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00:00trade union and civil rights leaders in the United States continue to
00:14demonstrate Monday in the city of Los Angeles to demand the departure of
00:18immigration and customs enforcement agents and the National Guard from the
00:22city in Venezuela candidates began to register for the municipal elections to
00:31be held on July 27th 2025 several countries reject Israel's hijacking of the
00:41freedom fleet ship Madeline bound for Gaza and held the Sinai regime
00:46responsible for the safety of the activists on board hello and welcome to
00:55from the south I'm Alejandra Garcia from Telesur Studios in Havana Cuba we begin
00:59with the news
01:11trade union and civil rights leaders in the United States continue to demonstrate
01:15Monday in the city of Los Angeles to demand the departure of immigration and
01:19customs enforcement agents and the National Guard from the city the
01:23protesters gathered outside the city's metropolitan detention center shunting
01:28stop the deportations free them all and National Guard out of LA they also
01:33reportedly shunted shame at the row of law enforcement officers dressed in riot gear
01:38standing in front of the building other protesters held signs with messages like
01:44eyes out of LA as well as waving flags from Mexico and other nations the
01:49demonstrations are part of the rejection to Trump's repressive and
01:53xenophobic policies carried out during the past month in the context of an
01:58increasingly criminalizing speech against migrants
02:06Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum demanded that the United States
02:10respected the human rights of migrants after violent incidents in that country
02:14the Mexican leader condemned the violence that occurred after immigration
02:19raids carried out over the weekend in Los Angeles California and expressed her
02:23support for the Mexican community in the United States furthermore Sheinbaum
02:28rejected violent acts from protesters calling on the Mexican community to act
02:32peacefully and not to fall for provocations in this context the Mexican
02:37head of state urged the u.s. authorities for all immigration procedures to be
02:42carried out with respect for human dignity and due process
02:45the Mexican government reiterates its unwavering commitment to the protection and
02:59defense of the human rights of Mexicans living overseas regardless of their
03:03immigration status in this sense we make a respectful but firm call to the United
03:08States authorities for all immigration procedures to be carried out in
03:12adherence to due process within a framework of respect for human dignity and the
03:16rule of law in unmarked a respeto a la dignidad
03:19in the city capital Santiago which left more than 80,000 homes without an energy
03:30according to Chile's private electricity company Enel a failure outside its system
03:36was responsible for the incident which left at least seven communities without
03:40power investigations are underway to determine the causes of the outage while
03:45efforts are being made to restore the services to the affected areas
03:55Chilean social territorial and humanitarian organizations asked the
04:00government Monday to speed up the investigations into the disappearance
04:03seven months ago of Mabusha leader Julia Junil the organization's
04:08representatives gathered outside the regional prosecutor's office of Los Rios in
04:13Valdivia to demand justice and more attention to Junil's case the relatives of
04:18the missing Mabusha leader thanked the organization for their support and
04:22pointed out that they have been victims of harassment referring to the nation's
04:26justice system as class biased and inoperative the 73 old indigenous leader
04:32disappeared on November 8th 2024 her village neighbors describe her as a
04:37loyal defender of the environment and her community
04:41the Colombian government ordered increased security for the country's
04:51political leaders following the assassination attempt of presidential
04:54pre-candidate Miguel Uribe president Gustavo Petro held a meeting with the
04:59country's police officials to discuss new measures to guarantee the safety of the
05:04opposition on Monday high-level meetings are expected to continue to define
05:08security strategies for all political actors in the country amid
05:12investigations to identify the perpetrators of the attack against Miguel Uribe
05:17the Colombian president will hold also a meeting with the electoral
05:21guarantees Commission members of the government and various political
05:25parties in a call to establish a peace plan in Colombia the Attorney General's
05:39office will charge a 14 year old teenager with attempted murdered an illegal
05:43possession of firearms after shooting presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe
05:48the arrest was legalized by a judge and the case is moving forward under the
05:53juvenile criminal responsibility system although he cannot be sent to a
05:57regular prison he could face up to eight years of imprisonment in a
06:01specialized girls care center at the same time the investigation continues
06:06with rates on family members homes and review of videos of the political
06:10rally where the attack occurred authorities are seeking to establish the
06:15involvement of others as well as the motive behind the incident in the
06:24meantime health authorities reported that the political leader remains in
06:28critical condition according to the report Uribe has responded poorly to
06:32medical interventions and treatments however doctors emphasize that they
06:36will not cease the efforts necessary to ensure his recovery at this time the
06:42prognosis for Miguel Uribe's health remains unclear and his condition is
06:46extremely serious and now we have a short break coming up but first remember you
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06:58formats news updates and more we'll be right back and stay with us
07:12welcome back to from the south in Venezuela candidates began to register for the
