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00:00The Colombian court has found the country's former president, Álvaro Uribe, guilty of witness tampering.
00:17Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro described the election day on Sunday, July 27, as a great victory
00:23and celebrated the 71st birthday of the leader of the Bolivarian revolution, Hugo Chávez.
00:30And Malaysian Prime Minister Angwar Ibrahim announced that Thai and Cambodian leaders sealed an immediate and unconditional ceasefire deal.
00:42Hello and welcome to From the South. I'm Alejandra Garcia from Telesur Studios in Havana, Cuba. We begin with the news.
01:00A Colombian court has found the country's former president, Álvaro Uribe, guilty of witness tampering.
01:06Uribe, who served as president from 2002 to 2010, was convicted on Monday of trying to persuade witnesses to lie for him in a separate investigation,
01:17and the prosecutor is asking for a nine-year prison sentence.
01:22The case dates back to 2012, when Uribe accused the left-wing Senador Iván Cepeda of hatching a plot to falsely link him to right-wing paramilitary groups of the country.
01:34The court decided against prosecuting Cepeda and pursued his claims against Uribe, who becomes Colombia's first-ever former head of state to be convicted of a crime.
01:48And let's go over some of the reactions in the social networks to this historic verdict against Álvaro Uribe.
01:55Senator for the historical pact, María José Pizarro, Rodríguez stated that the Colombian justice system has found former president Uribe guilty.
02:04And not only that, the women who participated in the trial made history by upholding the name of the judiciary without allowing themselves to be intimidated.
02:14Then she continued by highlighting that after taking this huge step, it is now up to the justice system to thoroughly investigate the allegations made by Juan Guillermo Monsalve decades ago,
02:28the role of the Uribe-Vélez family in the formation of the paramilitary group Blob Metro, in the massacres of El Haro and La Granja,
02:36and in the murder of Jesús María Valle among hundreds of other serious human rights violations.
02:41Presidential pre-candidate Camilo Romero stated that today is a historic day for Colombia.
02:47Álvaro Uribe is now history from the beginning until today.
02:52He has practiced politics through deception, fear and attacks on democracy that will be his legacy.
02:58Beyond the meaning of the ruling, Uribe has already been condemned by history, 6,402 false positives.
03:05Just the political does, and this is all linked to paramilitarism, agro-income, security, witnesses strangely dead or missing.
03:18For their part, the Organization of Mothers of False Positives of Colombia stated that justice is slow, but it will come,
03:25even though some of the most powerful people in the country are doing everything they can to cover up for the world lord.
03:32With signs reading prison for Uribe, demonstrators rallied in front of the Colombian Court of Justice where the judge read the verdict on former President Álvaro Uribe's case.
03:48Today, we are demanding a guilty verdict from the judge. The evidence is overwhelming, and the lawyers and victims have clearly shown the extent of the permanent and systematic human rights violations that have occurred.
04:03In Venezuela, July 28 marks one year of President Nicolás Maduro's victory in the democratic elections as the country moves forward with the seven transformations.
04:17Our colleague Adriana Sibori tells us more.
04:32It has been a year since Venezuelan head of state Nicolás Maduro won the presidential elections.
04:39During that election campaign, his promises revolved around seven transformations that he considered and continues to consider necessary for the economic and social advancement of his country.
04:52In January of this year, he officially began his new term, and without delay, the first thing he did was to enact that government plan into law.
05:02So we then began a special journey, seeking to show what path he is following, and how Venezuela is moving forward.
05:10Here is our first story with the keyword stability.
05:13The heat of the Venezuelan capital subsides as you climb the Guarayra de Pano.
05:21It means big mountain, and it is the lung of Caracas.
05:25You can climb on foot or a completely renovated cable car takes you to the top.
05:30At almost 3,000 meters, the climate changes.
05:33At this time of year, the fog envelops visitors.
05:37Venezuela is beautiful in any weather.
05:43We have it all.
05:45Beach, river, savanna, plain, El Junquito, La Colonia.
05:49Wherever you want to go, it's there.
05:52The Guarayra de Pano is spectacular, beautiful.
05:55It has been completely remodeled.
05:57Very nice.
05:58I had come here long before it was renovated.
06:01The beautiful can be seen from up here.
06:03Super beautiful.
06:04And the country well, recovering, recovering.
06:07And it is in public spaces where it is most visible.
06:13For example, this square which was recently restored and is also close to the National Art Gallery,
06:22it is significant that next to this art gallery there is this square which is also conductive
06:28to enjoying the liberation of art from culture and from what we are as Venezuelans.
06:35Here, families from different parts of the city gathered.
06:39Many from popular neighborhoods that were considered high-risk areas.
