FTS 16:30 05-08: Venezuela on the verge of eradicating hunger

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00:00The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization highlights in its latest

00:12report significant progress Venezuela has made in food security despite the

00:17economic U.S. war. In Bolivia commemorative events for the country's

00:25bicentennial continue on Tuesday with the presentation of the book Second

00:29Centennial of Bolivia 1925-2025 and the World Health Organization said Tuesday

00:40it has provided Gaza with 36 trucks of medical supplies and one cold chain truck

00:45with 12 pallets of blood since August 1st hello and welcome to from the south I'm

00:56Alejandra Garcia from Telesur Studios in Havana Cuba we begin with the news

01:11in his latest edition of the state of food security and nutrition in the world the

01:16United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization highlights significant

01:20progress Venezuela has made in food security despite the economic U.S. war in

01:25just three years the prevalence of undernourishment index show a sustained

01:30decline dropping from 17.6 percent to 5.9 percent between 2016 and 2024

01:38Venezuela implemented a public policy that had a notable impact food availability

01:43increased by more than 500 percent according to the latest data currently about 3.3

01:56Venezuelans are no longer suffering from hunger suffering from hunger and the organization stated

02:03that trade agro Venezuelan mission seeks to advance the production of high quality food to achieve 100

02:10percent food self-sufficiency in Venezuela and export surpluses transforming the country

02:16into an agri-food powerhouse

02:24the president of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro announced that the country's economy had grown by 7.71 percent in

02:31the first half of 2025 the Venezuelan president emphasized that the country had experienced 17 consecutive

02:38quarters of growth driving by key sectors such as hydrocarbons mining and trade he also emphasized that

02:46despite the financial blockade imposed by the United States Venezuela has consolidated itself

02:52as the economy with the greatest advance in the region he also affirmed that a new robust and balanced

02:59model based on national productivity had been built successfully diversifying the economy through non-oil exports

03:06Venezuela continues to lead south america's growth in the first half of 2025

03:26as we know the first two quarters registered growth of nine percent and 6.65 percent respectively

03:32based on this we can estimate a preliminary growth of 7.71 percent in Venezuela's gross domestic product for

03:51the first half of the year people are upset i would say but the report doesn't mention that people are upset

03:58because we continue to grow

04:28in Bolivia

04:45in Bolivia commemorative events for the country's bicentennial continuum tuesday the book second

04:51constantennial of bolivia 1925 2025 was presented writer Magdalena Cajillas was responsible for the

04:58presentation at the Matilde Casasola plurinational center for culture and the arts in this regard the

05:05director of the center for socio-community research Julio Alvarez Quispe assured that this book is a critical

05:12contribution to the historical political economic social and cultural thinking of the country the book is a work

05:18of collective reflection that seeks to reinterpret Bolivian history from a plural decolonizing perspective

05:34Bolivian president Luis Arce hosted his Honduran counterpart Xiomara Castro in Sucre strengthening ties of

05:41friendship and collaboration the Honduran president is currently in the country to take part in the

05:46celebrations for the 200th anniversary of Bolivia's independence during the bilateral meeting both

05:52heads of state reaffirmed the historic ties of friendship cooperation and solidarity that unite

05:57Hondurans and Bolivia and discussed key issues for the region such as the emancipation of Latin American

06:04peoples social justice democratic processes in Latin American regional economic stability and the historical

06:10legacy of the legacy of independence movement

06:21during his television program con madura mass venezolan president nicolas madura welcomed the 200th

06:26anniversary of Bolivia's independence on august 6th that is in today's 200 years ago

06:36at the request of the people of upper peru in a deliberative assembly in the city of sucre which is a

06:45beautiful city the constitutional capital of bolivia but also the capital of chuquisaca which is a very

06:54beautiful region of bolivia on a day like august 6 200 years ago the decision was made to found the republic of

07:02bolivar in homage to the magnificent work of liberation of the entire continent by the liberator

07:12and now we have a short break coming up but first remember you can join us on tiktok

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07:21welcome back to from the south mexican president claudia shaman presented on tuesday a rescue plan for the

07:36state-owned petroleum corporation pemex that seeks to reduce debt and dependence on the ministry of

07:42finance and public credit together with officials from her cabinet and experts from the energy and

07:48financial sectors the president presented the comprehensive capitalization and financing

07:53strategy for pemex 2025 which aims to guarantee the economic viability of the oil company shamebon

08:00asserted the proposal aims to create a sustainable and independent company which can operate with its

08:06own resources by 2027. in addition among the objectives presented in the plan are the production of

08:131.8 million oil barrels daily relaunch the petrochemical industry take advantage of the new oil deposits

08:21and advance in clean energy such as solar and wind

08:33the national electoral council of honduras put an end to the institutional crisis that paralyzed the timeline

08:39in leading up to the general elections of november precisely the electoral body agreed by unanimous vote

