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30/05/2023
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*Mexico: candidates close presidential campaigns
*UK Parliament officially dissolved until July 4th
FTS 8.30
*Mexico: candidates close presidential campaigns
*UK Parliament officially dissolved until July 4th
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00:08 The Israeli occupation army took control of the strategic Philadelphia corridor on the border between Gaza and Egypt
00:18 and a key passage for humanitarian aid.
00:21 In Mexico, presidential candidates closed their campaigns ahead of the presidential elections
00:28 that will take place in the country on Sunday.
00:31 And in the United Kingdom, the parliament has been officially dissolved
00:37 as part of the process ahead of the general election on July 4th.
00:42 Hello and welcome to From the South.
00:48 My name is BelĂŠn de los Santos and from the TeleServe studios in Havana, Cuba, we begin with the news.
00:54 [Music]
01:09 On Thursday, the Israeli occupation army took control of a strategic Philadelphia corridor,
01:15 a key passage for humanitarian aid located in the border between Gaza and Egypt.
01:20 With the support of the United States, the government of Israel is once again overstepping a red line
01:26 in opposition to the majority of the international community.
01:29 In turn, Tel Aviv's military operation justified the maneuver,
01:33 claiming that it cuts off the flows of allegedly smuggling through the tunnels,
01:38 a way according to them to weaken Hamas.
01:41 However, human rights defenders pointed out that this is a dangerous advance into Egyptian territory
01:47 and a maneuver that could put a strange hold on any entry of humanitarian aid.
01:53 And in Palestine, citizens evacuated south on Gaza Strip due to the risk of new airstrikes by the CNS regime.
02:04 According to local media, the Gaza people dismantled the refugee camps located in supposedly safe areas
02:11 such as Al-Mawassi, Rafa and Han Younis in the face of the constant Israeli bombardment.
02:17 Also, men and women from the Gaza Strip have assured that most of the victims of the Israeli airstrikes
02:23 have been women and children who were inside the tents at the time of the bombing.
02:29 It should be noted that in the last week, Tel Aviv has killed at least 100 Palestinians
02:34 in addition to several babies amid attacks on the facilities of the United Nations Refugee Agency
02:40 in Gaza Strip.
02:42 The government of Algeria requested before the Security Council of the United Nations Organization
02:51 to halt the military offensive in the city of Rafa.
02:55 The Algerian ambassador to the UN, Ammar Benj Djamma,
02:58 presented a motion for a resolution for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
03:03 He also called for the release of all the hostages captured since the escalation of the Israeli siege
03:08 on October 7th.
03:10 In this regard, Benj Djamma condemned the indiscriminate targeting of civilians, women and children,
03:16 as well as civilian infrastructure.
03:19 The original sin of all this suffering is the occupation that continues,
03:30 the oppression that keeps on treating the symptoms without treating the causes,
03:34 which is the occupation of the Palestinian land, of the Palestinian territory.
03:39 It will not lead to a lasting peace.
03:41 The suffering of the Palestinian people began with the occupation
03:44 and will come to an end when the occupation ends.
03:47 In that sense, the Security Council has the greatest responsibility
03:51 and must fully implement its own resolutions.
03:54 China's ambassador to the United Nations Security Council, Fu Kong,
04:00 said that Israel's attacks on Gaza aggravate the humanitarian crisis.
04:05 Allowing the fighting to continue will only deepen the humanitarian catastrophe
04:11 and plunge the entire region into greater turmoil.
04:14 The international community, the Security Council in particular,
04:17 must take further steps to promote an immediate ceasefire,
04:20 save lives and alleviate the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.
04:26 In this context, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres,
04:31 condemned as an unprecedented event the destruction of Israel, the army and the Gaza Strip.
04:36 The UN official described as unacceptable the Tel Aviv genocide against the Palestinian population,
04:42 which has resulted in countless civilian deaths and the destruction of their homes.
04:47 The UN Secretary General also called on Israel to respect the decisions
04:52 of the International Court of Justice, which forced it to stop its military operation in the city of Rafah.
