bilateral national temporary ceasefire.
00:17 In Palestine, the Israeli regime committed 12 massacres
00:23 on the 123rd day of its relentless siege of Gaza,
00:27 killing 107 people and wounding 143 others.
00:30 And in Senegal, the opposition denounced a constitutional coup
00:36 following the postponement of the February 25th
00:39 presidential elections.
00:40 Hello, welcome to From the South.
00:47 I'm Luis Alberto Matos from Adelaide Studios in Havana,
00:50 Cuba.
00:51 We begin with the news.
00:52 On Monday in Havana, the Colombian government
00:54 and the National Liberation Army agreed
00:56 on a new six-month extension of the bilateral national
00:59 and temporary ceasefire.
01:01 The peace delegation of Gustavo Petro's government
01:03 confirmed the news in a message published on social media.
01:07 They detailed that the bilateral ceasefire
01:09 will be extended for 180 more days.
01:12 The announcement was made minutes
01:13 after the end of the current ceasefire that
01:15 was agreed for a six-month and was extended later
01:18 for seven more days the previous week.
01:21 These peace talks between both parties
01:23 began in Caracas in November 2022
01:26 at the request of President Gustavo Petro, who
01:28 launched a total peace plan with insurgent groups
01:30 and criminal organizations.
01:32 The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro,
01:39 also reiterated his denouncement against a campaign
01:41 of political prosecution that seeks to provoke
01:44 a coup d'etat against him.
01:45 The president called on the population
01:47 to mobilize in support of him and in rejection
01:50 of what he described as the mafia takeover
01:52 of the public prosecutor's office.
01:54 Petro accused the general prosecutor Francisco Barbosa
01:58 of putting this institution in the service
01:59 of conservative interests to hunt people close
02:02 to the government under an institutional cloak.
02:04 Also recalled that the constitution prohibits
02:06 the office from investigating the president,
02:09 while reiterating his condemnation
02:10 of the raid on the headquarters of the Colombian Federation
02:13 of Educators to look for alleged irregularities in the financing
02:16 of his electoral campaign.
02:22 In Venezuela, several social and political organizations
02:24 installed a cycle of debates and national consultation
02:27 for the elaboration of the timetable
02:29 to open the way to the presidential elections of 2024.
02:32 The president of the National Assembly, Congressman Jorge
02:35 Rodriguez, reaffirmed that this year,
02:37 the 2024 presidential elections will
02:38 be held in Venezuela after the National Electoral Council
02:41 convenes the voting date.
02:42 Regard Rodriguez highlighted that the consultation
02:45 will allow all sectors of the country
02:47 to exchange opinions on positions
02:49 that will be integrated to a proposal for an electoral
02:51 calendar.
02:52 The head of the parliament emphasized
02:54 that the proposal strengthens democracy
02:56 and that the candidates will set a position
02:58 to build a roadmap that will serve as a suggestion
03:00 to the electoral power.
03:01 In spite of the manipulations that
03:09 have been noted in some of the media, let us, you,
03:12 and all of us, be certain that this year, 2024,
03:18 as our Constitution states, the corresponding presidential
03:23 elections will be held so that the person elected
03:29 by the people of Venezuela as constitutional president
03:32 of our republic will take office on January 10, 2025.
03:38 Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
03:40 described as successful the public consultation called
03:43 for by the National Assembly.
03:44 The Venezuelan head of state indicated
03:46 the consultation began on good footing
03:48 and affirmed that it will serve to submit an electoral schedule
03:51 to the National Electoral Council
03:52 for the best implementation and organization of the 2024
03:56 presidential elections.
03:57 Maduro stressed that once the electoral body determines
04:00 the definitive date, the elections
04:02 will be held despite any attempt to destabilize or impede them.
04:06 The president praised the candidates and pre-candidates
04:08 ideas and proposals to set up the schedule
04:11 and reiterated that the dialogue and the national consensus
04:13 were the main ways to guarantee the stability of the country.
04:17 The national public consultation called
04:24 for by the Assembly on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
04:26 was a complete success on Monday.
04:29 It got off to a good start with the participation
04:31 of the vast majority of the presidential pre-candidates.
04:34 90% of the legally registered political parties
04:43 that have a card in the CNE participated
04:46 and they will participate in these elections.
04:48 I think there have been good proposals that
04:51 participate in presidential candidates and pre-candidates.
04:53 Made proposals for dates for issues
05:04 of organization and logistics.
05:05 I think this is the method.
05:07 The method is the national dialogue,
05:09 the national consensus, the national understanding.
05:12 The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro,
05:13 affirmed that the presidential elections will
05:15 be held in the country this year, 2024,
05:18 despite any difficulties.
05:19 This 2024 is a year of presidential elections.
05:26 Some do not want there to be elections.
