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00:00Venezuela denounced the use of nuclear intimidation by the United States in the Caribbean Sea.
00:20In Honduras, presidential candidate Rishi Moncada leads in voting intentions for the general elections on November 30th.
00:26The Prisoners' Information Office in Gaza reported that 77 Palestinians have died in Israeli prison since October 7th, 2023 due to torture, starvation and medical negligence.
00:46Hello, welcome to From the South. I'm Luis Alberto Matos from the JesĂşs Studios in Havana, Cuba. We begin the news.
00:56Venezuela denounced the use of nuclear intimidation by the United States in the Caribbean Sea.
01:11The permanent mission of Venezuela to the United Nations condemned the escalation of hostile actions and threats from Washington in the region.
01:18The Venezuelan representation pointed out that the provocations from the White House now include the deployment of additional warships in the Caribbean.
01:27Among them, cruise missile launchers and a nuclear submarine who the rifle at Venezuelan coast is expected in the next few days.
01:34Several international representatives condemned the recent far-right policies of the United States against Venezuela, describing the deployment of warships and nuclear weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean as a regional threat.
01:50In this sense, the Peru Libre Party denounced the maneuver as an intrusive intervention that threatens regional sovereignty and peace.
01:57Likewise, the Honduran chapter of the International Anti-Fascist Organization warned that the deployment of a missile cruiser and a nuclear submarine near the Venezuelan coast constitutes an imperialistic provocation that validates the Latte Local Treaty and seeks to impose fear in the region.
02:13Both organizations calling on the United Nations and multilateral organizations to stop what they consider a serious threat to the stability of Latin America and the Caribbean.
02:26Meanwhile, in Trinidad and Tobago, the political party movement for social justice rejected undue the presence of U.S. troops in the Caribbean, qualifying it as unnecessary and provocative.
02:36The organization assured that the real objective of the United States is not to fight drug trafficking but to exert pressure on Venezuela following its historical policy of seeking changes in countries with non-aligned governments in the region.
02:49The military deployment has generated criticism from different Trinidadian political and social sectors, which consider it an intimidating action and a dangerous escalation.
02:58So far, the Caribbean community has yet to officially pronounce on the U.S. presence in the area.
03:05And in Colombia, the commander of the military forces, Admiral Francisco Cubides, confirmed that a commission is expected to arrive to Guaviare to facilitate the release of the 34 military personnel held in the rural zone of El Retorno.
03:21The soldiers remained in the custody of a community pressured by Elias Jimmy, leader of the 44th Front, after a confrontation in which nine guerrilla were killed.
03:32Commander Cubides assured that the soldiers are in good condition with permanent communication with the command and access to field rations, although they are under surveillance.
03:41He denounced Jimmy, also known as Ivan Mordisco, for kidnapping, for extortion and reiterated that the troops did not respond with weapons to avoid putting the civilian population at risk.
04:02But in this regard, in a statement through his social network, the Colombian Minister of Defense, Pedro Sánchez, demanded the immediate release of the soldiers whom he described as victims of kidnapping that not only violates their rights but also generates serious damage and anxiety among the population.
04:17This is a kidnapping and it is extortive.
04:20Besides, they are demanding something in exchange, forcing our military to omit with the fulfillment of their constitutional duty.
04:28We have already mobilized a great part of the special forces, and we will mobilize if it is the case, UNGMO units, the conventional forces that are necessary. We will mobilize them to free our hostages.
04:42We can be patient in the dialogue but not tolerant with the crime, or the crime.
04:48Whoever attacks a soldier or a policeman is attacking Colombia
04:55and is attacking the social state of law. We demand, all of Colombia
05:01demands the liberation of our hostages.
05:04There is still time for them to do it voluntarily.
05:08The Ombudsman's Office and other humanitarian organizations have interceded for this liberation, but if this does not happen, be certain that we will use the whole state always respecting human rights and international humanitarian law to liberate our kidnapped soldiers.
05:25Also in Colombia, Miguel Uribe Londoño, father of the late presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbe, who was killed during a political event earlier this year, has announced his candidacy for the presidency.
