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00:00Venezuela holds a national day of enlistment in the Bolivarian national militias as part of the
00:16Great National Plan for Sovereignty and Peace. In Nicaragua, authorities registered a 5.4%
00:26economic growth during the second quarter of the year 2025.
00:34And over the past 24 hours, more than 60 people were killed in the southern Gaza Strip by the Israeli army.
00:45Hello and welcome to From the South. My name is Belen de los Santos.
00:48I'm from the Telesor Studios in Havana, Cuba. We begin with the news.
00:56We now begin with the information. On Saturday, Venezuela holds a National Militia Enlistment Day,
01:10an action framed in the Great National Plan of Sovereignty and Peace, Simón Bolívar. President
01:16Nicolás Maduro called Venezuelans to join in the homeland defense in the face of U.S. threats
01:22and military deployment in the Caribbean. The enlistment process takes place on August 23rd
01:28and 24th for militia members, reservists and citizens interested in participating in the
01:34defense of the country. This day seeks to reinforce the security structure of the country and reaffirm
01:41the commitment of the Venezuelan people with the defense of peace and without
01:46foreign interference that threatens the stability of citizens.
01:57And through his social media, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro reiterated his call
02:01for Enlistment Day in defense of the nation this weekend.
02:04I have called for a national enlistment process at military headquarters, military units, central
02:15public squares, Bolivar squares, and the headquarters of the 15751 popular integral defense bases.
02:24We call to arms all military forces and the entire Bolivarian national militia. I call on all militia
02:31members and all the people who want to enlist and join the ranks. The national plan for sovereignty
02:37and peace will take place on Saturday and Sunday. Simon Bolivar will tell imperialism,
02:44enough of your threats, Venezuela rejects you, Venezuela wants peace.
02:51Precisely in this regard, Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López
02:56called on the people who joined the Bolivarian national militia to defend the country against
03:01threats from the United States government. The minister stressed that this August 23rd is a
03:05day of patriotism where people take to the streets to join not only the ranks of the Bolivarian militia,
03:11but also a patriotic cause. Padrino López also emphasized that this action is eminently popular and
03:18voluntary. The day is an expression of rejection of imperialist aggression against Venezuelans
03:24and the homeland of Simon Bolivar. Likewise, the Minister of Defense presented the operation
03:29results for January-August of 2025, which includes 169 deployments across the national territory.
03:44And precisely as we were saying over this weekend, Venezuela holds a great national militia enlistment day
03:50in the face of the growing U.S. threats and military deployment in the Caribbean. The Venezuelans are
03:55mobilizing to defend their homeland and the future of their country. For this, we go to our correspondent,
04:02Bruno Falci, who is there on the ground. Please, Bruno, tell us everything that is happening
04:06right now in Caracas. We are here in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, in the Bolivar Square,
04:15as we have been all the day to follow the people of Venezuela, answer the call of the President
04:22Nicolas Maduro, who called the people to enlist themselves to defend the sovereignty of their
04:29country, where again it's attacked by the United States. Another new attack against the sovereignty of
04:38this country. Hundreds of people, thousands of people passed in this square and are still arriving
04:45to enlist themselves to defend the sovereignty of their country and show the unity of the people,
04:54of the Venezuela people, to defend the sovereignty of their nation. And another attack against the United
05:00States, menacing Venezuela for a possible military invasion. The accusation first started weeks ago,
05:11when they accused Venezuela for being part of the route, of the narcotic route, international narcotic
05:18route. Without proof, the accusation was made against the government. And the government of Venezuela
05:26is not part of this international route. And the Venezuelan people in peace are coming here in another
05:40demonstration of the strength of the social movement, of the popular organization and of the democratic
05:48government elected by them, where they're going to defend until the end and take arms if necessary to
05:56defend their sovereignty against intervention of the United States. So people are coming, as you can see
06:04behind me, many people are coming with their family, with their kids, old people, young people,
06:12men, women, answer the call of the President Nicolas Maduro. And everything here and in all the country is
06:21passing smoothly, with tranquility, with tranquility, people are coming to show their support to the
06:29President they elect in another democratic demonstration of their support and of their unity to defend their
06:40nation against United States. So we are still here and we are keeping, we are keeping coming here to show you in
06:51this place, how the Venezuelan people, how the Venezuelan people is answered this call with Nicolas Maduro. He's
06:58expected that millions of people in all the country gonna come in many places like this, in many squares like this to
07:06answer the call of the President Nicolas Maduro. Now we go back to the studio in La Habana.
