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04/06/2025
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*World Unions stand in solidarity with Panama
*Genocidal Israeli forces continue non-stop attacks on Gaza
FTS 12.30
*World Unions stand in solidarity with Panama
*Genocidal Israeli forces continue non-stop attacks on Gaza
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00:00trade unions and workers organizations are on the world's shoulder of solidarity with the
00:15panamanian trade union movement in general strike against molino's government and the
00:25newly elected South Korean president Lee Jae-myun took office on Wednesday a day after winning
00:29the snap election with 49 point 42 percent of the nearly 35 million votes cast and Israel has
00:39continued to pound Gaza killing close to 100 people in the last 24 hours across the coast of
00:44home play hello welcome to from the south I'm Luis Alberto Matos from the SU studios in
00:54Havana Cuba we're going with the news stay with us trade union and workers organizations around the
01:12world have shown their solidarity with the panamanian trade union movement denouncing the government of
01:17Jose Raul Molino's violent response to legitimate demands of the panamanian working class organizations
01:23from Indonesia Belgium the United Kingdom Germany Spain and Brazil as well as the international
01:28labor organization itself have expressed their support for the leadership of Panama's national
01:32union of construction and similar workers in light of the national government's violent attack on them
01:37several representatives have gathered outside panamanian embassies around the world to voice their
01:42concerns about the situation in Panama and remind the government that the right to peaceful protests
01:47must be upheld today we have been received by the ambassador of Panama in France and outside
01:59trade unions especially the CJT we are defending the union freedoms of Panama these have been violated for
02:05many months and years we currently have union leaders were imprisoned in addition to bank
02:10accounts and trade unions closed without any reason therefore we have come to express our deep concern about the serious
02:16situation Panama faces on Tuesday night the National Congress of Honduras approved 12 articles of the
02:25electoral budget that will guarantee the elections on November 30th during the session 1.73 million lemperes
02:31just over 62,000 euros were approved with 105 votes in favor out of the 106 congressmen present in addition to
02:39approving the budget for the electoral process permission was granted for transfers to be made to the public
02:43parties liberal bench abstained from validating the vote arguing that it was illegal however the free
02:50party clarified that according to the legislation if a principal deputy is not present their position might be occupied by a substitute
03:01over 105 legislators voted in favor of the budget for elections this is an important announcement for
03:12the people and we have only made constitutional acts the president has the prerogative to be able to have
03:17lawmakers to replace completely or temporarily deputies in the plenary of the congress so we have done nothing
03:23more than applying the organic law in the constitution of the republic which gives us a mandate to approve the
03:29budget for not interfering with the electoral calendar in addition to providing guarantees to the people so that the free
03:35party and this national congress today complied with the honduran people by approving the budget for the general elections
03:42in honduras heavy rains affecting much of the western part of the country have left at least one dead
04:01and over 2 000 affected the victim is a 22 year old identified as pauline josue herrera from the department of
04:08lempera authorities are investigating the circumstances of death to determine whether the young man jumped
04:14into the water or was swept away by the current in this context it has also been reported that more
04:20than 2267 people have been affected by the severe storm as many communities are currently without power
04:26the weather forecast warns the rains will continue in the coming days so authorities are calling on citizens
04:32to be alert and comply with official instructions an india state of emergency operations center reported
04:43that at least 12 people have lost their lives in the northeast of the country due to monsoon rains
04:49the authorities reported at the floods of the last few days in the state of assam have worsened the
04:54situation with more than 257 000 people affected in at least 21 districts in addition to the death
05:00the report states that two people are still missing and landslides and floods affecting river traffic
05:06have been reported before it's also reported significant losses of livestock crops and tourist areas in many
05:12places and also in india stampede outside a cricket stadium in the southern state of karnataka has left
05:23several people dead and many injured the incident took place on wednesday when thousands of fans
05:28gathered outside the sinaswami stadium in the state capital bengaluru to celebrate the home team's first
05:35victory in the indian premier league attempted to enter the venue from various gates authorities stated
05:41the crowd was uncontrollable while police at the same tried to transport the injured to ambulances but
05:46were unable to move quickly due to the overcrowding on roads local news have reported at least 11 tests
05:52and 33 injured in this context prime minister nandar moody addressed the tragic incident
05:57coin absolutely heart-rending and offering condolences to victims relatives
06:08and now we have a short break coming up first remember you can join us on tiktok at
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06:27welcome back on tuesday cuban president miguel diaz canal hosted iranian parliament speaker
06:43mohammad bagheir kalibaf at the palace of the revolution in havana during the meeting cuban leader
06:48welcomed the iranian official visit and praised the historical importance of relations between the two
06:55countries yes can also ratify cuba's support for the persian nation's right to its nuclear capabilities
07:00for his party iranian parliament speaker who previously visited the bolivarian republic of venezuela
07:05expressed his gratitude for cuba's support and recalled the historical friendly ties between havana and
07:11iran both rejected the imposition of course measures against free nations
07:21visits like this one strengthen our historical relations expand our political dialogue at the
07:27highest level and demonstrate the importance that both governments place on our bilateral relations
07:33both political and economic commercial it is an expression of the necessary unity that must
07:39exist between nations when we are both subject to coercive measures and sanctions by the u.s.