05:36Speaking outside the congressional building in Bogota, Uribe Londoño framed his campaign as a continuation of his son's political work.
05:43Uribe Londoño, a former Bogota city council member and senator, emphasized the need for security and social cohesion in a country still grappling with violence from armed groups and drug trafficking organizations.
05:54This candidacy adds a new dimension to the right-wing Democratic Central Party's internal competition ahead of the 2026 elections.
06:07Also in Colombia, the farmers arrived in Bogota demanding compliance with the measures of reparation and delivery of lands announced by the Colombian executive,
06:14although they recognized important advances during the government of President Gustavo Petro in this matter.
06:19They claimed that the implemented institutions of the plants do not act with the required speed.
06:26Peasants from various regions of the country and who belong to the National Association of Peasant Users ANUC went to the Colombian capital, to the Ministry of Agriculture, where they carried out a protest action to demand that state entities speed up the execution of the collective reparation plan.
06:44We are already recognized as victims of the conflict. We have a collective reparation plan. And after 10 years we are at 33%. That is to say that to repair the ANUC we will need 20 more years. So here we are being re-victimized. But there are also institutions that are not committed and do not want to commit themselves.
07:06This organization was founded in 1971 working to defend and vindicate the rights of peasants. They have been victims of governmental and violent persecution by armed groups.
07:24They maintain that they strongly support the agrarian reform by President Gustavo Petro but their progress is truncated due to the limitations of the governmental agencies in charge of carrying out the reparation acts. Among them the Special Assets Society CE or the National Land Agency. They denounce irregularities.
07:40Officials also have a responsibility in the matter. They are not committed to what Petro wants to do with the agrarian reform. Likewise, today here they defend more the landowner, they defend more the one who has had his domain extinguished. Even a great part of the extinguished land in this country is held by the same front men, but even more. Today they are evicting peasants to give the land to the mayors to do business.
08:08Among the peasants arrived in the capital we find Mary Isabel victim of the conflict, displaced from the Department of Choco and President of the National Association of Peasant Users in this department. Demands that collective reparation be fulfilled in this department where these acts shine by their absence.
08:30The truth is that I feel that there is a rupture between the presidency of the Republic of my president, Gustavo Petro, with the agencies and the ministries with which they execute.
08:43So he says one thing but the institutionality does another, so we see that there is no coherence, and there is no dialogue between them that logically benefits the people, and this is felt much more in Choco, it is like a punishment for us.
08:58Despite this reality and a debt historically pending in Colombia, where violence has taken thousands of hectares from peasants and ethnic communities, this situation has been resolved.
09:16In the three years of the Petro government, more than 600,000 hectares have been handed over, far exceeding the figures of previous governments, which did not exceed 60,000 hectares.
09:26Hernán DarĂo Tobar, Gaitán Telesur, Bogotá, Colombia.
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09:56Welcome back.
09:59Police in Haiti announced Tuesday that they regained control of a critical telecommunications hub that heavily armed guns had ceased last week, disrupting air traffic and internet connections.
10:13The takeover was a rare success for Haitian authorities and a United Nations-backed mission led by Kenyan police that have struggled to push back the powerful criminal groups in the capital, Puerto Prince.
10:23The police operation in the once peaceful community of Kenskoff began before dawn on Monday and lasted about two hours, according to a spokesperson for the National Police.
10:31The attack on the hub was blamed on VIP ANSAM, a powerful criminal group federation that struck other key government infrastructure last year and was designated as a foreign terror organization by the government of the U.S. earlier this year.
10:43The single national union of construction and similar industry workers of Panama, SunTracks, has begun negotiating the collective labor agreement amid strong political persecution by the government of President Jose Raul Molino.
11:02This was reported by Ymir Cordoba, current president of the union, who has taken the lead because two of the main leaders of the organization, Saul Mendez and Jaime Cabrero, are currently outside the country and in prison, respectively, due to fixed judicial processes.
11:17In accordance with the provisions of the status and despite the extreme conditions imposed by the executive, the union is calling for the process with the Panamanian Chamber of Construction.