07:14Thank you so much Bruno for that report, so important to keep in contact with what is happening in Caracas
07:21at this moment, at this trying time, seeing the people out in the square. So thank you, we'll be
07:26contacting Bruno again and throughout the day. And also we continue on topic because in this context,
07:32Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez denounced Guyana's alignment with the U.S. interests by exposing the
07:39coordination between a statement published by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and just hours
07:45later by Guyana's President Irfan Ali. Rodriguez posted a side-to-side view, you have it on screen
07:51of both posts stating five hours of difference. Who is really running Guyana? The Exxon Mobile, she says.
07:59She goes on by stating that they are threatening peace in Latin America and the Caribbean for their greedy
08:05ambitions of taking Venezuela's energy at any costs. In this way, Rodriguez denounced Guyana's President
08:12Ali as a U.S. pawn following the lead of the U.S. Secretary of State.
08:23And at this moment, we have a short break coming up. But first, remember you can join us on TikTok
08:27at Tell Us Your English where you'll find news in different formats, news updates and much more.
08:32We'll be right back. Stay with us.
08:50Welcome back to From the South, where you continue with more information. In this case, Nicaragua
08:55registers a growth in economic activity of 5.4% during the second quarter of the year 2025.
09:02According to a report by the Central Bank of the Nation, there is an increase of 0.3%
09:08compared to May of this year and 5.2% compared to June last year. The document highlights mining and
09:16acquiring with 22.1% driven by gold extraction. The financial entity also highlighted the growth in
09:24service groups such as commerce, transport and communications, financial transactions, hotels and restaurants.
09:32And we go now to Brazil, where far-right Sao Paulo Governor Tarsísio Freitas oversees one of the
09:42nation's most violent police forces, but it has not been very effective in fighting crime.
09:47Our correspondent Brian Mill with more.
09:52Sao Paulo Governor Tarsísio Freitas, a staunch ally of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, who is rapidly
09:58emerging as a 2026 presidential hopeful for the Brazilian far-right, campaigned on a promise to be
10:05tough on crime. He's put more police on the streets, but last year the state suffered its highest number of
10:11rapes in history and the number of killings by police officers rose by 61 percent.
10:19I witness police violence on the streets constantly.
10:25I have been closely following the issue of police violence.
10:28And I see that it's increasing every day because the current state government in Sao Paulo,
10:36run by Governor Tarsísio Freitas, has been encouraging the police to become more violent.
10:42In downtown Sao Paulo, Governor Freitas' military police have targeted street vendors in a series of
10:49sweeps during which they confiscate their goods, in some cases beating and even killing them in the
10:55process, as happened to Ngagne Mabaye, a Senegalese immigrant, earlier this year.
11:05He was eating lunch with his vendor's cart closed at his side.
11:11A group of police officers came up and tried to seize his merchandise.
11:16He tried to stop them from taking it.
11:19He was completely surrounded by police officers,
11:22and he picked up a steel bar to defend himself and hold on to his things.
11:27They shot him and he died on the spot.
11:30They killed our Senegalese brother, simply because he was trying to work.
11:35There were over 14,000 cases of rape registered in Sao Paulo last year,
11:39with over 11,000 happening to children under the age of 14.
11:43The number of killings by police officers rose from 504 in 2023 to 813 in 2024,
11:51when 40% of all killings registered in a state were committed by police officers.
12:01There is an over-investment in repressive action, in detriment to prevention and intelligence,
12:08and this is increasing the number of police killings.
12:12So this increase in police killings is closely tied to political choices.
12:17As in many other places around the world in recent decades,
12:20promising to be tough on crime is an effective election strategy.
12:24However, the policing systems resulting from these campaign promises
12:28rarely seem effective in actually fighting crime.
12:31Brian Muir, Tele Sur, Sao Paulo.
12:42And we move now to other topics in Peru.
12:48The coordinator of the Tigre River Basin in Loreto, Cesar Moreno Culki, requested that a health
12:54emergency be declared in the Tigre River Basin, the Inanay River Basin and the Corrientes River Basin,
13:01due to environmental pollution.
13:03She is quite concerned about all the information I have provided her with.
13:09At this time, she is going to submit a report to her senior management.
13:13I have suggested that they declare a health emergency in the Tigre River Basin,
13:19the Inanay River Basin and, exceptionally, the Corrientes River Basin, because two days ago,
13:28the mayor issued a statement expressing his support for the measures taken in the area.
13:35In Hawaii's Kilaue volcano erupted the 31st such explosion since December of last year.
13:43Mount Kilaue is one of the most active fishers in the world,
13:47and this is the fourth time it has shot jets of lava into the air.
13:51Scientists estimate that the current eruption could persist for the next few days,
13:55without knowing how the course of the magma could change.
13:59Residents and visitors came to the island's Volcanoes National Park,
14:03where they witnessed a lava arc over 30 meters high.
