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19/08/2025
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*El Salvador: 435 deaths in prison under Bukele´s exception regime
*Russia open to dialogue, negotiations with Ukraine
FTS 12.30
*El Salvador: 435 deaths in prison under Bukele´s exception regime
*Russia open to dialogue, negotiations with Ukraine
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00:00The Venezuelan government on Tuesday informed of the progress of the operation against terrorist actions promoted by the far-right opposition.
00:21In the South, a lot of human rights organizations reported that over 435 people have died in prison during the Exceptions regime.
00:37The Russian government expressed its openness to all formats of negotiations with Ukraine regarding the special operation.
00:48Hello, welcome to From the South. I'm Luis Alberto Matos from Dele Su Studios in Havana, Cuba. We begin with the news.
01:07The Venezuelan government informed on Tuesday the progress of the operation against terrorist actions promoted by the far-right opposition.
01:13Precisely, the Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace of the South American nation, Diosdado Cabello, announced the ceasing of high-caliber weaponry,
01:21including sniper rifles, grenades, among other ammunition the perpetrators intended to use against the Venezuelan people.
01:27During the authorities' address, footage of the armament hiding places were unveiled, as criminals used special rooms designed to storage their weapons and explosives.
01:39In this context, Cabello informed that the investigation to dismantle conspiracy groups related to drug trafficking and money laundering,
01:46as well as criminal guns, has been underway since November-December of 2024 and thank all government forces involved in the probe,
01:53as well as the people who has contributed with crucial needs.
01:58And August 19th marks the 25th anniversary of the swearing-in ceremony of the leader of the Bolivar Revolution, Hugo Chavez,
02:08as President of the newly formed Bolivar Republic of Venezuela.
02:11It was on July 30th, 2000, when what the people knew as the mega-elections were held following the approval of the new constitution that established the creation of a social and legal state.
02:23This election process confirmed Commander Hugo Chavez as President of the country with more than 59% of the votes.
02:30A month after this triumph at the Federal Legislative Palace, the leader of the Bolivar Revolution reiterated, as he did in 1999,
02:37his unwavering commitment to the changes ordered in the constitutional text with a view to consolidating the new republic.
02:44And the Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, met Monday with governors and mayors from the Great Petroleum Post in Mont Bolivar
02:54and the United Socialist Party to establish strategic guidelines.
02:58The meeting was held in Caracas' Teresa Carreño's Theatre, where the President urged to move on with the so-called Seven Transformation Plan
03:06to, among other things, make Venezuela free of criminal gangs and drug dealers.
03:11The Bolivarian head of state also highlighted the importance of the upcoming Congress of the United Socialist Party on September 11th and 12th,
03:18which he described as an extraordinary event with a popular and revolutionary character.
03:22The President also condemned the attacks carried out by Washington against Latin American migrants.
03:28And we say, we affirm, and reality proves it, that we have passed successfully all the tests of the imperialist war against Venezuela,
03:47and that Venezuela is moving toward high levels of growth, peace, prosperity, harmony, and tolerance,
03:59and that according to all polls more than 80% of the respondents, wants us to work to address the problems of the people,
04:08that more than 90% rejects extremist and fascist positions.
04:15These are round numbers.
04:17More than 90% rejects any type of fascist, interventionist, and pushist formula against Venezuela.
04:25And Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that Bolivia will recover its path sooner than later,
04:33and reiterated Venezuela's commitment to stand by its South American neighbor in all its future struggles.
04:38From the times of Bolivar, Bolivia is, and will be an unbridled love for freedom.
04:48Bolivia will recover its path, with unity, sooner rather than later,
04:53and the people of Bolivia know that they can count on the revolutionary people of Venezuela,
04:58in all its struggles for resistance, and future emancipation.
05:03Venezuela will always stand by Bolivia, by the ordinary man, by the ordinary woman, forever and ever,
05:11for the rights of the Bolivian people.
05:17At the Salvador Human Rights Organizations reported that over 435 people have died in prison
05:23during the exception regime implemented by Nayib Bukele.
05:26The complaints assert that 94% of the deceased did not fit the so-called GAN member profile,
05:32and died with total impunity.
05:35They specified that the causes of the death include abuse and neglect by prison guards.
05:39Human rights defenders assert that of the 90,000 people detained under the state of emergency,
05:44it is estimated that at least 40,000 are innocent.
05:47Yet despite reports of human rights violations, the state of emergency remains in effect since March 2022,
05:53through extensions decreed by President Bukele.
06:02We now have our first break coming up.
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06:11Welcome back.
06:31In China, authorities reported at least two people dead and three others injured
06:36after the beam structure collapsed during a festival in the southwestern province of Sichuan.