05:28 And I modestly tell them, seeing the success
05:30 of this public consultation from the National Assembly,
05:33 with the chronogram, the proposed electoral chronogram
05:36 will be published.
05:40 So that the CNE may definitely decide
05:42 the date of the chronogram and the date of the elections,
05:45 I say it modestly, from my heart and with all the strength
05:48 and power that the people can give me, in 2024,
05:52 come hell or high water, there will
05:54 be presidential elections as required by the Constitution.
05:57 And neither the last names that people can give me
06:05 have been given by the people.
06:07 And neither the last names that people can give me,
06:10 neither the surnames, nor the tantrum, nor the sabotage,
06:14 will stop the elections in Venezuela.
06:16 No one will be able to stop the people of Venezuela.
06:20 In Cuba, the 14th International Congress on Higher Education
06:23 opened with the attendance of Cuban President Miguel
06:26 Díaz-Canel.
06:27 The forum convened weeks ago by the Cuban Ministry
06:29 of Higher Education will be held until February 9th,
06:31 where 2,000 personalities and experts from 40 countries
06:34 are expected to attend.
06:36 Congress provides an opportunity to forge alliances and cooperation
06:39 links and will continue the line of contributions
06:42 to take on the challenges of the 2030 agenda.
06:45 Brazilian theologian and educator and writer Frey Beto
06:49 gave a lecture on social media and education
06:51 at one of the Congress activities.
06:53 Let's take a short break, but remember,
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07:06 Other stories coming up.
07:11 Stay with us.
07:11 Welcome back from the South.
07:34 In Haiti, one of the victims of the forced displacement
07:36 that the country is experiencing due to the violence
07:38 of the parliamentary groups tells us about her experience
07:41 during these six months.
07:42 Let's listen.
07:44 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
07:47 Over six months ago, criminals forced us
07:50 from our homes in Cafufé.
07:52 It is not easy for me being elderly and sleeping right
07:55 here.
07:55 I have not eaten anything today.
07:57 We have no one to visit or help us.
08:00 We don't have soap or anything we need.
08:02 This is misery.
08:04 Who can sleep like this?
08:05 We want to eat, but what can you find?
08:07 Maybe if you are lucky, a piece of bread.
08:09 They burned our homes in our neighborhood in Cafufé.
08:13 Look how we live now.
08:14 I'm a grandmother.
08:15 We have been like this for six months.
08:17 Our children cannot even go to school.
08:19 We have nothing.
08:22 Uruguayan Workers' Union rejects the visit
08:24 to the country of Lara Richardson, head
08:26 of the United States Southern Command.
08:27 The union declared that they reject the visit of the general
08:30 since she represents a country that
08:32 is trying to dominate the world.
08:34 They added that the real purpose of her visit
08:36 is the interest in the freshwater
08:37 that Uruguay shares in the Guarani Aquifer,
08:40 as well as the possibility of creating a military base
08:43 in national territory.
08:44 They also condemn Washington's support
08:46 to Israel's genocidal military campaign in Gaza.
08:48 In Argentina, dozens gather in the vicinity
08:56 of the Human Capital Ministry, headed by Sandra Petoveo,
08:59 to demand food.
09:00 The line stretched for more than 20 blocks
09:02 in the midst of social movement struggle with the government,
09:05 following the announcement of the suspension
09:07 of the shipment of dry food in order
09:09 to transfer money to subcultures.
09:11 However, social organizations in charge
09:13 denounced that the government did not send any money
09:15 during the month of January.
09:17 The protests carried out simultaneously
09:19 in office of the Secretary of Childhood and Family
09:22 all over the country.
09:23 Likewise, the church warned about the food crisis
09:26 in a harsh statement.
09:27 [VIDEO PLAYBACK]
09:28 [MUSIC PLAYING]
09:31 - The Palestinian Health Authority
09:50 has announced on Tuesday that in the last 24 hours,
09:52 the Israeli occupation army committed 12 massacres,
09:55 killing 107 people and wounded 143 in the Gaza Strip.
10:00 In the framework of the 123rd days of total siege
10:03 on the Palestinian population, Israel
10:05 intensified its air, land, and sea attacks
10:07 on several areas of the coastal enclave.
10:09 In this regard, local authorities
10:10 highlight that Zionist attacks targeted civilians
10:13 while shelling a residential apartment
10:15 in the city of Hamad, northwest of Gandunis.
10:18 It is worth to highlight that since last October 7,
10:21 the occupation army has killed 27,968 Palestinians
10:25 and wounded more than 66,000 in the Gaza Strip,
10:28 while thousands of thousands of victims remain on the rubble.
10:32 [END PLAYBACK]
10:37 On the other hand, in the north of the Gaza Strip,
10:39 thousands of families wait for the arrival of food and aid
10:42 while they try to survive the Israeli attacks.
10:45 In this regard, locals denounce that members
10:48 of the forces of the occupation army
10:49 continue shooting daily against those who are looking for food.