14:06Now we're going now to Japan, as the Meteorological Agency issued a heat wave alert for 31 of the
14:18country's 47 prefectures due to an intense heat wave. The Meteorological Agency recorded temperatures
14:25above 40 degrees Celsius in several locations in the south of the Asian archipelago.
14:31The Scientific Center recommended that residents avoid exposure to the sun and also stay hydrated.
14:38It also warned that the elderly and infants require special attention,
14:42as they are at greater risk of suffering heat strokes.
14:52Meanwhile, Spain's emergency teams continue to attempt to control the forest fires in the northwest of the country.
14:58The European Information System on Forest Fires detailed that the flames have consumed more than 350 hectares,
15:06in addition to causing the death of four civilians.
15:09The autonomous community of Castilla y León is the region most affected by the incidents suffering structural damage
15:16and the decline of the agricultural and livestock sector.
15:20This in the midst of political tensions and accusations by the residents against the Spanish government for negligence
15:26in the fighting of this disaster.
15:28We have a second short break coming up, but before we invite you to visit our Facebook page at Tells for English,
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16:18Welcome back to From the South. We go now to Palestine, as over the past 24 hours,
16:34more than 60 people were killed in the southern Gaza Strip by the Israeli army.
16:39The Dazar hospital authorities have stated that more than half of the casualties are women and children.
16:45In addition, they recorded 308 civilians who were injured in attacks by Israel on different refugee areas.
16:53Sources specify that some of the victims were waiting for humanitarian aid.
16:58The number of people killed since October 7th of 2023 has risen to 62,600 according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.
17:08In addition, more than 157,600 people have been injured.
17:15And also in this context, we stay in Palestine as eight new deaths were registered in the Gaza Strip due to famine.
17:28The United Nations Relief and Works Agency warned that the crisis has been exacerbated by the blockade imposed by Zionism on the entry of food and medical supplies.
17:39Also, the World Health Organization stated that the death from starvation among children under five doubled in the second quarter of this year.
17:48Since March of 2025, the Gaza Strip has seen more than 280 deaths due to hunger and malnutrition, with 114 of these deaths being children.
17:59Meanwhile, in Yemen, thousands took to the streets of Sana'a to condemn Israeli plans to occupy Gaza City.
18:12The rally, which has become a weekly event, seeks to denounce the escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip, where the Israeli offensive has caused a humanitarian crisis.
18:24Participants blamed the U.S. government for its complicity with Israel's aggression, and in this sense, demonstrators are calling on the international community to exert pressure, to put an end to the Israeli genocide at Gaza, and to stop the Trump administration's support for the Tel Aviv regime.
18:41And also in the United Kingdom, hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Israeli embassy in London and demonstrated to denounce the new ground offensive by the Israeli occupation forces seeking to control the city of Gaza.
19:02The protesters, waving Palestinian flags, accused Israeli forces of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity, against the Palestinian people.
19:12The participants demanded an immediate end to the genocide and that the Israeli authorities be held accountable for what they consider to be these crimes.
19:23The protesters accused the British government of being an accomplice to the tragedy in the enclave.
19:29They demand that it suspend the military cooperation and expel the Israeli ambassador.
19:49We move now to other topics.
19:50The United Nations Security Council will convene an emergency meeting on August 26 to address the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines.
19:59At the request of Russia.
20:00The session is in response to the arrest of a suspect linked to the September 2022 attack.
20:07Russia's acting permanent representative to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, announced that the country will highlight delays in the German investigation and its lack of transparency during the meeting.
20:19On August 21, the Italian police arrested Sergei Kuznetsov, a 49-year-old Ukrainian citizen, under a European arrest warrant issued by Germany.
20:30German prosecutors accused him of coordinating a group that placed explosives in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines near the Danish island of Bornholm.
20:40And in New York, United States, five people lost their lives and dozens were injured after the tourist vehicle in which they were traveling went off the road.
20:56The local police department detailed that the bus hit a ditch about 40 kilometers east of Buffalo, a city in the north of the country.
21:05Of the 54 passengers, five died.
21:09The victims were of different nationalities, among them from India, the Philippines, China, and the U.S. as well.
21:16Authorities have begun investigations to determine the causes and responsibilities of this accident.
21:21And in other topics, the North Korean government accuses the South Korean army of firing warning shots at its troops near the fortified border between the two nations.
21:37In an official statement, North Korean authorities described the action of their neighboring country as a serious provocation and warned that this could increase tensions.
21:46They explained that the incident occurred while North Korean troops were working to permanently seal the fortified border.
21:52They emphasized that the incident was a dangerous prelude that would inevitably lead to an escalation of the border situation.
22:00And like this, we have come to the end of this news brief.
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