07:44imperialist empire it is also a reminder of the continuity of the existing agreements of economic
07:51cooperation signed by president razi during his visit in 2023 for his part the persian lawmaker
08:00confirmed the importance of the alliance between the two countries and confirmed the violent
08:05interfering and now genocidal partner of the united states it is of utmost importance that now in the
08:14current situation we are experiencing in the international arena where we are seeing u.s coercive and unilateral
08:23measures it is very important that we work to counteract these measures
08:27measures one example of these measures one example of these measures is the support that the united states is
08:34currently providing to the zionist regime
08:38and the crimes they are committing against the palestinian people
08:44and considering that international expectation it is about most importance to support iran
08:51and cuba in international forums during the second day the 11th rick's parliamentary forum taking place
09:02in brazil advocates multilateral cooperation and a balance and farewell order wednesday's session shared
09:08by the brazilian senate's foreign relations committee reiterated the importance of establishing an open and
09:14non-discriminatory multilateral training system with a new world trade organization at its core
09:20the aim is to promote inclusive economic growth and sustainable development in environmental economic
09:25and social sectors this is in response to the challenges and geopolitical tensions caused by
09:29unilateral protectionist measures that generate global crisis
09:42and brazilian president luis ignácio ruas silva has described as inadmissible threats by the united states
09:47to impose sanctions against the brazilian supreme court judge alexander demoraes the head of state
09:52has reiterated that regardless of the supreme court's actions washington should remain silent and
09:57not give its opinion the judge will be under the trump administration's sites as hinted by secretary of
10:03state marco rubio who already stated that he would prohibit the entry to his country of all those people
10:08complicit in the censorship against united states citizens let's remember that judge demoraes blocked the
10:13accounts of elon musk companies in brazil for refusing to comply with court orders and currently
10:19opened an investigation against former brazilian president jair bolsonaro for an attempted coup d'etat
10:28and tariffs on steel and aluminum imported into the united states which were said at 25 percent
10:33would increase to 50 percent as of this wednesday following the entry into force of president donald trump's
10:38decree the measure signed this tuesday at the white house became effective at midnight washington time
10:45although the government's decision is still under review by the u.s courts once again the executive
10:50overrules the judiciary with president trump assuring that the measure is intended to safeguard
10:56the country's security this decision has taken place in a very tense context of negotiations with
11:02several countries with a deadline of july 9th where the united kingdom is the only exemption and
11:06maintains delivery at 25 percent subject to further revision
11:14a newly elected south korean president lee jane moon took office on wednesday a day after winning
11:20the snap election with 49.42 percent the nearly 35 million votes cast during his inauguration ceremony
11:26held at la rotunda hall the national assembly in seoul leave out to rebuild the nation from what he
11:32called the brink of collapse following a failed martial law attempt the head of state faces a daunting set
11:38of challenges ranging from healing a country scarred by his predecessor's move to tackling protectionist
11:44actions by the united states in addition in this context lee has expressed more conciliatory plans for
11:49ties with china and north korea singling out the importance of beijing as a major trading partner and
11:55vowing to reopen dialogue with pyongyang
12:12and south korea's new president dj moon nominated veteran lawmaker kim minsook as his first prime minister
12:19kim a senior member of the democratic party and a close ally of president lee is known for his extensive
12:24legislative and policy experience the nomination announced during lee's first official briefing
12:30requires approval from the national assembly where the democratic party holds a majority president lee
12:35also named several other key officials including lee yoonsook as intelligent chief and kan hunsik as
12:41chief of staff signaling the focus on experience and political unity in his new administration
12:46and china urged the united states not to interfere in diplomatic and trade relations with south korea
12:57foreign ministry spokesperson lin jan said that relations with seoul are based on common interests
13:02and should not be influenced by third countries the foreign ministry reminded that china does not
13:08intervene in internal affairs of other countries due to its principle of non-interference and therefore
13:12advise washington to follow its example these statements come amid beijing's concern of the latest
13:17statements by the u.s government which accused china of allegedly for of alleged foreign interference
13:28and chinese president xi impede met with his belarusian counterpart alexander lukashenko in
13:33baijin on wednesday who is in the asian nation on his 15th official visit during the gathering
13:39she congratulated lukashenko on his re-election as president highlighted the true friendship and
13:44partnership between both countries based on political mutual trust and growing cooperation in
13:49all fields for his part lukashenko thanked china for its long-term support and assistance to
13:55his country adding that belarus has high degree trust in the asian nation and will actively advance
14:01cooperation furthermore the head of state expressed his willingness to work with china to safeguard
14:06international fairness and justice we now have our second and final short break coming up where we
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14:46we're going live to venezuela caracas electoral authorities are offering statements let's listen
14:51likewise the on the weekend we have we had the satisfaction to see the election of the
15:02indigenous peoples under their methods under their proposals that were made for years and so we followed
15:12this activity that is stipulated by the bolivarian republic of venezuela of the elections for the different