06:44I am from Petare and before you couldn't walk around Petare.
06:48Now the harmony in Petare is such that I can even meditate.
06:51Before you couldn't take out your cell phone and now I can walk around freely and enjoy the company
06:57and enjoy the journey without worrying about the destination.
07:03Peaceful coexistence stands out in the streets.
07:06There is no longer as much political problems as we had months or years ago when we were killing each other.
07:11At least now we are sharing, living.
07:15Household consumption has increased.
07:17This is the predominant opinion.
07:19Despite the situation with the dollar and our economy which is in another currency but is based on that,
07:28yes, the salaried worker sector to which I belong has noticed that everyone has seen a significant improvement
07:38in their purchasing power and the things they buy, the level of appliances, food, who have vehicles,
07:46the issue of fuel and all those things despite the limitations is moving.
07:51The highest authority in the South American nation affirms that the trend is towards sustained growth
07:57after a network manipulating that parallel dollar was shut down in May.
08:02A new economic model is being built with our own efforts and resources.
08:09In the second quarter the numbers are already consolidating with 6.65% growth in the real economy.
08:18It was a difficult second quarter because they tried to waste economic war on us again,
08:23but we are now more solid, we are now more robust.
08:26But how do experts explain stability?
08:30The government adopted a public policy on an important economic issue.
08:38There is economic dynamism, an agreement between the government, the private sector and the community,
08:44and that has been a fundamental element for political stability.
08:47Of course, the economic and financial blockade affected the country's macroeconomy
08:51and the state's resource capability to develop its policy.
08:55However, I believe that appropriate measures have been taken in the context of domestic economic policy.
09:03And there is also an important international dynamic where the blockade has, admittedly, affected us.
09:10We have already had the strategic resilience to move forward.
09:15Nicolas Maduro has six years in office.
09:21The challenges that have been set for this period include modernizing the economy,
09:26threatening education, consolidating direct democracy, combating climate change,
09:31shaping international relations, and one point that stands out is the promise to continue defending
09:37Venezuelan migrants wherever they are.
09:40Would you like to know how, the details, and how far he has progressed?
09:45Follow us on our multi-platform, we will be reporting on this throughout the week.
09:50And now we have a short break coming up.
09:54But first remember you can join us on TikTok at Telesur English,
09:57where you will find news in different formats, news updates, and more.
10:00We'll be right back, stay with us.
10:20Welcome back to From the South.
10:22Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro described the election day on Sunday, July 27th, as a great victory
10:28and celebrated the 71st birthday of the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Hugo Chávez.
10:33During the event in the city of Caracas, the Venezuelan President described Sunday's election as a triumph
10:39in which Chávez forces won 85% of the country's municipalities.
10:44The head of state emphasized that this result demonstrates the strength of the revolution
10:50and ratify his government's commitment to this country's social policies.
10:54Amid the election celebrations, thousands of Venezuelans commemorated the legacy of Commander Chávez
11:00with cultural events and social policies in his honor, where President Maduro assured that this victory is a tribute to his struggle.
11:14There is no better way to celebrate Commander Chávez's birthday than with the people mobilized.
11:23But there is no better way to celebrate Chávez's 71 years of life than by giving him the great victory of yesterday, Sunday.
11:33We have won 185 municipalities, 85% of the municipalities in the country.
11:41The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro thanked the Bolivarian police, who together with the people of Caracas
11:47have made the Petare Parish a territory of peace and harmony.
11:51The Great Petare, the Great Petare, in the Great Petare so many times they have tried to infiltrate
12:01the imperialist embassies that put ongs YouTubers in Petare to create a cool facade.
12:14The Petare, which they fed with dirty money, of the Colombian paramilitaries and of the gringos of the DEA to feed the criminal gangs.
12:29But thanks to the task of the police, thanks to the police and the people of the popular military police fusion,
12:36today Petare is territory of peace, harmony, popular union.
12:45The Van 25 Plus campaign command highlighted the victory of the Great Patriarch Poll in the regional elections on July 27th.
12:53The head of the coalition, Jorge Rodriguez, celebrated from the unified command of the Bolivarian revolution
12:58the greatest victory that the revolution has obtained in municipal elections.
13:03In that sense, Rodriguez offered an assessment of the majorities recovered by Chávezism
13:08and the margin of advantages over the opposition candidates.
13:12Likewise, the revolutionary leader highlighted the growth in the participation of the Venezuelan people in the elections.
13:19With ideas, and I wish you do the same, from the humble of victory,
13:32say that the political force, the greatest political force in the history of Venezuela,
13:37the most powerful, the most organized force and the most united,
13:45that has been the key of victory and miracles that Chávezism has been leading.