04:58 In the last week, Tel Aviv has killed at least 100 Palestinians,
05:02 most of them women and children, in airstrikes targeting refugee camps in the Gaza Strip.
05:08 In this context, the Brazilian government withdrew its ambassador to Israel, Federico Meyer,
05:18 and will not appoint another person to the post in the immediate future.
05:22 President Lula da Silva made official the departure of the diplomat
05:26 by appointing him as representative to the disarmament conference in Geneva,
05:31 which increases the tensions between both countries.
05:34 This after they exchanged harsh declarations regarding the conflict in the Gaza Strip,
05:39 the genocide on the Gaza Strip, and Tel Aviv declared that Brazilian President,
05:44 Bolsonaro, is not a "grateful person". The Brazilian diplomatic headquarters will be headed
05:48 by the Charter First, Fabio Moreira Farias, in a clear demonstration of the reduction
05:53 in the levels of relations between the countries.
05:56 Now let's take a short break, but remember you can join us on TikTok @telusoringlish
06:04 where you will find news in different formats, news updates and much more.
06:09 Other stories coming up, stay with us.
06:12 [Music]
06:41 Welcome back to From the South.
06:44 In Mexico, the presidential candidate of the coalition Let's Keep Making History,
06:49 Claudia Sheinbaum, held her campaign closing ceremony in the ZĂłcalos in Mexico City,
06:54 where dozens of citizens participated in support of her candidacy.
06:58 The event had the massive participation of thousands of citizens
07:02 who expressed their support for Sheinbaum.
07:04 During the event, the presidential candidate called on the Mexican people
07:08 to participate massively in the upcoming presidential elections on Sunday, June 2.
07:13 She also reaffirmed her commitment to the state to uphold her principles of humanism.
07:19 In addition, Claudia Sheinbaum assured that in these presidential elections,
07:23 there will be again a historic victory against neoliberalism.
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07:39 Today, May 29, 2024, with this celebration that takes place in the beautiful ZĂłcalo,
07:49 the heart of the Republic, we close our campaign for the presidency of Mexico.
07:56 I can assure you that there is a spirit, a contagious joy,
08:01 a hope that is felt throughout our territory,
08:05 and that tells us that this June 2, once again, we will make history.
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08:20 Also, the presidential candidate of the opposition coalition Strength and Heart for Mexico,
08:25 Xochitl Galvez, held her campaign closing ceremony at the Arena Monterrey
08:30 in the state of Nuevo LeĂłn, where dozens of citizens participated in support of her candidacy.
08:36 During her speech, the presidential candidate called on the Mexican people
08:40 to participate in the upcoming presidential elections on Sunday, June 2.
08:44 She also assured that her administration will recover the country's security
08:48 and fight organized crime.
08:51 Furthermore, she also promised to work for the prosperity of Mexicans.
08:56 Is security today better than ever?
09:06 Of course not. 186,000 people murdered.
09:11 50,000 people disappeared. You are living it here in Nuevo LeĂłn.
09:15 12 children murdered.
09:18 40,000 young people murdered. That is the result of a security strategy
09:22 where the hugs have been for the criminals and the bullets for the citizens.
09:25 It is over.
09:28 You will have the bravest president, the president that will face crime.
09:32 We will work together, for the good of you and for the good of the families.
09:37 And Jorge Ălvarez MaĂnez, presidential hopeful for the citizens' movement,
09:44 reiterated his proposals during the closing of his campaign in Tlaxcala, east of Mexico City.
09:50 During his speech at the BlackBerry Auditorium,
09:53 he proposed to improve the social insurance program Segura Popular
09:57 and to implement taxes on companies that manufacture products that are harmful to health.
10:02 He also pointed out that the part of this program that is aimed at the health system,
10:07 which in his opinion should have a preventive model.
10:11 During his speech, he also pledged to work for the decriminalization of marijuana
10:16 and to fight for the right to the legal termination of pregnancy.