15:20poses of popular elections so we proceeded to give this information to the venezuelan people and the world
15:31the bolivarian republic of venezuela and electoral power the national electoral council caracas june 4th
15:4020 25 25 the national electoral council in function of the of the of the numerals of the articles of the bolivarian republic of venezuela in accordance with the numerals one and three of article 33 of the organic law of the electoral power
16:06and what is stipulated and what is stipulated and what is stipulated at article 42 of organic law of
16:12of of electoral procedures or processes it considers that the constitutional processes of mayors
16:22and counselors and counselors and counselors of the municipal policies is fulfilled in 20 25
16:34as it is sets sets forth article 124 20 125 of the bolivarian constitution of venezuela so we considered
16:45that the national board the national board the national electoral board complying with their functions and
16:52presented by this commission organ presented the electoral calendar that will be followed by the elections of
17:05mayors of mayors councilors and municipalities and for the elections of the indigenous representatives for
17:17municipal municipal elections on the states of the bolivarian republic of venezuela so
17:25they agreed on approving the set date so we consider that the national electoral board complying with their legal
17:38authority authority authorizations presented today the electoral calendar that will
17:49be on the popular consultation for the youth projects which has been approved unanimously the dates and activities there contemplated so
18:05we just decided to to summon to the elections of mayors men and women and the counselors of municipalities of the states
18:18of the republic of the republic of the bolivarian republic of venezuela for
18:24june 27th 20 25. secondly to approve the electoral calendar for
18:36mayors elections and counselors selections of municipalities with their corresponding activities
18:45being the milestones the most relevant milestones what is mentioned
18:54activities and and the submissions to the elections approval of the electoral
19:07electoral record record the on june 20 on june 9th 2025 presentation of nominations from june 9th to june 13 2025
19:24electoral campaigns from june 11 to june 24th 2025
19:31thirdly thirdly to approve the electoral calendar for the
19:40the representation for the indigenous representations elections to municipalities councils
19:48on august the 3rd 2025 being the most relevant milestones what is
19:55what is what is what is mentioned right now activities and presentation or an admission of nominations from june 9th to june 9th to 13th 2025
20:10so the the presentation of the
20:14the preliminary preliminary preliminary list of some of some of submissions approval of the
20:20definite definite definite list of nominations and electoral campaign from june to june 11 to june 24th
20:3320 25 general assembly on august 3rd 2025 so this is referring to the indigenous peoples
20:43also fourthly to provide the necessary support for the ministry of communes and social protection
20:53and to the ministry of for youth and to to make the popular consultation
21:02and to elect the youth projects which will be held on july 27th 2025
21:13fifthly to order the the the following call in the electoral gasset of the bolivarian republic of venezuela
21:24according to what is established in article 42 of the organic law of electoral processes
21:32resolution approved by the national electoral council
21:37in permanent sessions held on june 4th 2025
21:46elvis amoroso elvis amoroso president of the national electoral council
21:51carlos quintero vice president rosalba hill electoral electoral electoral electoral electoral electoral
22:04electoral electoral electoral electoral electoral electoral electoral electoral electoral electoral
22:16electoral electoral electoral electoral electoral electoral electoral electoral electoral electoral
22:18and Fabio Sabarse, Electoral Rector, and Antonio Meneses, General Secretary.
22:26So we say to the Venezuelan people that once again it is initiated this electoral party
22:37in which from now on all aspirants, all nominees to this post can begin to make their paperwork
22:52what is established by the electoral power, one of the five powers of the homeland.
22:57Thank you very much to the Venezuelan people and we will continue informing you during these days.
23:04Thank you very much.
23:05So we were listening to the authorities of the National Electoral Council of Venezuela
23:13as they provided a small brief summary of the successful regional legislative elections held on May 25th
23:19and of the Sunday selections of the indigenous people of Venezuela that also elected their officials to represent them,
23:25the National Assembly and the regional councils.
23:28The official was also announcing the next electoral party is going to take place in Venezuela in June.
23:34The electoral authorities gathered and authorized and came up with the dates
23:38to when the municipalities and the mayor's and municipal councils' elections will be held,
23:43which has the period date of June 27th, a date that will be discussed and said approved or not in the coming days.
23:50And then the electoral campaign, once that date is approved, the electoral, the nominees, the candidates will make their proposals
23:57and then the campaign will begin all roughly in the first, second week of June, all the way until the 24th of June.
24:04And then the electoral party is of this next election that is going to happen in Venezuela for mayors and municipal councils,
24:11which is due to take place on June 27th.
24:14As well, they debated on the dates for the upcoming popular consultations that are also going to be held in the country
24:21for the youth and the communal projects.
24:24That's the information also.
24:26They announced the date, the possible date for the indigenous elections to this as well,
24:30mayors and municipal councils' elections, which is set for August 3rd.
24:34That's the latest information coming from the National Electoral Council of Venezuela,
24:37who have more information in the coming days as well, as they are going to continue providing more updates in coming days to come.
24:44For now, we have come to the end of this news brief.
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24:54For Telesor English, I'm Luis Alberto Matos.
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