07:17municipal elections to be held on July 27th 2025 the National Electoral Council
07:22published Sunday the electoral timetable candidates will be able to submit their
07:27applications starting this Monday June 9th electoral authorities also
07:31emphasize that the processes include the option of self-nomination and the
07:36formation of voter groups in this regard the electoral body stated that
07:40interested parties should go to the National Office of Political Participation
07:45located at the headquarters of in Caracas Square or to the regional
07:49electoral offices diplomat Wuhan Cheng member of the Central Committee of the
08:00Communist Party of China and Minister of the Department of Social Work arrived
08:04Monday in Venezuela as part of an official visit aimed at strengthening
08:08political ties with the United Socialist Party of Venezuela PSUV the Chinese
08:12leader was received by Vice President of International Relations of the PSUV
08:17Rander Peña who was representing President Nicolás Maduro and the
08:22Secretary General of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela Diosdado Cabello
08:25Chinese officials visit is focused on consolidating the all-weather strategic
08:30partnership signed by both governments in 2023
08:33currently Venezuela and China have implemented over 600 cooperation deals in
08:39key sectors such as energy technology infrastructure and social
08:42development the United Socialist Party of Venezuela informed Monday that more
08:54than 155,000 people have been proposed as great patriotic poll candidates for the
09:00municipal elections to be held on July 27th the party's Secretaries General Diosdado Cabello
09:06detailed that almost 50% of the nominations are women Cabello highlighted the
09:12leading role of Venezuelan women in these democratic processes of the country
09:15which he said had increased after the arrival of the Bolivarian Revolution the
09:20political leader also stressed the unity shown by the great patriotic poll during
09:25all the country's elections and the victories achieved by the political
09:29coalition against the opposition in the last year the July elections will decide on
09:34three hundred and thirty-five mayoral posts and two thousand four hundred and
09:38seventy-one local council seats
09:42155 eight hundred seventy-five people more than the army 155
09:57875 people were nominated for these posts that will be at stake on July 27
10:0649 eight percent are women and 52 percent are men we won
10:17teachers protest continue in Panama demand in the repeal of the controversial law
10:25four hundred and sixty-two which reforms the social security fund and they are
10:29sure that only with that they will return to the classrooms the indefinite
10:33strike started by the sector on April 23rd will continue even though the
10:38Comptroller's Office announced that the teachers will not receive their salaries the
10:42teachers have a schedule a rally at the Carmen Church followed by a march to the
10:46National Assembly to insist on their demand the government's response has
10:51been sharp president Jose Raul Molina does not plan to repel the law nor to
10:55dialogue about it neither at the national nor at the provincial level the
11:05international labor organization ILO expressing solidarity with Panamanian
11:10construction industry unions and their struggle against the policies of the
11:13government of Jose Raul Molina the 113th conference of the ILO held in Geneva
11:19Switzerland condemned the escalation of government harassment against the union
11:24leaders as part of the repression of demonstrations against law 462 of the
11:29Social Security Fund the organization is stressed that what is happening in
11:34Panama sends a message far beyond its borders and I stress that the the
11:38undermining of the right to strike represents a direct threat to trade union
11:43freedoms in this context the ILO highlighted that Panama is once again on
11:48the list of 24 countries that violate labor rights and is being cited for
11:53serious non-compliance with its obligations as established in the
11:57convention signed with the organization also in Panama the population of the town of
12:06Chitre in the northeastern part of the province of Azuero is demanding a
12:11response to to the lack of water 14 days after the water crisis has
12:15officially reported the high levels of contamination in the La Villa River the
12:20main source of water supply have added to the effects in the area several
12:25communities focus person warned of the total paralysis of the four water
12:30treatment plants which has caused a generalized shortage of water supply
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13:05welcome back to from the south a humanitarian convoy named Maghreb's resolve
13:29departed from Tunisia with thousands of volunteers to demand an end to the
13:33genocide and for humanitarian aid to be allowed into the entire Gaza Strip this
13:38Monday the caravans set off for the Palestinian enclave to try to break the
13:42blockade they will cross Libya and Egypt on their way to the Rafa border crossing
13:48to deliver humanitarian aid over 7,000 volunteers from Morocco Algeria Tunisia
13:54Libya Mauritania and Egypt to take part in the humanitarian action the
13:59initiative also supports the freedom flotilla seized by sionist forces the
14:04international committed to break the siege of the Gaza Strip called for more
14:07help and about 30 countries in Europe South America and Southeast Asia will
14:12answer the call
14:17the crew members of the freedom fleet ship Madeline are still kidnapped by the
14:22Israeli regime after the occupation forces besieged and assaulted them following the
14:27terrorist incursion previously recorded crew members videos were released
14:31requesting the immediate involvement of their governments and parliaments my name
14:37is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden if you see this video we have been
14:42intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli
14:46occupational forces or forces that support Israel I urge all my friends