10:53 According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
10:55 Affairs, the Israeli authorities denied access
10:57 to the north of the Gaza Strip to 34 humanitarian missions
11:01 in January, which constitutes 55.7% of the 61
11:04 that were organized.
11:06 In the north of the Gaza Strip, the damage
11:12 left by the Israeli forces is uncountable.
11:15 All that remains is scorched earth.
11:17 An exclusive material of our collaborator, Mohamed Al-Saifeh,
11:20 shows better what happened in the Tawwan area.
11:22 [VIDEO PLAYBACK]
11:23 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
11:26 - Nobody has come here for more than 90 days.
11:28 That is to say, since the beginning of the war,
11:30 nobody has come back here.
11:32 People started to come here two days ago.
11:34 People are trying to return to their houses and homes,
11:37 to their land.
11:37 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
11:42 - The area is, as you are seeing it, pure destruction
11:45 and rubble.
11:46 There is nothing left.
11:47 There are no trees.
11:49 There are no animals.
11:50 They have no compassion for people, the trees,
11:52 or the animals.
11:54 It is something that cannot be described.
11:56 God willing, we will return.
11:57 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
12:02 - We will return.
12:03 We will make tents.
12:04 On the rubble, we will raise tents to live.
12:06 Where there is partial destruction,
12:08 we will live in spite of the destruction.
12:10 Where else will we go?
12:12 We will go neither to Sana'a nor to Dekab.
12:13 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
12:19 - Here, we will stay persistent with the favor of God,
12:22 with the permission of the only and almighty God.
12:24 Since the beginning of the war, the people
12:26 have been returning for three days
12:27 to see how their houses and lands are.
12:29 They left nothing.
12:31 I have a neighbor who had planted onions.
12:33 Even the onions were destroyed.
12:35 They destroyed everything that was
12:36 on the land with their bulldozers.
12:38 [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
12:41 - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
12:43 called on Muslim nations to cut economic ties with Israel.
12:46 His comments come as the US and Britain
12:48 struck more hoofy targets in Yemen
12:50 in a second wave of assaults.
12:54 - The elite, namely scholars, politicians, and journalists,
12:59 are seeing what is happening in Gaza.
13:02 They are seeing what a blow America
13:04 is dealing to humanity by supporting the Zionist regime.
13:10 They must create public demand to make
13:11 inevitable for governments to deal the decisive blow
13:14 to the Zionist regime.
13:15 What is that decisive blow?
13:20 We're not asking them to enter war with Israel,
13:23 because they won't.
13:23 And it's not possible to do so for many of them.
13:29 But they can cut economic ties with Israel.
13:33 - 18 Palestinian children in need of medical care
13:35 arrived from Monday morning at the Italian port of La Specia
13:38 from the Italian Navy ship Volcano.
13:41 The young patients will be distributed
13:42 among medical facilities in Bologna, Florence, Genoa,
13:45 and Rome, as was the case for the first 10 children
13:48 welcomed to Italy on January 29.
13:50 Some children had sustained severe injuries
13:52 and were unable to walk.
13:53 But all of them were stabilized.
13:55 And none was reported to be in life-threatening danger.
13:58 Italian Foreign Affairs Minister and Deputy Prime Minister
14:00 Antonio Tajani said the operation
14:02 would host 100 Palestinian children in Italian hospitals
14:05 and added that he hoped there would be more.
14:08 In Syria, at least six mercenaries
14:10 from Syria's opposition Democratic forces
14:13 were killed after a confirmed attack
14:14 by the Iraqi Islamic Resistance in response
14:16 to recent attacks by the United States.
14:19 According to sources, the casualties
14:20 suffered by the US-backed militia
14:23 occurred in Al-Omar oil field in northwestern province,
14:26 northeastern province of Deir ez-Zor,
14:28 whose facilities are occupied and used by Pentagon forces.
14:32 The attack was carried out by the Syrian opposition
14:34 occupied and used by Pentagon forces.
14:37 The attack was carried out with drones
14:38 in response to recent attacks by the United States Army
14:41 fighter bombers against points of the Syrian army
14:44 and its allies.
14:45 At least 15 Washington military bases
14:46 are legally in Syrian territory and have
14:49 been denounced by the government of Damascus
14:50 for generating death, destruction in infrastructures,
14:53 and encouraging terrorist acts in the territory.
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15:26 Welcome back to "From the South."
15:43 On Tuesday in Senegal, the opposition
15:44 called as a constitutional coup the postponement
15:47 of a presidential election scheduled for February 25.
15:50 In the meantime, Senegal's parliament
15:52 voted to postpone presidential elections to December 15,
15:55 after opposition lawmakers were forcibly
15:57 ejected from the chamber as they debated President Macky
16:00 Sall's decision to delay the polls.