06:41Local authorities confirmed the death after the roof collapsed at a ferry in the town of Mianzu.
06:46For its part, the Mianzu county office pointed to weather conditions as a possible cause of the accident.
06:52However, investigations are ongoing to determine the reasons for the accident.
07:04And the 2025 Southern China Book Fair is shaping up to be an important event for global literary exchange
07:10and the promotion of cultural dialogue.
07:12The event, held in the city of Mianzu, features an international cultural exhibition hall showcasing 20,000 publications
07:19from 23 countries and regions, thereby promoting cooperation in a literary field.
07:25In this edition, the fair has brought together more than 1,500 publishers
07:30and nearly 500,000 types of books and creative cultural products.
07:35In this regard, the Secretary General of the International Publishers Association, Jose Borghino,
07:40highlighted the importance of the fair in cultural development and international communication,
07:46emphasizing that cultural dialogue is essential in the publishing industry.
07:57In the Dominican Republic, immigration authorities detained 573 Haitian migrants,
08:03458 of whom were deported through different border control checkpoints.
08:08According to official reports, operations were carried out in coordination with public security forces,
08:13mainly in the city of Santo Domingo.
08:16The repatuation process included 296 undocumented Haitians through the Déjà Bon border crossing,
08:22108 through Elias Piña, 44 through Pedernales, and 10 through Jimani.
08:28The deported migrants were handed over to Haitian authorities after completing the administrative procedures
08:34as well as the relevant security measures providing them with transportation and necessary medical care.
08:47Agricultural workers in Panama continue to protest against a wave of illegal dismissals
08:51and other violations of their labor rights.
08:53The Banana Workers Union reported that irregularities have been found in the payment of compensation to employees
08:59who had worked for the company for between 20 and 40 years and were dismissed illegally.
09:06This claim comes after the company Chiquita stopped operating in Pocas del Toro amid a strike of labor demands.
09:12The company justifies the dismissal of more than 4,000 workers by citing an alleged loss of more than $75 million.
09:21In Paraguay, teachers' union continues to protest to demand fair salary adjustments from the government.
09:31Teachers denounced the administration of Santiago Peña insisting on granting a 3.5% salary increase in 2025.
09:38Despite the fact that they had initially rejected the adjustment,
09:41education workers, on the other hand, are demanding an addition of 5% to compensate for the loss of Portuguese power.
09:48The teachers' federation argued that the union was not invited to the Ministry of Education's press conference,
09:55which shows that the government is not willing to resolve the dispute.
10:07The government of Paraguay dismissed salary increase for teachers following a two-day strike call by public school.
10:13Teachers' Paraguay and President Santiago Peña described their demands as genuine.
10:19He explained that they had met to discuss the demands, but that the necessary resources were unavailable,
10:24as they would have to be taken from another social program.
10:27President Peña urged the salary issue should be put on hold until next year when there would be a new round of talks.
10:34And in Canada, three-day Air Canada flight attendants strike that forced the cancellation of thousands of flights came to an end
10:47after a temporary agreement was reached by the airline and the sector's union.
10:51The strike stemmed from the demands of more than 10,000 flight attendants for fair wages, better working conditions, and the cancellation of working hours on land.
11:00The strike went ahead despite an order from the Canadian Minister for Employment instructing Air Canada to resume flights.
11:07Both the airline and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents the majority of the company's flight attendants,
11:13announced Tuesday the deal was reached after nine hours of talks,
11:17including Air Canada had agreed to pay the employees for the hours the aircraft was on the ground.
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12:14The Russian government expresses openness to all formats of negotiations with Ukraine regarding the special operation.
12:20Precisely, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reiterated Moscow's position in favor of dialogue with Kyiv,
12:25assuring that President Vladimir Putin has always been willing to engage in talks
12:29on the matter given its importance for national and regional security.
12:33Moreover, Lavrov assured that any type of meeting, whether bilateral or multilateral,
12:37should not be used for misguided approaches by the world's media.
12:41In addition, he confirmed that following the Alaska summit between Putin and U.S. President Trump,
12:46and after Zelensky's trip to the White House,
12:49direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will carry on,
12:52while Washington confirmed that preparations are in progress for a conference between the leaders of Moscow and Kyiv.
13:04In this context, following the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump,
13:08Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, and several European leaders,
13:10NATO Secretary Mark Rutte assured that the United States will continue to send weapons to Ukraine.
13:16Rutte also emphasized that the deliveries will be made through a new financing mechanism
13:20with the support of countries of the Atlantic Alliance.