14:52family and comrades to put pressure on the Swedish government to release me and
14:58the others as soon as possible the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas
15:02condemned the hijacking of the humanitarian flotilla bound for Gaza and
15:06held Israel responsible for the safety of the activists on board in statements the
15:11Palestinian group urged the United Nations and international organizations not
15:15only to condemn this kidnapping but also to take action against Israel for its
15:20continued rights violations in Palestine Hamas reaffirmed support for these
15:25activists who have remained firm in their solidarity with the Palestinian cause
15:30despite threats from the occupation Hamas emphasized that these actions
15:34confirmed that Gaza is not alone
15:38the United Nations a special reporter for the occupied territories Francesca Albanese
15:47urged the UK government to seek guarantees from the Israeli authorities for the crew of
15:52the freedom flotilla the Madeline ship sailed under the British flag which is why the reporter is
15:59asking Kate Starmer's government to guarantee the release of the 12 crew members she also calls for
16:04the flotilla to complete its mission as Israel has no authority over Gaza the crew members of the
16:10flotilla remain kidnapped by the Israeli government and his defense minister Israel
16:14Katz said on Monday that they will all have to watch a video for from October 7th 2023
16:21after Israel intercepted the Madeline ship La France insumis party called on the people to mobilize in support of the freedom flotilla international collision the left-wing party expressed its outrage that
16:40at Israel's efforts to obstruct the delivery of aid to the Gaza Strip the Madeline was carrying food and basic supplies for the besieged Gaza when they were intercepted and kidnapped by the
16:51the occupation forces
16:58in Spain citizens held a rally in front of the foreign ministry demanding the release of the freedom flotilla collision intercepted by the Zionist Israeli army in international waters the demonstrators expressed the rejection of the assault and
17:13kidnapping of the crew members of the freedom flotilla they also reiterated their condemnation of the Israeli offensive against the Palestinian people for more than 19 consecutive months which has left a death toll of more than fifty four thousand five hundred Palestinians
17:28moreover the protesters demanded the Spanish government to break diplomatic and commercial relations with Israel and rejected the sale of arms to the Zionist state for their part social and political organizations have denounced that the Israeli regime has violated maritime humanitarian law by hijacking a ship loaded with humanitarian aid
17:50the government of Venezuela condemned the hijacking of the freedom flotilla by the Zionist regime of Israel while reiterating its rejection of the genocide against the Palestinian people through a communicate the executive expressed the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela strongly condemns the hijacking of the
18:14Russian Marlene intercepted in international waters by the Israeli occupation forces while it was transporting humanitarian aid bound for Gaza
18:21this is an act of piracy and aggression against international solidarity which sought to bring food medicine and hope to the Palestinian people in another paragraph document denounced this new outrage occurs within the framework of the ongoing genocide that the government of Benjamin Netanyahu is carrying out with total impunity against the
18:43Palestinian civilian population Israel executes a planned and sustained massacre protected by the complicit silence of the Western powers at the end the text sentenced preventing the entry of humanitarian aid is not only a violation of international law it is a part of the scrap folding of systematic extermination that Israel imposes on a people that resist
19:08the
19:14Venezuela demands the immediate release of the kidnapped activists the end of the blockade on Gaza and the cessation of the criminal Israeli aggression against Palestine
19:20the Russian defense ministry reported that its air defense systems shut down 49 units of the air defense system
19:37in the last 24 hours over seven regions of the country the action included areas far from the front lines such as Nizhny Novgorod and the Republic of Shuvastia in the latter two drones
19:51destroyed an industrial plant without causing any casualties but forced operations to be suspended due to the incidents several airports temporarily suspended plights for safety reasons in this regard Russian authorities report a sustained increase in Ukraine
20:05drone attacks against energy industrial and military infrastructure in border areas and in the interior of the country
20:12on Monday the first group of Russian servicemen aged under 25 were freed in accordance with the agreements reached in Istanbul between the nation and Ukraine
20:18the Russian defense ministry informed of the operation stating that the servicemen were released from an area controlled by the
20:24Kyiv regime and are currently in Belarus where they are being given the necessary psychological and medical assistance prior to the return to Russia
20:25the Russian military defense ministry in addition the authority unveiled it had transferred a similar number of Ukrainian prisoners of war
20:32to inform of the operation, stating that the servicemen were released from an area controlled
20:37by the Kaif regime and are currently in Belarus, where they are being given the necessary psychological
20:43and medical assistance prior to their return to Russia.
20:47In addition, the authority unveiled it had transferred a similar number of Ukrainian
20:51prisoners of war, and Moscow and Kaif agreed on a larger exchange of prisoners during the
20:57second round of negotiations held in Istanbul, Turkey on June 2nd.
21:07And like this, we have come to the end of this brief, but you can find these and many other
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21:27Bye.
21:28Bye.
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