16:02 For his part, Sall then announced on Saturday
16:05 the postponement of the election scheduled for late February,
16:08 triggering protests in the West African nation.
16:11 In this context, parliamentary backing came on Monday
16:13 when 105 deputies of the 165th seat assembly
16:17 voted in favor of the measure, which
16:19 delays elections until December and keeps Sall in office
16:21 until his successor is appointed.
16:23 Should be noted that the president who
16:25 has served the maximum two terms was due to leave office
16:28 on April 2.
16:29 In this sense, despite Sall's said
16:31 he has no plans to extend his term,
16:33 protesters are skeptical.
16:35 In Turkey, citizens paid tribute to the victims
16:42 of the February 6, 2023 earthquakes, which
16:45 left more than 53,000 dead.
16:48 People from all over the country gathered for memorial ceremonies
16:50 honoring the memory of those who lost their lives in the disaster.
16:54 In this context, through social media,
16:55 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid tribute to the victims
16:58 and stressed that his government is actively working
17:01 to fulfill its promises to the country,
17:03 adding that these efforts will continue until all the cities
17:06 are rebuilt and revitalized.
17:08 On February 6, 2023, a series of earthquakes
17:10 hit 11 Turkey provinces, leaving a total of 53,537 people dead
17:16 and more than 100,000 injured.
17:18 In Germany, Chancellor Olaf Scholz
17:24 underlined the importance of closing a long-stalled EU trade
17:28 deal with South America's Mercosur bloc,
17:30 saying it carried strategic significance
17:32 and would boost Europe's growth prospects.
17:35 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz' statement
17:36 highlighted the need for such agreements
17:39 because they are of great geostrategic importance.
17:42 Scholz also added that the influence of these countries
17:45 is increasing and that of Europe is decreasing,
17:47 while on the other hand they must find a way
17:49 to improve the economic growth prospects of the continent.
17:52 But France's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal,
17:53 speaking at the same press conference,
17:55 insisted that the conditions are not met for an agreement
17:58 with Mercosur, and the agreement with South America
18:01 has recently met with fierce resistance from farmers
18:03 across Europe who have blocked roads to protest their improved
18:07 incomes and conditions.
18:16 I think we all agree that we need such agreements
18:19 because they are of great geostrategic importance.
18:21 It is not acceptable for us to complain on the one hand
18:24 that the influence of certain countries is increasing
18:27 and that of Europe is decreasing,
18:29 and on the other hand for us not to find ways
18:31 of improving the prospects for economic growth
18:33 on our continent through good cooperation,
18:36 including in economic relations.
18:38 Negotiations with the Mercosur countries
18:39 have been going on for 20 years now,
18:41 and they need to be concluded.
18:46 For his part, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal
18:47 stated that for France the conditions for the agreement
18:50 are not yet met.
18:51 There are agreements from which, from France's point of view,
18:58 the conditions have not been met.
18:59 And I'll say it again, from France's point of view,
19:02 as the President of the Republic has said,
19:04 and as I have also had occasion to say,
19:06 the conditions for the Mercosur agreement have not been met.
19:10 Dozens of Italian farmers in a tractor's convoy
19:13 started gathering Monday on the edge of Rome,
19:15 vowing a major demonstration to pressure the government
19:18 to improve their working conditions.
19:20 Around 50 tractors from Tuscany headed
19:22 towards the Via Nomentana, a main road into central Rome
19:26 where they were expected Monday evening.
19:28 Between 1,500 and 2,000 tractors are expected by Friday.
19:34 The farmers are demanding a meeting
19:35 with the government minister.
19:37 They complain that their products are being undercut
19:39 by cheaper imports from areas outside the European Union,
19:41 such as North Africa.
19:43 They're also rejecting rising fuel costs
19:45 and the impact of the European Union measures
19:48 designed to protect the environment
19:50 and counter climate change.
19:51 In China, as the countdown to the new year begins,
19:58 anticipation is growing for the Spring Festival Gala
20:01 2024, which puts the spotlight on the extraordinary stories
20:04 of ordinary people.
20:06 Each year, the Spring Festival Gala,
20:07 organized by China Media Group, has
20:09 become synonymous with the traditional celebrations.
20:12 After concluding the fourth rehearsal,
20:14 guests in the dazzling studio hall were deeply moved.
20:17 They consider the gala fosters a sense of unity and joy
20:20 among viewers.
20:21 Since its inception in 1983, the gala,
20:24 also known as Xiong Wan in Chinese,
20:26 has become a cultural symbol of Chinese New Year celebrations.
20:30 The most watched television program in China
20:32 has become an integral part of the festive season,
20:34 attracting millions of Chinese and foreign viewers.
20:37 We have come to the end of this news brief.
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20:47 For TELESTURE ENGLISH, I'm Luis Alberto Matos.
20:50 Thank you for watching.
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