08:45of its three members to modify the conditions for the implementation of the election's preliminary results

08:51transmission mechanism t-r-e-p the authority affirmed that the agreement was the product of

08:59institutional dialogue which prioritized the interest of the country confidence in the process social peace and technical

09:05certainty of the results and emphasized the decision marks the overcoming of a complex stage

09:22the presidential candidate of the honduran free party rixi moncada denounced a defamatory campaign

09:27against her driven by religious organizations the candidate pointed out that sectors of the evangelical

09:33fellowship and the episcopal conference are misinforming the people by assuring that she will close churches if

09:40she wins the presidency in that sense she stressed that it is a lie that only seeks to generate fear and

09:47rejection of her political project and asserted that this narrative is part of a systematic strategy of

09:53political interference moncada reiterated her respects for all religious expressions and stressed that faith

10:01should not be used as an electoral weapon or to divide the honduran people

10:15colombian senator maria jose pizarro officially launched on tuesday her presidential bid for the 2026

10:22presidential elections from bogotá pizarro announced her intentions to consolidate her position

10:28as the leader of the historic pact political coalition with an agenda focused on peace social

10:34and environmental justice in this regard she urged the colombian people to join her campaign

10:39with which she seeks to write a new chapter in history with a commitment to new opportunities and a

10:45dignified life pizarro will participate in the presidential consultation of the colombian historic pact

10:51to take place next october the constitutional court of ecuador has partially suspended laws promoted by

11:05president daniel noboa the decision temporarily invalidates substantial parts of the national

11:10solidarity law the intelligence law and the public integrity law while noboa's administration and the

11:17national assembly rejected this decision social sectors and legal experts described this provision as

11:23necessary to prevent violations of fundamental rights the legislative block of the citizens

11:28revolution movement described the ruling as an important precedent and shows the irresponsibility

11:35with which the assembly the entity that approved the initiatives is being conducted

11:47in uruguay several trade unions called for a 24-hour strike for august 12th the general strike will be held

11:57under the slogan more work more pay with the participation of primary and secondary school teachers

12:04in addition the diary sector will also join the general strike following the announcement by the company

12:11lactalis to close the cardona plant in the department of storiana affecting over 150 families previously the cloudy diary

12:20industry announced 50 layoffs which led to the start of the conflict in the daily sea sector

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13:14welcome back to from the south the world health organization said tuesday it has provided gaza with

13:2436 trucks of medical supplies and one cold chain truck with 12 pallets of blood since august 1st

13:31according to the international body the deliveries included essential medicines trauma and surgery supplies

13:37treatments for non-communicable diseases and laboratory and water testing supplies the organization

13:44said the supplies will be transported to health facilities in the coming days israel's blockade and

13:50military offensive has made it nearly impossible to safely deliver medical and food aid inside the

13:56territory contributing to its slide towards famine under heavy international pressure last week israel

14:03well announced measures to let more aid into gaza which aid groups say are far from sufficient

14:09and

14:16in collaboration with ue who received 11 trucks of medical supplies those medical supplies including

14:23medications for children including surgical disposable items as well as some medications for the

14:30the ncd patients we are looking for more collaboration and continuous support from ue mission

14:39in the united states president donald trump threatens to increase tariffs against india to its

14:44to its economic ties with russia the u.s head of state warned that in the next 24 hours he could impose

14:51tariffs of more than 25 percent on indian products trump emphasized that the the new delhi buys russian oil and

14:59accused the country of supporting the war machine for its part india described washington's statements as unfair

15:06and unreasonable while defending its energy strategy arguing that the purchase of russian oil is a

15:12necessity imposed by global market conditions

15:26on tuesday the european union announced the suspension of its retaliatory tariffs and goods imported from

15:31the united states a measure that comes after the regional block struck a deal with washington last month

15:37yes i can confirm that the commission has today adopted uh the necessary uh the necessary legal procedures

15:45to suspend the implementation of our uh eu countermeasures which were due to kick in on august 7th

15:53uh this is done by the urgency procedure so uh basically what it means is that the commission

15:58adopts it should be published in the official journal already today i am told and then within a two-week

16:04framework our member states uh will give their approval by simple majority

16:11the united nations children's fund unicef warned of the worsening humanitarian crisis in syria the organization

16:18expressed its concern about the deteriorating situation in the west asian country amid enormous

16:24unmet needs and worrying shortage of funding the international agency denounced that of the 488 million

16:32dollars requested for its operations in the arab country it has barely received 25 percent putting

16:38at risk the continuity of essential services for millions of people particularly shouldn't the agency

16:45also stated that 15.4 million people continue to be exposed to the danger and of mines and other

16:53explosive remnants of war and stated that this number will increase following the return of more

16:58than 1.6 million internally displaced persons to their places of origin

17:03like this we have come to the end of this news brief but you can find these and many other stories

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