10:21 Here this country is going to change. It is going to see the future.
10:32 Never again, never again will we have a young man in jail for smoking marijuana.
10:39 Never again, never again will we have a woman in jail for deciding about her body.
10:44 Never again, never again will we allow real estate developers, builders, government suppliers,
10:52 media that pay for the campaigns and charge the Chinese and cancel the right of the people to housing
10:59 and cancel the rights of the people to have a country with dignity.
11:03 We will never again allow it.
11:08 In other news, the electoral power of Venezuela rejected the interference attitude of the European Union
11:14 in the upcoming elections of July 28 and ratified the sovereignty and self-determination of the people
11:20 to decide their destiny without foreign intervention.
11:23 The president of the National Electoral Council, Elvis Amoroso, referred to a statement issued by the European Union,
11:29 in which he affirmed that considerations are of exclusive competence of the Venezuelans.
11:34 Amoroso denounced this as a new act of interference, while reiterating that no foreign organization
11:42 has the competence to decide on the electoral oversight program of Venezuela.
11:46 In this sense, he assured that the decisions made within the National Electoral Council
11:51 are made in the exercise of sovereignty.
12:02 The decisions taken within the National Electoral Council are made in the exercise of sovereignty,
12:07 and in the particular case of revoking the invitation to the European Union,
12:10 respond to the hostile and disrespectful attitude of this bloc against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
12:16 The European Union has behaved as a biased and aggressive actor, which infringes national dignity
12:21 and additionally becomes a factor of interference in the electoral processes,
12:25 maintaining the illegal and the illegitimate implementation of coercive unilateral and genocidal measures
12:31 with the sole objective of causing damage to the Venezuelan population.
12:35 In this way, the President of the National Electoral Council, Elvis Amoroso,
12:40 affirmed that the revocation of the invitation extended to the European Union
12:44 to accompany the Venezuelan elections, respond to a sovereign action
12:48 and is due to the imposition of sanctions by the European bloc against Venezuela.
12:57 The electoral power of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, a free, sovereign and independent nation,
13:02 repudiates the unusual communique of the European Union,
13:06 in which it issues considerations that are of exclusive competence of the Venezuelan people,
13:11 turning the European Union into a new act of interference
13:14 that pretends to meddle in the decisions of the Venezuelan National Electoral Council.
13:18 We don't accept it.
13:20 No foreign organization has the authority to decide on the electoral oversight program of Venezuela.
13:26 Also in Venezuela, the people mobilized in support of President NicolĂĄs Maduro
13:31 and to demand the US government lift the sanctions it maintains against the country.
13:36 On Wednesday, citizens marched through the streets of the state of La Guaira,
13:40 along with the first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello.
13:45 The mobilized people reiterated once again their unconditional support to the Bolivarian revolution
13:51 and their commitment with sovereignty, as well as their support to the candidacy of President Maduro
13:57 for the elections of July 28th.
13:59 The citizens also affirmed that they will continue to support the government in the upcoming elections.
14:05 Now we have a final short break coming up,
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14:32 Welcome back to From the South.
14:54 In the United Kingdom, the parliament has been officially dissolved
14:57 without ceremony or announcement on Thursday, all business of the House of Commons and the House of Lords
15:02 came to an end until after the general election on July 4th.
15:06 In the midst of one of the country's worst economic and social crisis,
15:10 all parliamentary activities have been ceased, with the conservatives and labor parties returning to the polls.
15:16 The candidates Keir Starmer for the Labor and the current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for the Conservatives
15:22 will face off on July 2nd.
15:24 Until then, the British are left without deputies.
15:27 All government ministers continue in office until July 5th.
15:39 The Russian government denounced Ukraine for suspending the exchange of prisoners for several months.
15:45 The Commissioner for Human Rights, Tatyana Moskalkova,
15:48 stated that Kiev's authorities have set requirements that make the exchange of hostages impossible.
15:54 She also asserted that the claims do not comply with previous Geneva Convention and international humanitarian norms.