13:24Palestinian health authorities informed Tuesday that the death toll in Gaza rose to 62,004 with 156,230 injured
13:40since the beginning of the Israeli genocide in October 2023.
13:56According to local authorities, the Israeli forces have killed 26 Palestinians in the last 24 hours.
14:01Of that total, four died while waiting to receive humanitarian aid.
14:06In total, the Zionist regime has killed almost 2,000 people and injured over 14,000 while looking for aid.
14:12Furthermore, the Palestinian health ministry reports three more deaths due to malnutrition in Gaza,
14:17bringing the total hunger-related deaths to 266, including 122 children.
14:23The Israeli regime has been carrying out a genocide war against Palestinians in Gaza for almost two years,
14:29implementing an ethnic cleansing, most of the victims being women and children.
14:39And the Australian government condemned Israel's decision to revoke visas of its diplomatic staff
14:44following the announcement of the recognition of Palestine as a sovereign and independent state.
14:49The action comes in response to the cancellation of the visa of far-right Israeli politician Simshah Rothman,
14:55whose party is part of Benjamin Tanyahu's ruling coalition.
14:58Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sarr announced the cancellation of the visas of the Australian representatives
15:04to the Palestinian Authority.
15:06In this regard, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong described the move as unjustified
15:10and urged dialogue and diplomacy to settle the impasse.
15:14The rescue teams in Pakistan continue the search for over 150 people missing amidst flooding caused by monsoon storms
15:35in the northwest of the country.
15:37According to Emergency Services spokesman Mohamed Zuhail,
15:40the death toll in the Brunner district has risen to 695 since the start of the rainy season.
15:45He explained that search and rescue efforts are being extended to remote areas to find people who were swept away by the current and landslides.
15:52Meanwhile, residents claimed that most of the fatalities were caused by delays in evacuation notifications by emergency agencies.
15:58And Italy's Ventina Glacier, one of the biggest in northern Lombardy region, has melted so much due to climate change
16:12that geologists can no longer measure it the way they have for the past 130 years.
16:17However, the year summer geologists discovered that the simple stakes they had used as benchmarks
16:24to measure the glacier's retraction each year are now buried under rock slides, snow melt and debris.
16:30This had made the entire terrain too unsteady for future in-person monitoring visits.
16:34The Lombardy Glaciological Service would now use drone imagery and remote sensing to keep track of ongoing shrinkage.
16:42The melting has accelerated in recent years, with the glacier losing 431 meters in the last 10 years, with nearly half of that since 2021.
16:55The Lombardy Glaciology Service has inherited the measurement of the Ventina Glacier in Valmalenko, the longest measurement of a glacier in Lombardy.
17:05It is the longest in terms of years because it began in 1895 and continued uninterrupted for 130 years until last year.
17:16This year, we were unable to find the measuring point installed in 2022-2023, as the entire area in front of the glacier Tong has collapsed and is subject to landslides and instability of the glacier's sides due to the rapid melting of the glacier.
17:33Over the last 130 years, the Ventina Glacier has receded by more than 1.7 kilometers.
17:43At the end of the 19th century, this glacier came very close to the pro-glacial plain near the Poro and Ventina refuges, but now it has receded by more than 1.7 kilometers.
17:54The problem is the shrinkage that has occurred over the last 30 years and especially in the last 10 years.
18:00When the glacier lost over 400 meters in linear terms, which is roughly equivalent to four football fields placed one behind the other.
18:08This has led to a destabilization of the glacier's sides. In the last three years alone, the glacier has lost 200 linear meters.
18:16One of the worst forest fire crises in the history of Spain claimed the lives of at least four firefighters and several volunteers who were participating in the firefighting efforts.
18:26The situation in the northwest of the country, driven by an intense heat wave, keeps more than 40 active fires raging mainly in the communities of Galicia, Castillo and León and Extremadura, leaving dozens of dead due to the high temperatures.
18:39The fires have already burned an unprecedented area. According to data from the European forest fire information system, more than 851 acres have been affected by fire this year.
18:50The Spanish government responded to the crisis by deploying over 1,400 military personnel from the military emergency unit to help fight the fires.
19:00The Spanish government responded to the
19:29Spain has not experienced a heat wave of the duration of the one in 2025. What does this mean? It means that, regardless of the cause of the fires, it is clear, as science tells us and common sense tells us, especially for farmers and ranchers, those who live in rural areas, that the climate is changing and that the climate emergency is worsening.
19:52Like this, we are from the end of this news brief. You can find this and many other stories on our website at Teleso English, internet, join us on social media, Facebook, X, Instagram, Telegram and TikTok.
20:05For Teleso English, I'm with Alberto Matos. Thanks for watching.
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