11:25The escalation against the country's trade union organizations, far from diminishing, is worsening, but the trade union is ratified their determination to defend the rights of the working class, their resources and national sovereignty.
11:42And in Chile, workers of the Axel Economic Group have been on strike for seven days demanding better salaries.
11:48In addition to the salary increase, the main demand of the union of workers of the Axel Group, a multinational marketing company of Mexican capital, is that there should be equality between the workers in the stores, the administrative section and warehouses.
12:01The employees' demonstration consists of standing outside the stores at the Constanera Center with signs to persuade visitors not to enter the stores.
12:09Workers are also demanding these labor improvements for their colleagues who recently joined the company as they are prohibited from joining the union.
12:15We are representing both warehouse and sales colleagues both in stores and what I mentioned at the beginning in warehouses and what we are asking for is basically a better salary.
12:31Mainly the base salary that we have and that it be replicated both in the warehouse maintenance systems and those of us in the warehouse.
12:38And also for people who want to join this union in the future.
12:42The idea is that the union should also grow, basically we are asking for it, but not in a disproportionate way.
12:48It is based on the profits that they are making, which have been quite good during these last years, especially after the pandemic even during the pandemic.
12:55So that is basically what we are doing and that is what finally led us to take the last legal action, which is the strike, which is finally our last trench of pressure that we can put on the company.
13:09And in Peru, the Superior Court of Justice sentenced the perpetrators of the 2014 murder of four environmentalists to 28 years in prison.
13:17Although intellectual authors Hugo Soria and Jose Estrada, as well as the material perpetrators Segundo and Josimir Atachi, had been released after the 2013 ruling and all their sentence,
13:27the first criminal appeals chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of Ucayali has now reaffirmed the 28-year prison sentence.
13:35The four sentenced individuals work as illegal loggers and murder the Asien Inca leaders of the Alto Tamaya-Sahueto community, Edwin Chota Leoncio Quintissima and Francisco Pinedo.
13:46The ruling witnessed by community members and international observers was accompanied by an order for the immediate arrest of the murderers due to fears they may attempt to flee the Brazilian territory.
13:57And in Honduras, presidential candidate Rixi Moncada leads in voting intentions for the general elections on November 30th.
14:07According to the most recent research poll, Rixi Moncada leads the voting intentions with 50%, followed by Salvador Nasralla of the Liberal Party with 26%, and Nazli Asfura of the National Party with 17.5%.
14:20The political opposition does not manage to overcome the support for candidate Moncada, who represents the project of refundation against the unclear proposals of the bipartisanship.
14:29The candidate of the Free Party denounced that opposition sectors promote unfounded accusations and hate campaigns to delegitimize her leadership, replicating tactics prior to the 2009 coup.
14:39And in Brazil, Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered on Tuesday to put former President Jair Bolsonaro under round-the-clock observation, declaring the far-right populist is a flight risk.
14:54Moraes asked police to conduct full-time surveillance of the 17-year-old former President, who faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted of plotting to cling on to power after losing the 2022 presidential election to current President Lula da Silva.
15:08Explaining his decision, Moraes referred to a campaign being run by Bolsonaro's son in the United States, which aims to lobby U.S. authorities to intervene.
15:17It is important to highlight that last month, Trump imposed 50% tariffs on Brazil, directly linking the measure to the trial of a right-wing politician that was followed by sanctions against Judge Moraes.
15:27Moraes!
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16:06In Mexico, faithful to their monthly appointment, fathers and mothers, cameras and sympathizers
16:10with the cause of the three free students from Mayotte Sinapa, who disappeared almost
16:1411 years ago, took to the streets demanding justice, Danilo Rosa with the story.
16:20Hopelessness has no place in the hearts that never tire of beating, demanding truth and
16:28justice.
16:30As every 26th of the month, the Ayotzinapa case was made visible in the streets of the Mexican
16:39capital demanding the release of all information on the possible whereabouts of the young people.
16:46Now what we really want is to know the truth, that there is justice, where are our children,
16:51and that those responsible pay.