16:01 In this regard, Moskalkova reaffirmed Moscow's readiness to dialogue
16:05 in search of solutions for the resumption of the exchange of prisoners.
16:15 Brazil's President Luiz InĂĄcio Lula da Silva announced an aid package to benefit families affected by the floods in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
16:24 Among the actions to support the population are new lines of financing for businesses
16:29 and expansion of rural credit and the expansion of the state's housing market.
16:34 The Brazilian President, Luiz InĂĄcio Lula da Silva,
16:38 announced an aid package to benefit families affected by the floods in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
16:44 Among the actions to support the population are new lines of financing for businesses
16:49 and expansion of rural credit and a new line of credit to finance studies and projects in the state.
16:55 The new lines of financing for companies announced will use resources from the social fund
17:01 or more than $3 million in support of the business sector.
17:06 The new line of financing for companies exceeds $115 million.
17:12 In this context, the National Bank for Economic and Social Development will operate three lines of credit,
17:20 including the purchase of machinery, equipment and services.
17:24 The base cost will be 1% per year, payable in a term of up to 60 months, with a grace period of 12 months.
17:32 The grace period for the civilian civil construction companies will be 24 months
17:37 and they will be able to pay in up to 120 months.
17:42 Meanwhile, the emergency working capital, with 4 percentage points of the base cost,
17:47 seeks to benefit small and medium companies.
17:50 The government had previously announced measures to ease the situation of families and workers
17:59 affected by the rains and floods in Rio Grande do Sul.
18:02 In this sense, a financial aid of $980 was approved for needy families
18:08 and more than 21,000 families in the state were included in the so-called Bolsa Familia program.
18:15 It also established that the retirement for calamity and the guarantee fund to be based on the time of service,
18:22 from which workers may withdraw up to $1,195 from their accounts.
18:28 Likewise, the real estate quotas in the affected areas were suspended for a period of six months.
18:34 A volcano in the southwest Iceland erupted for the fifth time so far in 2024.
18:43 On Wednesday, the Meteorological Office in Iceland reported incandescent lava
18:48 at a height of 50 meters in the Reykjanes Peninsula.
18:52 Civil defense and political authorities issued the maximum alert to order a new evacuation in Grindavek,
18:58 near the Blue Lagoon geothermical spa, while warning the inhabitants of the risk to which they are exposed,
19:07 giving the possibility of new eruptions for decades to come.
19:10 The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America,
19:18 People's Trade Agreement, ALBA-TCP, commemorated on May 29th,
19:22 the 80th anniversary of the birth of Grenadian political and revolutionary Maurice Bishop.
19:28 The blog pointed out that the Caribbean lawyer is remembered as an example of perseverance,
19:34 struggle, solidarity and brotherhood among peoples.
19:37 Bishop was Prime Minister of Grenada between 1979 and 1983,
19:43 and in this position he established relations with many countries.
19:48 Bishop founded the movement for People's Assembly Party,
19:51 which was joined by numerous political forces, with which he created the New Jewel Movement.
19:58 On October 29th, 1983, Bishop was overthrown in a U.S. sponsor coup d'etat,
20:04 and six days later he was assassinated, along with other members of his government.
20:10 On the Hemingway Firefighters Museum on the University of Arkansas
20:14 and the National Council of Cultural Heritage signed in Havana
20:18 a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen ties with the Ernest Hemingway Museum in Cuba.
20:24 The signed agreement will solidify academic contributions between the foreign institution
20:29 and the museum dedicated to preserving Hemingway's legacy in Cuba.
20:33 The memorandum aims to encourage research, training and cooperation in academic disciplines of mutual interest,
20:40 as well as the exchange of professors and students in order to promote
20:45 the Ernest Hemingway International Colloquium in Havana.
20:49 For both institutions, this serves as an opportunity to contribute
20:52 in the preservation of Hemingway's work and legacy.
20:57 And like this we have come to the end of this news brief.
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