13:51In this sense, the head of the campaign command also highlighted the increase in the participation
13:56and involvement of the people in the electoral committees.
14:04More than six million votes, over six million votes,
14:08in a reality that points to the growth of the sustained growth of the participation of the Venezuelan people
14:18in electoral events, recent electoral events, and the increase, not only sustained,
14:24but the astronomical increase of the consultations with the people to electoral projects.
14:33Never so many votes had happened as what happened yesterday in the projects for the youth projects,
14:39and a participation over 44% of the people.
14:46And now we go live to Nicaragua where co-president Daniel Ortega is paying homage to commander Hugo Chávez.
14:52That is to say he gave himself to take the people out of poverty,
15:05to improve the people's conditions of life,
15:11to improve their health conditions,
15:17to improve their study and conditions,
15:22to improve the conditions in general,
15:29where the vehicles ride
15:36over there in Venezuela.
15:42And do we,
15:52we tell the Venezuelan people,
15:58we tell them,
16:00we tell President Nicolas Maduro Moros,
16:10go ahead my brother,
16:14go ahead.
16:16Chávez had a great vision.
16:34And let's recall that dramatic evening,
16:43when he was in difficult conditions,
16:53but he was there giving his battle.
17:02He was in difficult health conditions,
17:05but he continued the battle.
17:07He was in difficult health conditions,
17:09and he continued
17:12to raise his arms under the rain,
17:19and that,
17:21the closing of that campaign,
17:25those are acts that only the heroes,
17:33only the heroes,
17:35only the heroes,
17:38for love to their own people,
17:41for love to their own principles,
17:43they are,
17:44only they are capable of such a thing.
17:48And what a vision Chávez had?
18:05And what a vision Chávez had?
18:07What a vision?
18:09When the announcement came,
18:25that if he was not there,
18:30whoever should take his place,
18:40in his absence,
18:43with Nicolas Maduro Moros,
18:50and he said it,
18:51with such a conviction,
18:53such security in himself,
18:57because he had the instinct
19:09of discovering where the good lays,
19:13where the bad lays,
19:19and the bad is put to one side,
19:22and the good is put on front.
19:26And with that vision,
19:28he said,
19:30here,
19:37with that great moon above him,
19:42Nicolas,
19:47Nicolas will be the president,
19:54if I'm never,
19:56if I'm ever not around.
19:58And he wasn't wrong.
20:08He wasn't mistaken.
20:16And there we have Nicolas,
20:18giving a great battle with the Venezuelan people.
20:21a great battle against imperialists of our world,
20:32that want to dominate Venezuela,
20:36to sack its oil.
20:39And also,
20:48they plot,
20:53they plot with Guyana,
20:56in an attempt to steal from the Venezuelan people,
21:05from the Venezuelan territory,
21:08its great oil walls.
21:11And whenever they are in the middle of agreements,
21:20agreements that state that they need to negotiate.
21:26in that moment,
21:31they come out of those agreements,
21:35know what the Yankees do,
21:39is that
21:50they start
21:52buying oil
21:54that does not belong to Guyana,
21:57and provoking accidents,
21:59and they want to continue to provoke accidents,
22:01and violences,
22:03and wars.
22:05But I am sure
22:08that President Nicolas Maduro
22:14that President Nicolas Maduro
22:19has the wisdom
22:24and has the patience
22:30and the strength,
22:33and the faith.
22:35The death battle,
22:48for oil,
22:50for the oil of Guyana,
22:55he's already won that battle.
22:57Venezuela has already won that battle.
22:59We were listening to statements of Co-President of Nicaragua,
23:11Daniel Ortega,
23:12in a homage that Nicaragua is paying to Commander Hugo Chavez,
23:16and going into other topics,
23:18Malaysian Prime Minister Angwar Ibrahim,
23:20announced that Thai and Cambodian leaders sealed an immediate and unconditional ceasefire deal,
23:26which would be enforced at midnight on Monday.
23:29The talks were held in Malaysia,
23:31which is the current chair of the regional bloc,
23:33the Association of Southeast Asian Nations,
23:37and were attended by officials from the U.S. and China.
23:42They came after U.S. President Donald Trump warned that trade negotiations would be passed until the fighting stop,
23:49and Thailand and Cambodia faced the prospect of 36% U.S. tariffs from August 1st.
23:56Prime Minister Ibrahim noted that the fighting between the neighboring nations had been the worst in over a decade.
24:03In addition, the senior authority reported the dispute caused some 35 deaths and over 270,000 displaced.
24:16And like this, we have come to the end of this news brief,
24:19but you can find this and many other stories on our website at telesurenglish.net,
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24:28For Telesur English, I'm Alejandra Garcia.