16:52All we want is to know the truth.
17:00For the time being, the meeting scheduled for September 4 with President Sheinbaum is still
17:03on.
17:04I hope she will give us an answer to what we have always demanded, the investigations,
17:11which are the folios, the telephone investigations.
17:18And one month before the 11th anniversary of the disappearance, parents and new students
17:23at the Raul Isidro Burgos rural school find strength in those who do not let them move.
17:29It seems to me that it is important to keep going out into the streets and to keep shaking
17:34society.
17:35One cannot get used to the fact that it is normal that in a society, in a country, there
17:39are so many thousands of disappeared people and there are so many families looking for
17:42them alone.
17:49Recently the former spokesman for the movement, Vidolfo Rozels, had to leave the movement setting
17:54health problems.
17:55But this did not dampen the spirits of the families.
17:57In the camera, VĂctor Hugo Figueroa, Daniel Rosas, Telesur, Ciudad de MĂ©xico.
18:07Donald Trump has announced plans to pursue the death penalty for all murder cases in Washington,
18:12D.C., framing it as a strong deterrent to violent crime.
18:16This initiative conflicts with local legislation as Washington, D.C., along with nearly half
18:19of the U.S., has abolished capital punishment.
18:24The mayor and local officials have challenged Trump's claims of a crime surge, citing data
18:29showing a significant decrease in violent crime in recent years.
18:33Civil rights organizations have expressed concerns about the proposal highlighting risks
18:36it poses to marginalized communities, particularly migrants, amid broader fears of escalating federal
18:41enforcement actions in the city.
18:43These developments add to ongoing tensions over law enforcement and criminal justice policies
18:48in the nation's capital.
18:50On the United States, Gourmet imposed Wednesday 50 percent tariffs on Indian goods.
18:58U.S. tariffs of 25 percent on Indian goods went into force earlier this month, but Trump
19:02announced plans to double the rate, citing New Delhi's purchases of Russian oil.
19:06This 50 percent tariff increase fulfills the threat of punishing one of the world's largest
19:10economies and creates the risk of inflicting significant damage to the Indian economy and further
19:15disrupting global supply chains.
19:16The U.S. president has significantly increased tariffs on goods from most of the world since
19:21re-entering the White House in January, straining relations with economies of allies and rivals
19:26and fearing fears of higher inflation.
19:35India buys oil from Russia, that's why it is being hit with a 50 percent tariff rate.
19:40If they charge 50 percent tax on our products, then it is natural that when the tax increases,
19:46the customer also knows that he can buy what is cheaper.
19:49He will not make an offer on the more expensive item.
19:58The tariff that has been imposed is completely wrong and they have not honored their friendship.
20:04That is why we will boycott their products and we will also try to send a message to the
20:08whole of India that no product from them should be purchased.
20:30In Palestine, the Prisoners Information Office in Gaza reported that 77 Palestinians have died
20:35in Israeli prisons since October 7, 2023 due to torture, starvation and medical negligence.
20:41According to the report, the total number of martyred prisoners in Israeli custody since
20:451967 has reached 314 currently.
20:48The occupation continues to hold the bodies of 74 prisoners, denying their families the right
20:52to be buried.
20:54The report also indicated that over 60 percent of the prisoners who died after October 7 were
20:58from the Gaza Strip and had suffered torture, starvation and denial of medical treatment
21:02until their death.
21:04Some were even declared martyrs after almost a year of detention while others remained unidentified.
21:17In Israel, massive protests in Tel Aviv continued demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Tanjahu
21:22accept a ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip.
21:25Thousands of Israelis gathered once again in less than a week to pressure the Zionist government
21:29to sign the agreement proposed by Qatar and Egypt.
21:32According to estimates from the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, more than 350,000 people
21:37joined the demonstrations, accusing the Israeli leader of prioritizing his political interests
21:41over the lives of the hostages prolonging the offensive to appease his far-right coalition
21:45partners who oppose any ceasefire.
21:48The protest coincided with a meeting of Netanyahu's security cabinet.
22:07The protest coincided with the
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